French 1 Quiz: Stating Simple Plans
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A French teacher asks her class: "Comment dit-on en français : 'We are going to eat at the restaurant'?"

Which sentence is the correct French near-future translation of 'We are going to eat at the restaurant'?

Nous allons mangeons au restaurant.
Nous mangeons aller au restaurant.
Nous allons manger au restaurant.
Nous allons au restaurant manger.
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French 1 Quiz: Stating Simple Plans

Practice Stating Simple Plans 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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This quiz focuses on Stating Simple Plans, giving you a quick way to practice the rules, question types, and explanations that matter most for French 1.

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Question 1

A French teacher asks her class: "Comment dit-on en français : 'We are going to eat at the restaurant'?"

Which sentence is the correct French near-future translation of 'We are going to eat at the restaurant'?

  1. Nous allons mangeons au restaurant.
  2. Nous mangeons aller au restaurant.
  3. Nous allons manger au restaurant. (correct answer)
  4. Nous allons au restaurant manger.
Explanation: When expressing the near future in French, you use the construction aller + infinitive — just like English's "going to + verb." The formula is: conjugate aller to match your subject, then follow it immediately with the infinitive form of the main verb. That's the entire structure, and keeping it in that exact order is everything. Nous allons manger au restaurant (C) follows this perfectly. Allons is the correct nous conjugation of aller, and manger is the infinitive of "to eat." Together they form the near future: "We are going to eat." The phrase au restaurant simply tells us where. Now let's look at where the other options go wrong. Option A (Nous allons mangeons) conjugates manger as mangeons (present tense, first person plural) instead of keeping it as an infinitive. You can't stack two conjugated verbs together like that in French — after aller, the verb must stay in its infinitive form. Option B (Nous mangeons aller) completely reverses the structure by conjugating manger first and putting aller in the infinitive after it, which produces nonsense grammatically. Option D (Nous allons au restaurant manger) splits the two verbs by inserting the location between them. While word order can be flexible in some French contexts, the aller + infinitive construction requires the infinitive to follow aller directly, without interruption. Your study tip: memorize the near-future formula as a locked unit — [subject] + [aller conjugated] + [infinitive] — and never let anything break those two verbs apart.

Question 2

Marie parle à son amie au téléphone. Elle dit : « Ce soir, je   un film avec ma famille. »

Which option correctly completes Marie's sentence to express a near-future plan?

  1. vais regarder (correct answer)
  2. vais regarde
  3. vas regarder
  4. suis regarder
Explanation: When expressing a near-future plan in French, you use the futur proche construction, which follows a simple formula: a conjugated form of aller + an infinitive verb. Think of it as the French equivalent of "going to" in English — "I am going to watch," "she is going to eat," etc. Since Marie is the subject ("je" — first person singular), the correct conjugation of aller is vais. The second verb, regarder, stays in its infinitive form because only aller changes to match the subject. That makes option A — vais regarder the correct answer. It perfectly follows the futur proche formula: je vais regarder = "I am going to watch." Option B (vais regarde) uses the correct conjugation of aller but incorrectly conjugates regarder as if it were a separate present-tense verb. In futur proche, the second verb must remain an infinitive — never conjugated. Option C (vas regarder) uses vas, which is the second-person singular conjugation of aller (used with tu). Since the subject is je, this is a conjugation mismatch — a very common trap. Option D (suis regarder) confuses futur proche with a completely different structure, incorrectly using être (to be) instead of aller. French does not form the near future with être. A handy tip: whenever you see a near-future question, immediately identify the subject, conjugate aller to match it, and keep the action verb as a bare infinitive. Memorize the aller conjugations (vais, vas, va, allons, allez, vont) — they're essential for this structure.

Question 3

A student is asked to translate the following sentence into French: "You (informal) are going to study tonight."

Which French sentence correctly translates this near-future statement?

  1. Tu vas étudier ce soir. (correct answer)
  2. Tu vas étudies ce soir.
  3. Vous allez étudier ce soir.
  4. Tu iras étudier ce soir.
Explanation: When translating a near-future sentence into French, you need to use the futur proche construction: aller (conjugated) + infinitive. Think of it like the English "going to + verb" structure — French works the same way. For "You (informal) are going to study tonight," the subject is informal "you," which means tu. The verb aller conjugated for tu is vas, and the action verb étudier must stay in its infinitive form. The phrase "tonight" is ce soir. Putting it together: Tu vas étudier ce soir — which is exactly what choice A gives you. Choice B, Tu vas étudies ce soir, is incorrect because étudies is a conjugated form (present tense, tu form) rather than an infinitive. In the futur proche, only aller gets conjugated — the second verb must remain an infinitive. This is one of the most common mistakes students make. Choice C, Vous allez étudier ce soir, uses the correct futur proche structure, but vous is the formal or plural "you." The question specifically asks for the informal singular, so this doesn't match the prompt, even though the grammar itself is correct. Choice D, Tu iras étudier ce soir, uses iras, which is the simple future tense (futur simple) of aller — a completely different tense that French-1 hasn't focused on yet and doesn't match the near-future structure required here. Your study tip: always remember the futur proche formula — conjugated aller + infinitive — and double-check whether the subject calls for tu (informal) or vous (formal/plural).

