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Future Tense

I am going to play

I will play

I will be playing

In English:

The Conditional

I would play

I would be playing

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The Immediate Future TenseThe Immediate Future Tense

In English: I am going to play

The Immediate Future Tense is formed by using

The verb ir + a + infinitive

voy

vas

va

vamos

vais

van

a

jugar

comer

vivir

Therefore voy a jugar =I am going to playvamos a comer =We are going to eatVan a vivir =They are going to live

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Mirar = to watchVender = to sellSubir = to climb

voy

vas

va

vamos

vais

van

You (sg) are going to sell

He is going to climb

They are going to watch

I am going to climb

We are going to sell

You (pl) are going to watch

Vas a vender

Va a subir

Van a mirar

Voy a subir

Vamos a vender

Vais a mirar

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The Future TenseThe Future TenseIn English: I will play

I will be playing

The Future Tense is formed by using

infinitive + ending

hablar

beber

recibir

éásá

emoséisán

Beberemos =

We will drink

Recibiré =

I will receive

Hablarán =

They willspeak

He willdrink =

Beberá

Hablaré =

I will speak

Recibiréis =

You (pl)will receive

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What makes the Future Tense easy to use ?

All infinitives use the same endings.

What makes the Future Tense more tricky ?

There are 12 irregular verbs in the Future Tense

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Irregular Verbs in the Irregular Verbs in the Future Tense:Future Tense:

caber

decir

haber

hacer

poder

poner

querer

saber

salir

tener

valer

venir

to fit

to say / tellto have*to do / make

to be able

to putto want

to know (a fact)

to go out

to have*to be worth

to come

*Tener means

to own or to possess.

You will use this verb a lot.

Haber is an auxiliary or

“helping” verb.You will use

it very rarely.

cabré, cabrás, ….

diré

habré

haré

podré

pondré

querré

sabré

saldré

tendré

valdré

vendré

The endings are the same as for the regular

verbs, but a future stem is used

instead of the

infinitive.

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Some practice……Some practice……caber

decir

haber

hacer

poder

poner

querer

saber

salir

tener

valer

venir

cabré

diré

habré

haré

podré

pondré

querré

sabré

saldré

tendré

valdré

vendré

He will know

We will say

You (sg) will have

They will be able

You (pl) will go out

sabrá

diremos

tendrás

podrán

saldréis

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The Conditional TenseThe Conditional TenseIn English: I would play

I would be playing

The Conditional Tense is

formed in a similar way to

the Future Tense.

The Conditional Tense is

formed using the infinitive and endings.

infinitive + ending

escuchar

leer

existir

ía

ías

ía

íamos

íais

ían

These These endings endings are the are the

same for all same for all verbs in verbs in

the the Conditional Conditional

TenseTense

Leería =

I would read /He/she would

read

Escucharías =

You (sg)wouldlisten

Existiríamos

We wouldexist

You (pl)wouldlisten

Escucharíais

They wouldread

Leerían

I would exist/He/she would

exist

Existiría

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Irregular verbs in the Irregular verbs in the Conditional TenseConditional Tense

caber

decir

haber

hacer

poder

poner

querer

saber

salir

tener

valer

venir

cabría, cabrías, ….

diría

habría

haría

podría

pondría

querría

sabría

saldría

tendría

valdría

vendría

to fit

to have

to do/make

to be able

to put

to want

to know (fact)

to go out

to have

to be worth

to come

to say/tell

In other words, the same as for the Future

Tense !

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So that’s how theSo that’s how theFuture Tenses work.Future Tenses work.

Don’t forget to put examplesof the Future Tenses in your Speaking

and Writing !Now have a go at theNow have a go at the

exercises to checkexercises to checkyour understanding.your understanding.

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