IDENTITY AND CULTURE 8 Money Money plays a part in many of the topics, especially those associated with work. Revising the near future will help you say what you are going to do when using money. Je vais changer de l argent. I am going to change some money. Nous allons chercher une banque. We are going to look for a bank. Near future Use part of aller (to go) + infi nitive to say what you are going to do soon, just as you do in English. Ils vont jouer au tennis. They are going to play tennis. For more on the near future, see card 91. 9 Make sentences in the near future using the following prompts. 1. Paul et son copain / aller / Angleterre / ce week-end. 2. Chantal / acheter / voiture / année prochaine. 3. Vous / travailler / à l étranger / pendant / vacances? Turn over for the answer.
And the answer is 1. Paul et son copain vont aller en Angleterre ce week-end. 2. Chantal va acheter une voiture l année prochaine. 3. (Est-ce que) vous allez travailler à l étranger pendant les vacances? Note that number 3 is a question and that there are two ways of asking it. Present tense of aller (to go): je vais tu vas il / elle / on va For more on aller, see card 87. nous allons vous allez ils / elles vont Infinitive Remember, the infinitive is the part of the verb you find in the dictionary usually ending in -er, -ir or -re. For example: -er: jouer / manger -re: lire / prendre -ir: fi nir / choisir For more on verb endings, see cards 83 and 84. If you only remember one thing... Make sure you know the present tense of aller.
LOCAL AREA, HOLIDAYS AND TRAVEL 24 Favourite holidays Expressing an opinion is important, and you are bound to have one when discussing holidays! C est / C était It is / It was chouette / génial great ennuyeux boring fantastique / formidable brilliant intéressant interesting Ce que j aime (le plus) What I like (most) is Ce n est pas mon truc. It s not my thing. Expressing likes and dislikes adorer to love préférer to prefer aimer to like détester to hate Je n aime pas visiter les musées. I don t like going to museums. Je préfère aller à la campagne. I prefer going to the countryside. Holiday likes and dislikes 1. Décrivez une chose que vous adorez faire en vacances. 2. Décrivez une chose que vous n'aimez pas pas faire en vacances. 3. Décrivez une chose que vous détestez faire en vacances. 28 Turn over for the answer.
And the answer is Example: 1. J adore manger tous les jours dans des bons restos. 2. Je n aime pas toujours visiter les églises. 3. Je déteste rester tout le temps sur la plage à ne rien faire. Try to think of unusual answers that will take the examiner by surprise or make her/him smile. Adverbs of frequency Try to use adverbs that describe how often or when things happen: de temps en temps from time to time d habitude usually immédiatement immediately normalement normally quelquefois sometimes rarement rarely régulièrement regularly souvent often toujours always tout de suite straight away tout le temps all the time If you only remember one thing... Learn the four key liking /disliking verbs: adorer, aimer, préférer and détester.
Subjects SCHOOL 44 You need to be able to talk about your school subjects, give your opinions and justify them. matière (f) subject l allemand (m) German l anglais (m) English la biologie Biology la chimie Chemistry l EPS / éducation physique (f) PE l espagnol (m) Spanish la géographie (f) Geography l histoire (f) History l informatique (f) ITC l instruction civique (f) (PSE) les maths (fpl) Maths la physique Physics J apprends / J étudie I m learning / I m studying Note that subjects start with a small letter in French. Depuis + present tense Depuis can mean both since and for : depuis 2002 since 2002 depuis huit ans for eight years 63 Translate the following sentences into French. 1. Marie has been playing the piano since 2010. 2. Yvonne and Julie have been talking for half an hour. 3. Paul has been studying German for three years. Turn over for the answer.
And the answer is 1. Marie joue du piano depuis 2010. 2. Yvonne et Julie parlent depuis une demi-heure. 3. Paul étudie l allemand depuis trois ans. The verb must, of course, agree with the subject: Yvonne et Julie parlent Ça fait + present tense Another way of saying how long you ve been doing something is to use the phrase Ça fait que, also followed by the present tense. Ça fait quatre ans que j apprends le chinois. I ve been learning Chinese for four years. Watch out Don t try to translate have been ing ; simply use the present tense. (The French fi nd this construction diffi cult; for us, it s easy!) If you only remember two things... Like languages, school subjects start with a small letter. Use the present tense with depuis to express how long something has been going on.
INTERNATIONAL AND GLOBAL DIMENSION Being green 68 We can all do our bit to look after the environment! carton (m) cardboard déchets (mpl) rubbish écolo(gique) green / ecological / environmentally friendly économiser to save environnement (m) environment Useful adverbs of time poubelle (f) dustbin / wastebin recycler to recycle réutiliser to reuse trier to sort / separate (rubbish) verre (m) glass actuellement currently avant before / once bientôt soon dans le temps in the old days prochainement very soon récemment recently Fill in the gaps with part of devoir or pouvoir in the conditional tense. Chez nous, on nˇest pas très écolo. On recycler davantage et moi je surtout jeter moins de carton à la poubelle. Ma mère prendre le train pour aller au travail. Je aussi aller à lˇécole en vélo. Cˇest vrai, nous faire plus pour la planète! 58 Turn over for the answer.
And the answer is devrait / devrais / pourrait / pourrais / devrions Remember that, even though the conditional stem of these two verbs is irregular, the endings are regular. The conditional of pouvoir and devoir To say what you might do or should do, you can use the conditional tense of these two verbs. Use them in one of three forms: je pourrais je devrais I could / might I should on pourrait on devrait you / we / people you / we / people could / might should nous pourrions nous devrions we could / might we should In all cases the verb will be followed by an infi nitive: Je pourrais faire plus de recyclage. I could do more recycling. On devrait se déplacer partout en vélo. People should go everywhere by bike. For more on the conditional tense, see card 92. If you only remember one thing... Learn the three parts of the conditional tense of devoir and pouvoir given above: je / on / nous.
GRAMMAR 83 Present tense: -er verbs Most French verbs ending in -er are regular. Forming the present tense of -er verbs The endings are: je -e nous -ons tu -es vous -ez il /elle -e ils / elles -ent Spelling Some -er verbs have spelling changes: Verbs ending in -ger (manger) add -e in the nous form: nous mangeons. Verbs ending in -ler/-ter (appeler / jeter) double l or t in the singular and the third person plural: je m appelle, elles jettent. Verbs ending in -yer (payer) change y to i in the singular and the third person plural: je paie, elles paient. Some change e or é to è in the singular and the third person plural (acheter): jˇachète, elles achètent. 95 Translate the following sentences into French. 1. We often eat chips. 2. What is your name, Sir? 3. I get up at six o clock. Turn over for the answer.
And the answer is 1. Nous mangeons souvent des frites. 2. Comment vous appelez-vous, Monsieur? 3. Je me lève à six heures. If you got any of these wrong, have another look at the list of spelling exceptions. Some new but common -er verbs bloguer to blog surfer to surf (the web) tchatter to chat (online) télécharger to download Note that new verbs describing actions connected with technology are all regular -er verbs. Watch out Remember that the endings -e, -es and -ent all sound the same (in fact, they don t sound at all!), so listen out for the subject though sometimes even this doesn t help: elle mange and elles mangent also sound exactly the same! If you only remember one thing... Remember the present tense -er verb endings!