This document discusses forming verbs in the French future tense. It notes that the future tense of -er and -ir verbs is formed by adding endings to the infinitive, dropping the -e for -re verbs. Some common spelling changes for -er verbs in the future tense are also provided. A practice exercise then prompts the learner to fill in blanks with the future tense forms of sample verbs. The document distinguishes between using "le futur" for grammatical future and "l'avenir" for events that have not yet occurred.
This document discusses forming verbs in the French future tense. It notes that the future tense of -er and -ir verbs is formed by adding endings to the infinitive, dropping the -e for -re verbs. Some common spelling changes for -er verbs in the future tense are also provided. A practice exercise then prompts the learner to fill in blanks with the future tense forms of sample verbs. The document distinguishes between using "le futur" for grammatical future and "l'avenir" for events that have not yet occurred.
The document provides a list of 8 common French greetings - Bonjour, Salut, Coucou, Bonsoir, Au revoir, A bientôt, Salut, and Bonne nuit - along with their English translations. It uses the mnemonic technique "Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check" to help the reader learn the greetings, with the French word listed first and its English translation below in each step.
The document describes various locations and facilities that are present or absent in a town. It states that in the town there is a market, post office, and supermarket. Additionally, it mentions that while there is a castle, there is no swimming pool, stadium, bank, or train station.
The Feria del Caballo, also known as the Jerez Horse Fair, is a festival that has been held for over 500 years in Jerez, Spain from May 10-17. It celebrates the region's long tradition of horse breeding and is one of the major festivals that takes place in western Andalusia. The horse fair was created in the medieval ages and was established by King Alfonso X to recognize the importance of horses to Jerez.
Semana Santa is the Holy Week celebrated in Spain leading up to Easter Sunday. During this time, there are parades through the streets in cities and towns across Spain, each with their own traditions. Semana Santa must fall between March 22nd and April 25th each year. It is made up of the seven days before Easter, beginning with Palm Sunday, and is a time when people in Spain commemorate Jesus' crucifixion through rituals like burning incense and carrying palm or olive branches in church.
Semana Santa is a holy week in Spain celebrated as an alternative to Easter. It involves religious parades through streets and cities where people carry palm leaves and olive branches or dress in black to commemorate Jesus's arrival in Jerusalem and crucifixion. Semana Santa is a major tradition celebrated across Spain, especially in large towns and cities known for their impressive parades featuring large floats depicting biblical scenes accompanied by marching bands.
The Jerez Horse Fair is a week-long celebration held each May in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. The fair began 500 years ago as a livestock market and has grown to include fireworks, polo matches, carriage driving, bullfighting, flamenco dancing and over 200 food and drink stalls. Thousands of tourists and locals dressed in traditional attire celebrate the region's horse culture and drink sherry late into the night when the fairgrounds are taken over by flamenco music and dancers.
The three kings Melcor, Gasper and Baltasver are celebrated in Spain on January 6th for Epiphany, which is the Spanish New Year. Parades are held in the streets to honor the three kings and celebrate the new year, and people bake a cake with a lucky charm inside to commemorate the holiday.
The Fallas festival in Valencia, Spain attracts many foreign visitors annually from March 15-19. During the festival, each neighborhood constructs large papier-mâché sculptures called "ninots" that satirize politicians and celebrities. The sculptures are burned in a grand finale on the final night, March 19th, called "La Nit de Foc." Residents and visitors experience fireworks, processions, and the burning of the ninots throughout the days and nights of the lively festival celebrating the coming of spring.
The document provides a list of 8 common French greetings - Bonjour, Salut, Coucou, Bonsoir, Au revoir, A bientôt, Salut, and Bonne nuit - along with their English translations. It uses the mnemonic technique "Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check" to help the reader learn the greetings, with the French word listed first and its English translation below in each step.
The document describes various locations and facilities that are present or absent in a town. It states that in the town there is a market, post office, and supermarket. Additionally, it mentions that while there is a castle, there is no swimming pool, stadium, bank, or train station.
The Feria del Caballo, also known as the Jerez Horse Fair, is a festival that has been held for over 500 years in Jerez, Spain from May 10-17. It celebrates the region's long tradition of horse breeding and is one of the major festivals that takes place in western Andalusia. The horse fair was created in the medieval ages and was established by King Alfonso X to recognize the importance of horses to Jerez.
Semana Santa is the Holy Week celebrated in Spain leading up to Easter Sunday. During this time, there are parades through the streets in cities and towns across Spain, each with their own traditions. Semana Santa must fall between March 22nd and April 25th each year. It is made up of the seven days before Easter, beginning with Palm Sunday, and is a time when people in Spain commemorate Jesus' crucifixion through rituals like burning incense and carrying palm or olive branches in church.
Semana Santa is a holy week in Spain celebrated as an alternative to Easter. It involves religious parades through streets and cities where people carry palm leaves and olive branches or dress in black to commemorate Jesus's arrival in Jerusalem and crucifixion. Semana Santa is a major tradition celebrated across Spain, especially in large towns and cities known for their impressive parades featuring large floats depicting biblical scenes accompanied by marching bands.
