French the past and future plans

Connect a daily routine to a completed event and a future plan. Learn the helper and action forms together, then check pronouns, negatives, and the agreement each construction requires.

Show when the event belongs

A plan with aller and an infinitive differs from a completed event with an auxiliary and a participle. The lessons keep that contrast visible by identifying the role of each verb. Time expressions help the listener place the event, but they do not replace the grammatical structure or automatically decide every tense. A long event can be viewed as completed, and a plan need not occur immediately to use the near future.

Choose the auxiliary from the construction

Avoir is common in completed past events, while a limited group of ordinary verbs uses être. Physical movement alone does not select the auxiliary, and some verbs change auxiliary when a direct object is introduced. Pronominal routines add another set of relationships to check. The lessons explain these boundaries alongside the beginner patterns so that later examples do not appear to contradict an oversimplified rule.

Connect a routine, an event and a plan

Describe what you usually do, report one completed event, and then explain a future intention. Keep the person and reference clear across the three messages. A reflexive pronoun may change position when an infinitive or an auxiliary is added, while a past participle can need agreement for a specific reason. Revisit the production tasks later and reconstruct the message before comparing it with the model.

Sources

• University of Texas, Tex’s French Grammar: Near future
• University of Texas, Tex’s French Grammar: Passé composé with avoir
• University of Texas, Tex’s French Grammar: Passé composé with être
• University of Texas, Tex’s French Grammar: Transitive and intransitive verbs
• University of Texas, Tex’s French Grammar: Pronominal verbs
• University of Texas, Tex’s French Grammar: Passé composé of pronominal verbs