Question 4

Pierre tells his coworker: "Ils   une réunion importante vendredi."

Pierre wants to express that 'they are going to have an important meeting on Friday.' Which option correctly completes his sentence in the near future?

  1. vont avaient
  2. ont avoir
  3. vont a
  4. vont avoir (correct answer)
Explanation: When expressing something that is going to happen in French, you use the futur proche (near future) construction. The formula is simple: subject + conjugated form of "aller" + infinitive verb. Think of it as the French equivalent of "going to + verb" in English. For this sentence, the subject is ils (they), so you need the ils form of aller, which is vont. Then you follow it with the infinitive of "to have," which is avoir. That gives you vont avoir — "are going to have." So the complete sentence reads: "Ils vont avoir une réunion importante vendredi." — making D the correct answer. Let's look at why the other options fail. A) vont avaient pairs vont correctly but then uses avaient, which is the imperfect past tense of avoir — you never combine a conjugated aller with another conjugated verb. B) ont avoir uses ont, the present tense of avoir itself, rather than a form of aller — this breaks the futur proche structure entirely and would just mean "they have to have," which doesn't work grammatically here either. C) vont a starts right with vont but then uses a (the third-person singular present of avoir), which is again a conjugated verb, not an infinitive. A reliable study tip: in the futur proche, the second verb must always be in the infinitive form — it never changes, regardless of the subject. If you see a conjugated verb after aller, it's wrong.

Question 5

Sophie écrit dans son journal : « Demain, je   mes devoirs avant le dîner. »

Sophie wants to write that she is going to finish her homework before dinner. Which verb phrase correctly completes her journal entry in the near future?

  1. vais finissant
  2. vais finis
  3. finis aller
  4. vais finir (correct answer)
Explanation: When you see a question asking about something that's going to happen in the near future in French, you're being tested on the futur proche (near future) construction. This tense follows a simple, fixed formula: a conjugated form of aller + an infinitive verb. Think of it like the English "I am going to finish" — the structure is the same in French. For Sophie's sentence, the subject is je (I), so aller must be conjugated as vais. The second verb, finir (to finish), stays in its infinitive form. That gives you vais finir — making D the correct answer. The full sentence reads: « Demain, je vais finir mes devoirs avant le dîner. » Here's why the other options fail. A) vais finissant pairs vais correctly but follows it with finissant, the present participle — French doesn't use this form to build the near future the way English uses "-ing." B) vais finis uses finis, which is the past participle (or present tense conjugation) of finir, not the infinitive — the futur proche always requires the infinitive. C) finis aller completely reverses the formula, putting the lexical verb before aller, which is grammatically meaningless in this context. A handy memory trick: futur proche = aller (conjugated) + infinitive, always in that order. Whenever you spot a near-future question, immediately ask yourself: Is aller conjugated correctly? Is the main verb in its infinitive form? If both boxes check out, you've found your answer.

Question 6

During a conversation, Julien says: "Mon frère   un nouveau travail le mois prochain."

Julien wants to say his brother is going to start a new job next month. Which option correctly completes his sentence using the near future?

  1. va commencer (correct answer)
  2. va commence
  3. est commencer
  4. aller commencer
Explanation: When you want to express something that is 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 like saying "is going to do" in English — aller does the heavy lifting, while the action verb stays in its base form. For this sentence, the subject is mon frère (his brother), which is third-person singular. That means aller must be conjugated as va. The action verb commencer (to start) follows as a pure infinitive, unchanged. That gives you va commencer — option A — which correctly translates to "is going to start." This is your answer. Now let's look at why the other options fail. B) va commence looks tempting because va is correct, but commence is a conjugated present-tense form, not an infinitive. The futur proche always requires an infinitive after aller — you can never swap in a conjugated verb. C) est commencer replaces aller entirely with être (to be), which has no role in this construction; être + infinitive is not a valid French tense. D) aller commencer uses the infinitive form of aller instead of conjugating it — but aller must agree with the subject, so an unconjugated aller leaves the sentence without a working verb. A quick memory trick: futur proche = aller (conjugated) + infinitive. Whenever you see a near-future question, immediately identify the subject, conjugate aller to match it, and leave your action verb as-is.

