Future Simple

Question 1

What does the Future Simple tense refer to?

Answer 1

What “Will/”Should” happen

E.g Iré a la playa el mes que viene (I will go to the beach next month)

Expressing wonder/probability

E.g Estará ya de camino (He is probarbly on his way)

Question 2

How do you form the Future Simple tense?

Answer 2

E.g Tocaré el piano la próxima semana (I will play piano next week)

Take the infinitive of the verb

E.g Tocar

Add the corresponding ending in the Perfect tense directly (in all cases - same for AR/ER/IR verbs)

E.g Tocar = Tocaré

Question 3

What are the endings in the Future Simple tense?

Answer 3

Yo (I) - É

Tú (You) - Ás

Él/ella (He/She/It) - Á

Nosotros (We) - Emos

Vosotros (You lot) - Éis

Ellos/Ellas (They) - Án

Question 4

Which ER verbs have stem changes in the Future Simple tense?

Answer 4

Caber (To fit) - Cabr

Poner (To put) - Pondr

Haber (To have) - Habr

Hacer (To do) - Har

Poder (Can) - Podr

Tener (To have) - Tendr

Querer (To want) - Querr

Valer (Worth) - Valdr

Question 5

Which IR verbs have stem changes in the Future simple?

Answer 5

Venir (To come) - Vendr

Salir (To go out) - Saldr

Decir (To say) - Dir

Question 6

When is the Future Simple used?

Answer 6

Predictions about the future

E.g I will find a nice house one day

(Encontraré una casa bonita un día)

Speculate about a current situation

E.g (John is probably at work now)

(John estará en el trabajo ahora)