French 1 Quiz: Near Future Aller Plus Infinitive
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Luc says to his friends: 'Ce weekend, on   un film et on   au restaurant.'

Which pair of verb forms correctly completes Luc's sentence using the futur proche for both blanks?

allons regarder / allons manger
va regarder / va mangeons
va regardes / va manger
va regarder / va manger
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French 1 Quiz: Near Future Aller Plus Infinitive

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Question 1

Luc says to his friends: 'Ce weekend, on   un film et on   au restaurant.'

Which pair of verb forms correctly completes Luc's sentence using the futur proche for both blanks?

  1. allons regarder / allons manger
  2. va regarder / va mangeons
  3. va regardes / va manger
  4. va regarder / va manger (correct answer)
Explanation: When forming the futur proche (near future) in French, you follow a simple two-part structure: a conjugated form of aller + an infinitive. The subject here is on, which always takes the third-person singular form of aller — va. The verb that follows must stay in its infinitive form, unchanged. That makes D the correct answer: va regarder and va manger both follow the pattern perfectly — "va" (aller conjugated for "on") + infinitive ("regarder," "manger"). Here's why the other options fail. A uses allons, which is the nous form of aller — but the subject is on, not nous. Even though on often translates as "we" in meaning, it grammatically behaves like il/elle and requires va, not allons. B gets the first blank right (va regarder) but then writes va mangeons — "mangeons" is a conjugated form (nous form, in fact), not an infinitive. You can never place a conjugated verb after aller in futur proche. C attempts va regardes, which has the same fatal flaw: "regardes" is the tu-conjugated form of regarder, not the infinitive. An extra "s" does not belong there. A reliable study tip: in futur proche, the second verb is always the infinitive — it never changes endings based on subject. If you spot a verb after aller that has a personal ending (-ons, -es, -ez, etc.), it's automatically wrong. Memorize the rule as: aller (conjugated) + infinitive, and you'll catch these traps every time.

Question 2

Choose the sentence that does NOT correctly use the futur proche.

  1. Ils vont partir en vacances demain.
  2. Tu vas finir tes devoirs ce soir.
  3. Vous allez prendre le train à midi.
  4. Elle va au marché acheter des légumes. (correct answer)
Explanation: When you see a question about the futur proche, your job is to verify that each sentence is actually using the correct construction: conjugated aller + infinitive. This structure expresses something that is going to happen in the near future. The formula looks like this: subject + aller (conjugated) + verb in infinitive form. For example, "Je vais manger" means "I am going to eat." Notice that aller carries the conjugation, and the second verb stays in its infinitive form. Answer D, "Elle va au marché acheter des légumes," is the odd one out — and it's the correct answer to pick. Here, va is not being used as an auxiliary verb for the futur proche. Instead, elle va au marché means "she is going to the market" — a literal description of physical movement. The verb acheter follows as a purpose clause, not as the main futur proche construction. There is no futur proche happening here at all. Answers A, B, and C all follow the formula correctly. In A, vont partir uses the third-person plural conjugation of aller + the infinitive partir. In B, vas finir pairs the second-person singular conjugation with the infinitive finir. In C, allez prendre correctly uses the second-person plural form with prendre as the infinitive. A helpful tip: always check that aller is followed directly by an infinitive verb, not by a noun or location. If aller is followed by a place (au marché, à l'école), it's expressing physical movement — not the futur proche.

Question 3

Identify the sentence that expresses the near future rather than a present action or simple future.

