near-future INFINITIVES[1]

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• Learning Objectives
• To know what an INFINITIVE is and
• how to use it to help you build sentences

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You will be successful if you can describe what
an infinitive is and combine it with at least one
other verb to build a sentence!
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What is an infinitive?
What the VERB looks like when you find it in the
dictionary
Will usually end in ER, IR, RE useful for
recognising them!
Means to do something eg to play, to do,
to eat, to sleep, to go out. any other
examples?
Any examples in French?
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Can you remember

• Found in the dictionary
• Ends in ER, IR or RE
• Means in English to do something

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Are they infinitives?

• Je vais
• I go
• apply the rules does it end in er, ir or re?
• does it mean to.

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Are they infinitives?

• aller
• to go
• apply the rules does it end in er, ir or re?
• does it mean to.

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Are they infinitives?

• je peux
• I am able
• apply the rules does it end in er, ir or re?
• does it mean to.

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Are they infinitives?

• pouvoir
• to be able
• apply the rules does it end in er, ir or re?
• does it mean to.

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Are they infinitives?

• jouer au foot
• to play football
• apply the rules does it end in er, ir or re?
• does it mean to.

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Are they infinitives?

• Je joue au foot I play football
• apply the rules does it end in er, ir or re?
• does it mean to.

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Are they infinitives?

• Je fais de la natation I go swimming
• apply the rules does it end in er, ir or re?
• does it mean to.

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Are they infinitives?

• faire de la natation to go swimming
• apply the rules does it end in er, ir or re?
• does it mean to.

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Are they infinitives?

• finir
• to finish
• apply the rules does it end in er, ir or re?
• does it mean to.

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Are they infinitives?

• Je finis
• I finish
• apply the rules does it end in er, ir or re?
• does it mean to.

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ALLER
FAIRE
DANSER
CHANTÉ
VOULOIR
ÉTAIT
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TRAVAILLÉ
VEUX
JOUER
EST
JOUE
MANGER
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BOIRE
NAGÉ
SUIS
FINIR
INVITER
MANGÉ
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JOUONS
AVOIR
ACHETER
FAISONS
NAGER
CHANTER
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HABITER
FAIS
REGARDÉ
ÊTRE
TROUVÉ
ALLÉ
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We already know loads of infinitives!
faire de la natation
jouer au football
jouer au rugby
aller à la campagne
faire des randonnées
faire du shopping
any more????
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building blocks

• think of the infinitives as building blocks
  lets make them RED.

faire de la natation
jouer au football
aller en ville
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building a sentence

• On their own, the blocks are pretty useless. But
  if we combine them with MORE blocks, we can build
  something meaningful. One brick on its own is
  useless lots of bricks together make a wall

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combining blocks

• Can anybody think of anything we could combine
  our infinitive blocks with to make a sentence?

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jaime I like

• Does it make sense?

I like
to play football
jaime
jouer au football
Yes!
By adding another building block (jaime) weve
built a sentence which means something!
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je naime pas I dont like

• Does it make sense?

I dont like
to play football
je naime pas
jouer au football
Yes!
By adding another building block (je naime pas)
weve built a sentence which means something!
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More green building blocks
je déteste
I hate
jadore
I love
je vais
I am going
on peut
you are able (or you can)
je préfère
I prefer
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Fais les phrases!
je préfère
je déteste
faire de la natation
aller en ville
jadore
faire des randonnées
visiter les musées
on peut
jouer au football
je vais
aller à la campagne
jaime
je naime pas
aller au stade
écouter de la musique
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Questions

• Quest-ce que tu vas faire?
• Quest-ce que tu aimes faire?

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You will be successful if you can describe what
an infinitive is and combine it with at least one
other verb to build a sentence!