The Jerez Horse Fair is a week-long celebration held each May in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. The fair began 500 years ago as a livestock market and has grown to include fireworks, polo matches, carriage driving, bullfighting, flamenco dancing and over 200 food and drink stalls. Thousands of tourists and locals dressed in traditional attire celebrate the region's horse culture and drink sherry late into the night when the fairgrounds are taken over by flamenco music and dancers.
The three kings Melcor, Gasper and Baltasver are celebrated in Spain on January 6th for Epiphany, which is the Spanish New Year. Parades are held in the streets to honor the three kings and celebrate the new year, and people bake a cake with a lucky charm inside to commemorate the holiday.
The Fallas festival in Valencia, Spain attracts many foreign visitors annually from March 15-19. During the festival, each neighborhood constructs large papier-mâché sculptures called "ninots" that satirize politicians and celebrities. The sculptures are burned in a grand finale on the final night, March 19th, called "La Nit de Foc." Residents and visitors experience fireworks, processions, and the burning of the ninots throughout the days and nights of the lively festival celebrating the coming of spring.
San Juan is celebrated in coastal areas of Spain, especially in the region of Alicante, from June 20-24. The festival honors St. John the Apostle and dates back to pre-Christian traditions of celebrating the summer solstice. The climax of the celebration is at midnight on June 23rd with fireworks and bonfires along the coast.
Las Fallas de san José is a festival celebrated in Valencia, Spain from March 15-19 each year. The people of Valencia celebrate by eating paella and burning massive paper-mâché sculptures that take artists a year to create, in honor of Saint Joseph, the creator of the festival. During the winter months leading up to the festival, the artists would work long hours under oil lamps to finish the sculptures in time for the celebrations.
Las Cruces de Mayo is a festival celebrated in early May throughout Latin America and Spain where neighborhoods decorate tall crosses with colorful flowers. The tradition dates back to 1953 in Cordoba, Spain, where over 80 crosses can be found. It is particularly celebrated in Cordoba through a "Battle of Flowers" parade and procession of floats decorated with flowers that follow the display of the crosses.
The document summarizes the Las Cruces de Mayo festival celebrated in parts of Latin America, Spain and the city of Cordoba. The celebration, which takes place in early May, honors the discovery of the true cross by Saint Helena in Jerusalem. Neighborhoods compete by creating large crosses, and events include dancing, food, drinks and fireworks to welcome the spring.
Las Cruces de Mayo is a festival celebrated on May 3rd in Spain and Latin America to welcome the spring. During the festival, crosses are decorated with flowers and paraded through towns, and there are also flower-decorated floats and a Battle of Flowers parade. The festival commemorates a legend about Saint Helen finding the cross that Jesus was crucified on and encouraging its worship.
The document discusses the Spanish holiday El Dia de los Reyes, also known as Epiphany, which is celebrated on January 6th. It commemorates the visit of the Three Wise Men to baby Jesus. Families and children in Spain parade through towns, with people dressed as the Three Wise Men throwing candy from floats to crowds. Children leave their shoes outside hoping to find gifts from the Wise Men to open, similar to how Jesus received presents on his birth.
La Tomatina is an annual festival held in Buñol, Spain where over 125 tons of overripe tomatoes are thrown in the town's streets over the course of one hour. The festival, which draws 40,000 tourists each year, occurs on the last Wednesday of August and involves the entire town covering buildings in plastic for protection during the massive one hour tomato fight. The origins of the tomato throwing tradition are unknown but theories involve angry residents attacking town officials with tomatoes in the past.
The document summarizes La Feria de abril, a festival held in Seville, Spain each April for about two weeks. It describes traditions like eating fish for dinner on "La Noche del Pescaito" and going to the portada structure and casetas for parties after midnight. The festival officially begins on the Monday after Holy Week and draws people from Seville to celebrate with dancing, singing, eating, drinking and enjoying the lights and festivities.
La Tomatina is a massive tomato battle that takes place annually in Buñol, Spain. Over 40 metric tons of tomatoes are used as projectiles during the hour-long food fight between the town's residents and visitors. The festival, which concludes a week-long celebration with music, dancing, and fireworks, may have originated from an incident where locals attacked their town council with tomatoes in protest.
2. Revision quiz
1. What is a verb?
2. What is an infinitive?
3. How do we make the future in English?
4. More ways of expressing the future?
5. What are time indicators?
3. I am going to…
I go to the cinema=
I go to school by car =
4. The future in French
manger
faire
Elle va
Tu vas
du shopping
joue
r
au footJe vais
une glace
5. Jeu des Pourcentages
1. Je vais A. aller en Espagne
2. Tu vas B. aller en France
3. Asad va C. jouer au foot
4. Nous allons D. regarder la tele
6. Time indicators
Demain (tomorrow)
Après (later)
Ce soir (tonight)
Cet après-midi (this afternoon)
Ensuite (after)
Plus tard (later on)
Pendant les vacances (during the holidays)
Le week-end prochain(Next week-end)
L’année prochaine (Next year)
7. Translation
1. Pendant les vacances, je vais aller en France.
2. Pendant les vacances, je vais jouer au foot.
3. Pendant les vacances, je vais manger au
restaurant.
EXTRA: Write 3 sentences on what YOU will do in
the holidays to add to your French essay!