  1. Ils vont commencer le projet ce soir. (correct answer)
  2. Ils vont au cinéma tous les vendredis.
  3. Ils iront commencer le projet ce soir.
  4. Ils commencent le projet ce soir.
Explanation: When a question asks you to identify the near future (futur proche), you're looking for the construction aller (conjugated) + infinitive, which expresses something that is going to happen soon. This is distinct from habitual present actions and the simple future tense. Choice A — "Ils vont commencer le projet ce soir" — is the correct answer. Here, vont is the conjugated form of aller (third person plural present), followed by commencer in the infinitive. This is the textbook futur proche structure: they are going to start the project tonight. The time marker ce soir reinforces that it's an upcoming event. Now here's where students often get tripped up. Choice B — "Ils vont au cinéma tous les vendredis" — also uses vont, but NOT as an auxiliary verb. Here, vont is the main verb meaning "they go," describing a habitual action (every Friday). There's no infinitive following it, so this is simply the present tense of aller. Choice C — "Ils iront commencer le projet ce soir" — uses iront, which is the simple future (futur simple) of aller. While it technically translates similarly in English, grammatically it is not futur proche — it's futur simple, a different tense entirely. Choice D — "Ils commencent le projet ce soir" — uses the present tense (commencent) with no auxiliary, making it a straightforward present action, not a future construction. Your key strategy: always check for the aller + infinitive pattern. If aller is followed by an infinitive, it's futur proche. If it stands alone as the main verb, it's just the present tense of "to go."

Question 4

Which sentence uses the futur proche to say 'You (plural/formal) are going to answer the questions'?

  1. Tu vas répondre aux questions.
  2. Vous allez répondez aux questions.
  3. Vous allez répondre aux questions. (correct answer)
  4. Vous irez répondre aux questions.
Explanation: When forming the futur proche (near future) in French, you need two things: the correct conjugation of aller (to go) + the infinitive of the main verb. The subject here is "you (plural/formal)," which is vous, and the matching conjugation of aller is allez. Choice C — Vous allez répondre aux questions — nails both requirements. "Vous" is the correct pronoun, "allez" is the properly conjugated form of aller for vous, and "répondre" is the infinitive. This is your correct answer. Now let's look at the traps. Choice A uses tu vas, which is futur proche for the singular/informal "you" — not the plural or formal form the question asks for. It's grammatically correct French, just the wrong subject. Choice B is a sneaky one: Vous allez répondez looks almost right, but "répondez" is the conjugated present-tense form, not the infinitive. In futur proche, the second verb must always stay in the infinitive — never conjugate it. Choice D uses irez, which is the simple future tense (futur simple) of aller, not the futur proche construction. That's a completely different tense. A quick tip to keep this straight: think of futur proche as a two-part formula — aller (conjugated) + infinitive. If you spot a sentence where the second verb is conjugated instead of in the infinitive, it's automatically wrong. Memorize the aller conjugations (vais, vas, va, allons, allez, vont) so you can verify both parts instantly.

Question 5

A student is asked to transform 'Je mange une pomme' into the near future. Which transformation is correct?

  1. Je vais mange une pomme.
  2. Je vais manger une pomme. (correct answer)
  3. Je vais mangé une pomme.
  4. Je vas manger une pomme.
Explanation: When forming the near future (futur proche) in French, you always follow the same two-part structure: a conjugated form of aller + an infinitive. The infinitive is the base form of the verb — unchanged, ending in -er, -ir, or -re. Keeping this formula in mind will help you eliminate wrong answers immediately. For the sentence "Je mange une pomme," you replace the present-tense verb with the near future construction. "Je" pairs with the conjugated form vais (from aller), followed by the infinitive manger. That gives you "Je vais manger une pomme" — choice B — which is the correct transformation. Now let's look at why the other options fail. Choice A uses mange instead of the infinitive manger — it's the conjugated present-tense form, not an infinitive, so the construction breaks down. Choice C uses mangé, which is the past participle, used in the passé composé, not the near future — a classic mix-up between two common tenses. Choice D conjugates aller incorrectly: vas is the second-person singular form (tu vas), not the first-person singular. "Je" always takes vais, not vas. A handy tip: whenever you build the futur proche, mentally check two things — (1) Is aller correctly conjugated for your subject pronoun? and (2) Is the following verb a true infinitive? If both boxes are checked, you've got it right. Memorizing the full conjugation of aller (vais, vas, va, allons, allez, vont) will save you on many questions like this.

