jeudi, le 18 septembre Objectifs: to describe your ideal town, revise conditional tense
Qu’est-ce qu’on pourrait faire dans ta ville idéale? Dans ma ville idéale on pourrait.... On ne pourrait pas...
The Conditional tense Take the infinitive stem For -er and -ir verbs just add the endings. For -re verbs remove the -e first then add the endings ais ait ions iez aient Remember some verbs have irregular stems
Examples To eat Manger Je mangerais Tu mangerais Il/elle/on mangerait Nous mangerions Vous mangeriez Ils/elles mangeraient
Examples To go out Sortir Je sortirais Tu sortirais Il/elle/on sortirait Nous sortirions Vous sortiriez Ils/elles sortiraient
Examples To sell Vendre Je vendrais Tu vendrais Il/elle/on vendrait Nous vendrions Vous vendriez Ils/elles vendraient
1) J’aimerais habiter en France 2) Nous habiterions à la campagne 3) Mes parents aimeraient habiter dans une petite ville
Irregular stems Aller=ir Avoir=aur Faire-fer Pouvir=pourr Venir=viendr Voir=verr Vouloir=voudr
Key verbs in the conditional tense It would be There would be I would like I would live We would live I would go I would visit I would do
If…. Si je pouvais… si je pouvais choisir… Si j’avais l’occasion…. Si j’étais riche… Si je gagnais à la loterie…. Imperfect subjunctive + conditional=A*!
Conditional tense practise 1)If I could, I would like to live in London 2)If I was rich I would live in a big house in Spain 3)If I won the lottery, I would buy an appartment in the Alps with my friends and we would live there in the winter 4)In the summer we would travel and we would go all over the world
Extension work: Complete these exercise for some extra practice using future and conditional tenses Is future or conditional tense being used in each of these sentences? Can you translate them?
Can you translate these into French?
Complete the passage using the correct form of the verbs in brackets (future or conditional)
Vocabulaire Clé Près de L’ambiance En été Étroit Bruit Chauffage D’habitude La banlieue L’espace vert manquer Rien Tomber en panne Les voisins
Les Devoirs Assignment 2: You have been learning to use the conditional tense in your lessons. Prepare answers to the following questions: What would you like in your town? If you could choose, where would you like to live and why? What would your ideal town be like?