jeudi, le 18 septembreObjectifs: 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 tenseTake the infinitive stemFor -er and -ir verbs just add the endings. For -re verbs remove the -e first then add the

endings• ais• ais• ait• ions• iez• aientRemember 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 stemsAller=irAvoir=aurFaire-ferPouvir=pourrVenir=viendrVoir=verrVouloir=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 London2) If I was rich I would live in a big house in

Spain3) 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 CléPrès deL’ambianceEn étéÉtroitBruitChauffageD’habitudeLa banlieueL’espace vertmanquerRienTomber en panneLes 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?