Question 6

A student wants to say 'She is going to study French tonight.' She writes: 'Elle va étudier le français ce soir.' Her classmate says the sentence is wrong because the verb after 'va' should be conjugated to match the subject. Who is correct, and why?

  1. The student is correct; in the futur proche, the second verb remains in the infinitive regardless of the subject. (correct answer)
  2. The classmate is correct; the second verb must agree with the subject, so it should be 'étudie' instead of 'étudier.'
  3. The classmate is correct; the second verb must be in the past participle, so it should be 'étudié' instead of 'étudier.'
  4. The student is correct, but only because 'étudier' happens to look the same as its conjugated form for 'elle,' making it a coincidence rather than a rule.
Explanation: When you want to express a near-future action in French, you use the futur proche construction: a conjugated form of aller + an infinitive. The key word here is infinitive — the second verb never changes, no matter who the subject is. In the sentence Elle va étudier le français ce soir, everything is built correctly. "Va" is aller conjugated for elle, and "étudier" stays in its infinitive form. This is exactly how futur proche always works: only aller does the heavy lifting of agreeing with the subject. The student is correct, making A the right answer. B reflects the most common misconception — that both verbs must agree with the subject. This would be true if you were conjugating a standalone verb (elle étudie), but in futur proche, the infinitive that follows aller is not conjugated. Swapping in étudie would break the construction entirely and produce ungrammatical French. C confuses futur proche with the passé composé, where you do use a past participle (e.g., elle a étudié). Those are two completely different tenses with different structures. Mixing them up is a classic error. D is a cleverly worded trap suggesting the answer only works by coincidence. In reality, the rule is universal — every infinitive stays unchanged after aller, and that's by design, not luck. A helpful reminder: in futur proche, think of the infinitive as a noun — it names the action but doesn't conjugate. Only aller reflects the subject.

Question 7

Which option correctly completes the sentence to express the near future? 'Demain, je   mon ami au café.'

  1. vais retrouver (correct answer)
  2. vais retrouve
  3. vas retrouver
  4. irai retrouver
Explanation: When you want to express something that's going to happen in the near future in French, you use the futur proche construction: a conjugated form of aller + an infinitive verb. Think of it as the French equivalent of "going to" in English — "I am going to meet my friend." The subject here is je (I), so you need the je form of aller, which is vais. Then you follow it with the infinitive retrouver (to meet/reunite with). That gives you vais retrouver — making option A the correct answer: "Demain, je vais retrouver mon ami au café." Here's why the other options fail: B) vais retrouve pairs vais with a conjugated present-tense verb (retrouve) instead of an infinitive. The futur proche always requires an infinitive after aller — never a conjugated verb. C) vas retrouver uses the correct infinitive, but vas is the tu (you) form of aller, not the je form. Mixing up je vais and tu vas is a very common mistake, so watch the subject carefully. D) irai retrouver uses the simple future tense (futur simple) of aller, which is a different grammatical structure altogether — not the futur proche being tested here. A handy tip: whenever you see a near-future question, immediately ask yourself two things — (1) Is aller conjugated to match the subject? and (2) Is the action verb in its infinitive form? If both are yes, you've built the futur proche correctly.

Question 8

A student writes: 'Mes parents vont à voyager en France l'été prochain.' What is the error in this sentence?

