French 1 Quiz: Questions In Near Future
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Marie parle à son amie Léa au téléphone. Elle dit : « Ce soir, je vais faire mes devoirs et ensuite je vais regarder un film. »

Léa veut confirmer les plans de Marie. Quelle question est-ce que Léa peut poser pour demander ce que Marie va faire ce soir ?

Qu'est-ce que tu vas faire ce soir ?
Qu'est-ce que tu fais ce soir d'habitude ?
Qu'est-ce que tu as fait ce soir ?
Qu'est-ce que tu ferais ce soir ?
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French 1 Quiz: Questions In Near Future

Practice Questions In Near Future in French 1 with focused quiz questions that help you check what you know, review explanations, and build confidence with test-style prompts.

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Question 1

Marie parle à son amie Léa au téléphone. Elle dit : « Ce soir, je vais faire mes devoirs et ensuite je vais regarder un film. »

Léa veut confirmer les plans de Marie. Quelle question est-ce que Léa peut poser pour demander ce que Marie va faire ce soir ?

  1. Qu'est-ce que tu vas faire ce soir ? (correct answer)
  2. Qu'est-ce que tu fais ce soir d'habitude ?
  3. Qu'est-ce que tu as fait ce soir ?
  4. Qu'est-ce que tu ferais ce soir ?
Explanation: When someone asks about plans for tonight specifically, you need a question in the near future tense (futur proche) — formed with aller + infinitive. This question tests whether you can match the tense and time frame of a question to the situation described. Since Léa wants to confirm what Marie is going to do this evening, the correct question is A) "Qu'est-ce que tu vas faire ce soir ?" This uses vas faire (futur proche), which perfectly mirrors Marie's own phrasing — "je vais faire... je vais regarder" — and targets tonight specifically with ce soir. It's the only option that matches both the tense and the timing of Marie's plans. Here's why the other choices miss the mark: B) "Qu'est-ce que tu fais ce soir d'habitude ?" uses the present tense to ask about habitual actions (d'habitude = usually), not tonight's specific plans — a completely different meaning. C) "Qu'est-ce que tu as fait ce soir ?" uses the passé composé, asking what Marie already did — but the evening hasn't happened yet, so this is grammatically and logically wrong. D) "Qu'est-ce que tu ferais ce soir ?" uses the conditional (ferais), which expresses hypothetical or imagined situations, not real upcoming plans. A useful tip: always scan the passage for tense clues. When you see futur proche (aller + infinitif) in someone's statement, a follow-up question confirming those plans should also use futur proche — matching tenses is key to finding the right answer quickly.

Question 2

Thomas asks his roommate a question using the near future. He says: « Est-ce que tu   la vaisselle ce soir ? » Which option correctly completes the question in the near future?

  1. fais
  2. feras
  3. as fait
  4. vas faire (correct answer)
Explanation: When you see a question asking you to complete a sentence "in the near future" (le futur proche), your job is to identify the correct grammatical structure for that tense in French. The near future is formed with a simple two-part formula: conjugated form of aller + infinitive. So for the subject tu, you need vas (the tu form of aller), followed by the infinitive of the main verb — in this case, faire. That gives you vas faire, making option D the correct answer. The full sentence reads: « Est-ce que tu vas faire la vaisselle ce soir ? » — meaning "Are you going to do the dishes tonight?" Here's why the other options miss the mark: A) fais is the simple present tense of faire (tu fais = "you do/are doing"), which describes current or habitual action, not a near-future plan. B) feras is the simple future tense (le futur simple), which is a different tense entirely — it also expresses future action, but uses a different structure (verb stem + future endings). The question specifically asks for the near future, so feras doesn't qualify. C) as fait is the passé composé of faire, meaning "you have done" — this refers to the past, which is the opposite of what's needed here. A quick memory aid: think of the near future as the French equivalent of "going to" in English. If you can say "going to  ", you need aller + infinitive. Whenever the phrase "futur proche" appears in a question, look for that aller + infinitive pattern immediately.

Question 3

A French professor asks the class: « Qu'est-ce que vous   pendant les vacances ? » A student wants to answer in the near future to say 'We are going to travel to Paris.' Which option correctly fills in the question blank AND shows the correct near future reply?

