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Tu aimerais ? Future and conditional with -er verbs (singular)

I can understand, ask and answer questions about my own and others' future family plans in the future and conditional.

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Tu aimerais ? Future and conditional with -er verbs (singular)

I can understand, ask and answer questions about my own and others' future family plans in the future and conditional.

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Key learning points

  1. The conditional is a verb form that expresses the idea 'would'; it is often followed by a 2nd verb in the infinitive.
  2. The conditional of -er verbs is formed by adding the imperfect tense endings to the infinitive stem, e.g. j'aimerais.
  3. The infinitive stem in the conditional and 1-verb future means that the sound [r], as in 'rue', is in all their forms.
  4. [a] as in ‘animal’ and [ai] as in 'vrai' are in the endings; 'je' future ending 'ai' is exceptionally pronounced [é].
  5. Use the conditional of 'vouloir' or 'aimer' + infinitive to say what you would 'like' to do.

Keywords

  • Conditional - a form of verb used to express what would happen

Common misconception

In French, there is a separate word for 'would'.

The conditional verb form expresses the idea of 'would + verb' in its spelling. Students should be encouraged to used the conditional form of verbs instead of being over reliant on 'vouloir' in the conditional.


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6 Questions

Q1.
Which of the following best translates 'I would like to eat'?
Je mange.
Je mangerai.
Correct answer: Je mangerais.
Je veux manger.
Q2.
What is the correct conditional form of 'se marier' for 'tu'?
Tu maries.
Tu marieras.
Correct answer: Tu marierais.
Tu vas te marier.
Q3.
How would you say in French 'to imagine'?
Correct Answer: imaginer
Q4.
Which of these sentences uses the conditional tense correctly?
Elles imaginent une grande maison.
Elles imagineront une grande maison.
Correct answer: Elles imagineraient une grande maison.
Elles vont imaginer une grande maison.
Q5.
What is the infinitive stem of the verb 'finir'?
fini
finis
finir
Correct answer: finiss
Q6.
Complete the sentence: 'Si j'avais le temps, je __________ (lire) plus de livres.'
lirai
lisais
Correct answer: lirais
lis

4 Questions

Q1.
Put the following words in the correct order to form a sentence in the conditional tense:
1 - Mon
2 - frère
3 - se
4 - séparerait
Q2.
Which verb form in 'Nous aimerions voyager en Italie' indicates 'would like'?
voyager
en
Correct answer: aimerions
italie
Q3.
The conditional tense helps us say what we ...
did
are doing
are going to do
Correct answer: would do
Q4.
Which of the following sentences best expresses a polite request using the conditional tense?
Je veux un café.
Correct answer: Je voudrais un café.
Je vais prendre un café.
J'ai voulu un café

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