Question 7

Claire asks her classmate: "Qu'est-ce que tu   ce week-end ?" Her classmate wants to respond with a near-future plan.

Which response by the classmate correctly uses the near future to say 'I am going to visit my grandparents'?

  1. J'allais rendre visite à mes grands-parents.
  2. Je vais rends visite à mes grands-parents.
  3. Je vais rendre visite à mes grands-parents. (correct answer)
  4. Je vas rendre visite à mes grands-parents.
Explanation: When you see a question asking you to express a near-future plan in French, think about the futur proche construction: a conjugated form of aller + an infinitive. This two-part structure is how French speakers say "I am going to do something." The subject here is je, so you need the correct conjugation of aller for je, which is vais — not vas (that's for tu) and not allais (that's the imperfect, a past tense). The second part must be the infinitive rendre, left completely unchanged. Putting it together: Je vais rendre visite à mes grands-parents — which is exactly what answer C gives you, making it the correct choice. Looking at the wrong answers, A uses allais, the imperfect tense of aller, which would translate closer to "I was going to visit" — a past idea, not a future plan. That's the wrong tense entirely. B gets the conjugation of aller right (vais) but then uses rends, a conjugated present-tense verb, instead of the required infinitive. In futur proche, the second verb must always stay in the infinitive — you never conjugate both verbs. D uses vas, which is the tu form of aller, not the je form — a subject-verb agreement error. A handy tip: whenever you build a futur proche sentence, mentally check two things — (1) is aller conjugated to match the subject, and (2) is the following verb in the infinitive form? If both boxes are checked, you've got it right.

Question 8

A student reads the following exchange:

Anne : « Vous   en vacances cet été ? » Luc : « Oui, nous allons partir en Espagne. »

Anne wants to ask 'Are you (formal/plural) going to go on vacation this summer?' Which option correctly completes Anne's question using the near future?

  1. allez partez
  2. allez partir (correct answer)
  3. avez partir
  4. allez êtes partis
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 + verb" in English. Recognizing this two-part structure is the key to answering this question correctly. Here, Anne is speaking formally/plurally to Luc, so she needs the vous form of aller, which is allez, followed by the infinitive partir (to leave/go). That gives you allez partir — choice B — which translates naturally to "Are you going to go on vacation this summer?" This is the correct answer. Choice A, allez partez, incorrectly pairs allez with partez, which is the conjugated vous form of partir — not the infinitive. The futur proche always requires an infinitive after aller, never a conjugated verb. Choice C, avez partir, swaps aller for avoir (to have), which has no role in forming the futur proche — this is a common mix-up since avoir is used in other tenses like the passé composé. Choice D, allez êtes partis, confuses the futur proche with the passé composé; êtes partis is the past tense, not the future, and you can't combine it with allez this way. A handy tip: whenever you see a future-action question in French, immediately check for the pattern conjugated aller + infinitive. If either piece is missing or swapped out, the answer is wrong.

Question 9

A student is given four French sentences and must identify which one expresses a near-future plan correctly.

Which of the following sentences correctly expresses a near-future plan in French?

  1. Elles apprennent aller le français l'année prochaine.
  2. Elles vont apprendre le français l'année prochaine. (correct answer)
  3. Elles vont apprennent le français l'année prochaine.
  4. Elles vont appris le français l'année prochaine.
Explanation: When expressing a near-future plan 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 do something." The formula is simple: subject + conjugated aller + infinitive. For the subject elles (they, feminine), the correct conjugation of aller is vont. The second verb — the action being planned — must stay in its infinitive form, meaning it doesn't change regardless of the subject. For apprendre (to learn), the infinitive stays as apprendre. That makes B the correct answer: Elles vont apprendre le français l'année prochaine — "They are going to learn French next year." The structure is exactly right: vont (conjugated aller) + apprendre (infinitive). Here's where the other choices go wrong. A drops aller entirely and tries to place aller awkwardly mid-sentence without conjugating it — the construction simply doesn't exist in French. C uses vont correctly but then conjugates the second verb: apprennent is the present-tense conjugation, not an infinitive. This is the most common trap — students forget that only aller gets conjugated, and the action verb must stay as an infinitive. D uses appris, which is the past participle of apprendre, not its infinitive — this would appear in the passé composé, not the futur proche. Your study tip: whenever you build a futur proche sentence, mentally check that exactly one verb is conjugated (aller) and the action verb remains unchanged in infinitive form.