  1. Question: allez faire — Reply: Nous voyagerons à Paris.
  2. Question: faites — Reply: Nous allons voyager à Paris.
  3. Question: allez faire — Reply: Nous voyageons à Paris.
  4. Question: allez faire — Reply: Nous allons voyager à Paris. (correct answer)
Explanation: This question tests two things at once: recognizing the futur proche (near future) construction and identifying the correct question form that matches it. The futur proche is formed with a conjugated form of aller + infinitive. So "we are going to travel" becomes Nous allons voyager — aller conjugated for nous (allons), followed by the infinitive voyager. The professor's question uses the same structure: allez faire is aller conjugated for vous (allez) + the infinitive faire, creating "What are you going to do during the holidays?" Both the question and the reply must use this futur proche pattern for the exchange to make grammatical and contextual sense. That's exactly what D delivers — a correct futur proche question paired with a correct futur proche reply. Here's where the other options go wrong: A has the right question (allez faire), but the reply Nous voyagerons à Paris uses the futur simple, a different tense entirely — not the near future the student was asked to use. B uses faites in the question, which is simple present tense ("What do you do?"), not futur proche — so the question itself is already wrong, even though the reply happens to be correct. C gets the question right (allez faire) but the reply Nous voyageons is plain present tense ("We travel/are traveling"), not future at all. A handy tip: whenever you see aller + infinitive, that's your futur proche signal. Train yourself to spot the conjugated form of aller first — it's the key that unlocks the whole construction.

Question 4

Sophie demande à son frère Paul : « Est-ce que tu vas aller au cinéma demain ? »

Paul répond en utilisant le futur proche. Quelle réponse est correcte et appropriée ?

  1. Oui, j'allais au cinéma demain.
  2. Oui, je vais souvent au cinéma le week-end.
  3. Oui, je vais aller au cinéma demain. (correct answer)
  4. Oui, j'irai au cinéma demain.
Explanation: When a question asks you to respond using the futur proche (near future), your job is to recognize both the structure and the context. The futur proche expresses something that is going to happen soon, and it follows a simple formula: conjugated form of "aller" + infinitive. Sophie asks Paul whether he is going to go to the cinema tomorrow — a perfect setup for the futur proche. The correct response is C: "Oui, je vais aller au cinéma demain." This follows the formula exactly — vais is "aller" conjugated in the present tense for je, followed by the infinitive aller. It directly answers the question and matches the time reference ("demain"). Here's why the other options miss the mark. A (j'allais au cinéma demain) uses the imparfait, a past tense used for ongoing or habitual past actions — it cannot describe a future event, making it grammatically and logically wrong. B (je vais souvent au cinéma le week-end) is a common trap: it uses vais, but here vais functions as a simple present-tense verb meaning "I go," not as part of the futur proche construction. It also changes the topic entirely to weekend habits rather than answering about tomorrow. D (j'irai au cinéma demain) is actually grammatically correct future tense, but it uses the futur simple — a different structure the question explicitly rules out. A good study tip: whenever you see futur proche, mentally check for the aller + infinitive pattern. If there's no infinitive following aller, it's not futur proche — it's just the verb "to go."

Question 5

Dialogue : Claire : « Qu'est-ce que tu vas faire ce week-end ? » Marc : «   »

Marc veut répondre en utilisant le futur proche pour dire : 'I am going to visit my grandparents and then I am going to rest.' Quelle réponse est correcte ?

  1. Je vais rendre visite à mes grands-parents et ensuite je me repose.
  2. Je vais rendre visite à mes grands-parents et ensuite je vais me reposer. (correct answer)
  3. Je rendrai visite à mes grands-parents et ensuite je vais me reposer.
  4. Je vais rendre visite à mes grands-parents et ensuite je me reposerai.
Explanation: When a question asks you to use the futur proche (near future tense), your signal is the structure: aller (conjugated) + infinitive. This tense expresses what someone is going to do in the near future, and every verb in the sentence that refers to a future action must follow this same pattern consistently. In Marc's response, he needs to express two future actions: visiting his grandparents and then resting. Both verbs must follow the futur proche formula. For the first action, rendre visite (to visit) becomes je vais rendre visite — aller conjugated as vais plus the infinitive. For the second action, se reposer (to rest) is a reflexive verb, so it becomes je vais me reposer — again, vais plus the reflexive infinitive. That makes B the correct answer, maintaining futur proche throughout. Choice A fails because the second verb — je me repose — is simple present tense, not future. Marc would be saying he rests right now, not that he is going to rest. Choice C uses je rendrai visite, which is the futur simple (simple future), not futur proche — it mixes two different tenses unnecessarily and doesn't follow the question's instruction. Choice D makes the same tense-mixing error in reverse: the first verb is correctly futur proche, but je me reposerai switches to futur simple for the second verb. A useful rule of thumb: when a question explicitly tells you to use futur proche, every future-action verb in that sentence needs aller + infinitif — don't let the second verb slip into present or futur simple.

