The future tense

Question 1

How do you form the future tense?

Are the endings the same for all verb types (-ar, -er, -ir)?

Answer 1

Add the correct ending to the infinitive.

Yes.

Question 2

What is the correct ending for the pronoun ‘yo’?

Answer 2

-é

Question 3

What is the correct ending for the pronoun ‘tú’?

Answer 3

-ás

Question 4

What is the correct ending for the pronouns ‘él/ella/usted’?

Answer 4

-á

Question 5

What is the correct ending for the pronoun ‘nosotros/as’?

Answer 5

-emos

Question 6

What is the correct ending for the pronoun ‘vosotros/as’?

Answer 6

-éis

Question 7

What is the correct ending for the pronouns ‘ellos/ellas/ustedes’?

Answer 7

-án

Question 8

Verbs that are usually irregular (e.g. estar) are also irregular in the future tense. True or false?

Answer 8

False - even verbs that are usually irregular are not in the future.

Question 9

Some verbs change stem in the future. What is the stem for haber (there is)?

Answer 9

Habr-

Question 10

Which form of haber is most commonly used in the future tense?

Answer 10

habrá, i.e. there will be

The future form of ‘hay’

Question 11

Some verbs change stem in the future. What is the stem for hacer (to do/make)?

Answer 11

Har-

Question 12

Some verbs change stem in the future. What is the stem for poder (to be able to)?

Answer 12

Podr-

Question 13

Some verbs change stem in the future. What is the stem for poner (to put)?

Answer 13

Pondr-

Question 14

Some verbs change stem in the future. What is the stem for salir (to go out)?

Answer 14

Saldr-

Question 15

Some verbs change stem in the future. What is the stem for tener (to have)?

Answer 15

Tendr-

Question 16

Some verbs change stem in the future. What is the stem for venir (to come)?

Answer 16

Vendr-

Question 17

In the future tense, all endings start with -a except for which pronouns? What do they start with?

Answer 17

nosotros and vosotros

-e (-emos, -éis)