| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| Sophie (pause with a tap of the finger) au parc avec le chien. |
| Sophie (pause with a tap of the finger) au parc avec le chien. |
| va |
| va |
| Sophie va au parc avec le chien. |
| Sophie va au parc avec le chien. |
| "Sophie goes to the park with the dog." |
| We use va in this sentence because Sophie is a third-person singular subject — just like il or elle. The verb aller in the present tense for third person singular is va |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| Les garçons (pause with a tap of the finger) au restaurant avec des amis. |
| Les garçons (pause with a tap of the finger) au restaurant avec des amis. |
| vont |
| vont |
| Les garçons vont au restaurant avec des amis. |
| Les garçons vont au restaurant avec des amis. |
| "The boys are going to the restaurant with friends." |
| We use vont in this sentence because les garçons, meaning "the boys" is a third-person plural subject — just like ils, meaning "they." |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| Nous (pause with a tap of the finger) au cinéma ce soir. |
| Nous (pause with a tap of the finger) au cinéma ce soir. |
| allons |
| allons |
| Nous allons au cinéma ce soir. |
| Nous allons au cinéma ce soir. |
| "We are going to the movies tonight." |
| We use allons in this sentence because nous is the first person plural subject — meaning "we."The verb aller in the present tense for nous is allons. |
| Unscramble the words to make a sentence. |
| Ready? |
| Vous |
| Vous partez |
| Vous partez en |
| Vous partez en vacances |
| Vous partez en vacances demain ? |
| "Are you going on vacation tomorrow?" |
| Vous partez en vacances demain ? |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| Je (vas or vais) à l'école tous les jours. |
| Je (vas or vais) à l'école tous les jours. |
| vais |
| vais |
| Je vais à l'école tous les jours. |
| "I go to school every day." |
| Vais is used here because je is the first person singular subject — meaning "I." |
| The verb aller in the present tense for je is vais, "I go." |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| Mon père (va or allez) au supermarché. |
| Mon père (va or allez) au supermarché. |
| va |
| va |
| Mon père va au supermarché. |
| "My father is going to the supermarket." |
| Va is used here because mon père, meaning "my father," is a third-person singular subject — just like il, meaning "he." Even though mon père is a noun phrase, it acts grammatically like il, so we use va to match. |
| Let's translate some sentences into French. |
| Translate "Pierre goes to work by car." into French. |
| Pierre, "Pierre" (a proper name) |
| followed by |
| va, "goes" (third-person singular of aller, meaning "to go") |
| next |
| au, "to the" |
| followed by |
| travail, "work" |
| next |
| en, "by" |
| followed by |
| voiture, "car" |
| Va is used here because Pierre is a third-person singular subject — just like il, meaning "he." |
| Pierre va au travail en voiture. |
| Pierre va au travail en voiture. |
| "Pierre goes to work by car." |
| Translate "You go to the beach." into French. |
| Vous, "you" |
| followed by |
| allez, "go" (second-person plural of aller) |
| next |
| à, "to" |
| followed by |
| la, "the" (feminine singular article) |
| next |
| plage, "beach" |
| Allez is used here because vous is a second-person plural subject — meaning "you" when speaking to more than one person or you in a formal way. So, allez matches the subject vous, whether you're being formal or speaking to a group. |
| Vous allez à la plage. |
| Vous allez à la plage. |
| "You go to the beach." |
| Translate "Do you often go to the library?" into French. |
| Tu, "you" (informal singular) |
| followed by |
| vas, "go" (second-person singular of aller) |
| next |
| souvent, "often" |
| followed by |
| à, "to" |
| next |
| la, "the" (feminine singular article) |
| followed by |
| bibliothèque, "library" |
| Vas is used here because tu is a second-person singular subject — meaning "you" when speaking to one person informally. |
| Tu vas souvent à la bibliothèque ? |
| Tu vas souvent à la bibliothèque ? |
| "Do you often go to the library?" |
| Listen to me as I speak. Which form of the verb aller is used in each sentence? |
| Je vais à l'école tous les jours. |
| Let's listen one more time. |
| Je vais à l'école tous les jours. |
| Did you hear, vais? Vais, meaning "I go," is the first person singular conjugation of aller, "to go," in the present tense. |
| How about...? |
| Tu vas souvent à la bibliothèque ? |
| Let's listen one more time. |
| Tu vas souvent à la bibliothèque ? |
| Did you hear, vas? Vas, meaning "you go," is the second person singular conjugation of aller, "to go," in the present tense. |
| Next… |
| Sophie va au parc avec le chien. |
| One more time. |
| Sophie va au parc avec le chien. |
| Did you hear, va? Va, meaning "he or she goes," is the third-person singular conjugation of aller, "to go," in the present tense. |
| And... |
| Nous allons au cinéma ce soir. |
| One more time. |
| Nous allons au cinéma ce soir. |
| Did you hear, allons? Allons, meaning "we go," is the first person plural conjugation of aller, "to go," in the present tense. |
| Thank you for watching. |
| Now you know how to discuss plans in French. |
| ...and now you can move on to the next lesson in the pathway. |
| Au revoir ! |
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