Question 6

Un professeur demande à ses élèves de poser une question à un camarade sur ses projets du week-end. L'élève doit utiliser le futur proche.

Laquelle des questions suivantes est la SEULE qui utilise correctement le futur proche pour demander les projets du week-end ?

  1. Qu'est-ce que tu vas faire ce week-end ? (correct answer)
  2. Qu'est-ce que tu feras ce week-end ?
  3. Qu'est-ce que tu faisais ce week-end ?
  4. Qu'est-ce que tu as fait ce week-end ?
Explanation: When a question asks you to identify the futur proche (near future), your job is to spot a specific grammatical structure: a conjugated form of aller + an infinitive verb. This tense is used to talk about something that is going to happen soon or in the near future. Choice A — Qu'est-ce que tu vas faire ce week-end ? — is the correct answer. It follows the futur proche formula perfectly: vas is the present-tense conjugation of aller for tu, followed by faire (the infinitive). This translates to "What are you going to do this weekend?" and matches exactly what the teacher asked for. The other choices each represent a different tense entirely. Choice B, tu feras, uses the futur simple — the simple future tense formed by adding endings directly to the verb stem (fer- + -as). While it also expresses future meaning, it is NOT the futur proche. Choice C, tu faisais, is the imparfait (imperfect past tense), used to describe ongoing or habitual actions in the past — completely wrong for talking about future weekend plans. Choice D, tu as fait, is the passé composé, the most common past tense in French, indicating something that already happened. This would mean "What did you do this weekend?" — also in the wrong direction. A quick memory trick: futur proche = aller (conjugated) + infinitif. Whenever you see this structure, you've found the near future. Watch out for feras as a common trap — students often confuse the two future tenses because both refer to the future, but only vas faire is the futur proche.

Question 7

Conversation entre deux amis : Alex : « Tu sais ce que Sophie va faire ce soir ? » Ben : « Je ne sais pas. Pourquoi tu ne lui demandes pas directement ? » Alex veut poser la question directement à Sophie en utilisant le futur proche.

Quelle question Alex doit-il poser à Sophie ?

  1. Sophie, qu'est-ce que tu vas faire ce soir ? (correct answer)
  2. Sophie, qu'est-ce que tu fais ce soir normalement ?
  3. Sophie, qu'est-ce que tu as fait hier soir ?
  4. Sophie, qu'est-ce que tu allais faire ce soir ?
Explanation: When you see a question involving le futur proche (the near future), your first instinct should be to look for the construction aller + infinitif. This tense expresses what someone is going to do — a planned or imminent action. The question requires Alex to ask Sophie directly about her plans for tonight using this exact structure. Option A is the correct choice: "Sophie, qu'est-ce que tu vas faire ce soir ?" It perfectly uses futur proche (vas + faire), asks about tonight (ce soir), and is addressed directly to Sophie in the tu form. Everything aligns with the scenario. Option B, "qu'est-ce que tu fais ce soir normalement ?", uses the present tense and adds normalement, which shifts the meaning to a habitual routine — not a specific plan for tonight. This is a common distractor because the present tense can express future events in French, but it doesn't satisfy the requirement of using futur proche. Option C, "qu'est-ce que tu as fait hier soir ?", uses the passé composé and asks about yesterday evening — the complete opposite of what's needed. This tests whether you confuse past and future tenses. Option D, "qu'est-ce que tu allais faire ce soir ?", uses the imparfait of aller (allais), which forms the past conditional of intention — meaning something Sophie was going to do (but perhaps didn't). This is a sneaky trap that looks like futur proche but isn't. Study tip: Always check two things for futur proche: the verb aller must be conjugated in the present tense (vais, vas, va…) followed by an infinitive. If aller is in any other tense, it's not futur proche.

Question 8

A student writes the following question: « Est-ce qu'ils vont partir en vacances la semaine prochaine ? » The teacher says the question is correct but asks the student to identify what makes it a near future question. Which explanation is accurate?