  1. The verb 'voyager' should be replaced with the past participle 'voyagé' because the futur proche requires aller + past participle.
  2. The verb 'voyager' should be conjugated as 'voyagent' to agree with the plural subject 'mes parents.'
  3. There should be no 'à' between 'vont' and 'voyager'; the futur proche uses aller + infinitive with no preposition in between. (correct answer)
  4. The sentence is actually correct as written; 'à' is required before an infinitive when aller expresses future intention.
Explanation: When you see a question about the futur proche in French, immediately recall its structure: aller (conjugated) + infinitive, with nothing between them. That's it — clean and direct. The sentence "Mes parents vont à voyager en France" inserts the preposition à between vont and voyager, which breaks this rule entirely. The correct version is simply "Mes parents vont voyager en France l'été prochain." The verb aller is already doing the work of signaling future intent — no preposition is needed or allowed. C is correct. As for the distractors: A reflects a confusion with the passé composé, which uses aller + past participle only in specific contexts (like "je suis allé"). The futur proche never uses a past participle — it always pairs aller with a plain infinitive. B is a distraction because vont is already correctly conjugated to match the third-person plural subject mes parents — there's no subject-verb agreement error here. D is the sneakiest trap: it tries to convince you that à is required before infinitives after aller. While it's true that some French verbs do require à before an infinitive (like apprendre à, commencer à), aller in the futur proche construction is not one of them. Study tip: Memorize the futur proche as a fixed formula — aller + infinitive, no preposition — and don't confuse it with other verb + preposition + infinitive patterns. When in doubt, ask yourself: is this aller expressing future action? If yes, the infinitive follows immediately.

Question 9

Which of the following is a correct negative futur proche sentence meaning 'They are not going to leave tomorrow'?

  1. Ils vont ne pas partir demain.
  2. Ils ne vont pas partir demain. (correct answer)
  3. Ils ne vont pas partent demain.
  4. Ils ne partent pas aller demain.
Explanation: When forming a negative sentence in French using the futur proche (near future), you need to understand two structures working together: the futur proche construction (aller + infinitive) and the negative wrapper (ne...pas). The futur proche is built with a conjugated form of aller followed by an infinitive verb. To make it negative, the ne...pas wraps around the conjugated verb — in this case, aller — not around the infinitive. So the correct pattern is: subject + ne + [conjugated aller] + pas + infinitive. For "They are not going to leave tomorrow," that gives you Ils ne vont pas partir demain — which is exactly what B says, making it the correct answer. A is wrong because it places ne pas after vont rather than splitting it around the conjugated verb. In French negation, ne always comes before the conjugated verb and pas immediately after it — you cannot group them together mid-sentence like that. C makes a different error: it uses partent (a present-tense conjugation of partir) instead of the infinitive partir. In futur proche, only aller gets conjugated; the second verb must remain in the infinitive form. D completely reverses the structure, conjugating partir (partent) and leaving aller as an infinitive, which inverts the entire futur proche formula and produces a nonsensical sentence. A helpful tip: whenever you negate a futur proche sentence, mentally highlight the conjugated aller and wrap ne...pas around it like parentheses — everything else stays in place.

Question 10

Which of the following sentences correctly uses the near future (futur proche) to say 'We are going to eat dinner at eight o'clock'?

  1. Nous allons dîner à huit heures. (correct answer)
  2. Nous allons dînons à huit heures.
  3. Nous irons dîner à huit heures.
  4. Nous allons à dîner à huit heures.
Explanation: When you see a question about the futur proche (near future), remember the formula: aller (conjugated) + infinitive. This structure expresses something that is going to happen soon, equivalent to "going to + verb" in English. For "We are going to eat dinner at eight o'clock," you need the nous form of aller — which is allons — followed directly by the infinitive dîner. That makes A) Nous allons dîner à huit heures the correct answer. The structure is clean: conjugated aller + infinitive, with no extra preposition in between. Here's why the other options fall short. B) Nous allons dînons is a common trap — the student correctly starts with allons but then conjugates dîner as dînons instead of leaving it as an infinitive. You must never conjugate the second verb in this construction. C) Nous irons dîner uses irons, which is the simple future (futur simple) of aller, not the present tense needed for futur proche. It also changes the meaning and tense entirely — this is a different grammatical structure altogether. D) Nous allons à dîner inserts an unnecessary à between allons and dîner. In futur proche, the infinitive follows aller directly with no preposition. A great study tip: memorize the six present-tense forms of aller (vais, vas, va, allons, allez, vont) and always pair them with a bare infinitive. If you see a conjugated verb after aller, that's your red flag — it's wrong.