  1. It uses 'vont' (the present tense of aller for ils) followed by the infinitive 'partir,' forming the futur proche construction of aller + infinitive. (correct answer)
  2. It uses 'vont partir,' which is the simple future conjugation of the verb 'partir' for the subject 'ils,' expressed here in a question form with 'est-ce que.'
  3. It uses 'est-ce que' at the beginning of the sentence, which signals the near future tense and changes the grammatical tense of the verb that follows.
  4. It includes 'la semaine prochaine,' a future time expression, which by itself transforms the verb phrase into the near future tense regardless of how the verb is conjugated.
Explanation: When tackling questions about French verb tenses, always start by identifying the actual verb construction used — not just the time expressions or question words surrounding it. In the sentence « Est-ce qu'ils vont partir en vacances la semaine prochaine ? », the key verb phrase is vont partir. This is built from aller conjugated in the present tense for ils (vont) followed directly by the infinitive partir. That structure — present tense of aller + infinitive — is the defining formula of the futur proche (near future). Choice A correctly identifies this, making it the accurate explanation. Choice B is tempting but factually wrong: vont partir is not the simple future (futur simple) of partir. The simple future of partir for ils would be partiront, a single conjugated word. Confusing these two tenses is one of the most common errors in French 1, so watch for it. Choice C incorrectly credits est-ce que as the signal for near future tense. In reality, est-ce que is simply a question-forming phrase — it works with any tense and has no power to change or create a tense on its own. Choice D incorrectly claims that la semaine prochaine alone transforms the verb into the near future. Time expressions provide context, but they never determine grammatical tense. The conjugated verb structure does. Your study tip: memorize the futur proche formula as aller (conjugated) + infinitive, and always look at the verb itself — not surrounding words — to identify the tense.

Question 9

A student wants to ask a friend 'Are you going to study tonight?' in French using the near future. Which sentence is correct?

  1. Est-ce que tu as étudié ce soir ?
  2. Est-ce que tu étudies ce soir ?
  3. Est-ce que tu vas étudier ce soir ? (correct answer)
  4. Est-ce que tu étudieras ce soir ?
Explanation: When you want to express something that is going to happen in the near future in French, you need the futur proche (near future) tense. This construction works just like saying "going to + verb" in English, and it follows a simple formula: subject + conjugated form of aller + infinitive. For the sentence "Are you going to study tonight?", you need tu paired with the correct form of aller — which is vas — followed by the infinitive étudier. That gives you "Est-ce que tu vas étudier ce soir ?", making C the correct answer. The structure mirrors English perfectly: "Are you going (vas) to study (étudier) tonight (ce soir)?" The other options each use a different tense entirely. A — "Est-ce que tu as étudié ce soir ?" — uses the passé composé, which describes something already completed in the past ("Did you study tonight?"), the opposite of what's being asked. B — "Est-ce que tu étudies ce soir ?" — uses the présent, which can imply a current or scheduled action but does not specifically express future intent the way futur proche does. D — "Est-ce que tu étudieras ce soir ?" — uses the futur simple, a more formal or distant future tense, not the near future construction being tested here. A handy tip: whenever a question specifically asks for the near future, immediately look for aller (conjugated) + infinitive. If you don't see aller, the answer is almost certainly wrong.

Question 10

Which of the following questions is correctly formed in the near future using inversion (inversion du sujet) ?

  1. Mangeras-tu au restaurant ce soir ?
  2. Vas-tu manger au restaurant ce soir ? (correct answer)
  3. As-tu mangé au restaurant ce soir ?
  4. Manges-tu au restaurant ce soir ?
Explanation: When working with the near future tense (le futur proche) in French, remember that this tense is always constructed with a conjugated form of aller + an infinitive verb. The formula is: subject + aller (conjugated) + infinitive. When forming a question using inversion du sujet, you simply flip the subject pronoun and the conjugated verb — and with futur proche, the conjugated verb is always a form of aller, not the main action verb. That makes B) Vas-tu manger au restaurant ce soir ? the correct answer. Here, vas (conjugated aller for tu) is inverted with tu, and manger remains as the infinitive. This perfectly follows the futur proche inversion formula: aller (inverted) + infinitive. Looking at the distractors: A) Mangeras-tu...? uses the simple future tense (futur simple), not the near future — it inverts the conjugated form of manger itself rather than aller. C) As-tu mangé...? is the passé composé (past tense), asking about something already eaten — the complete opposite of future meaning. D) Manges-tu...? is the present tense with inversion, correctly formed grammatically, but it asks what you are doing now, not what you are going to do. A helpful tip: whenever a question asks about the near future with inversion, scan the answer choices for vas/va/vont etc. followed by an infinitive. If you see inversion applied to any other verb form, it's expressing a different tense entirely — a very common trap on French grammar exams.