The Simple Future

When do you use the future tense?

 The future tense is used to describe

an action which will (or is going to)
happen at a later date.
 How do you form the future tense?

 The endings of the simple future tense are the

same as the endings of ‘AVOIR’ in the present
tense.

 ai
 as
 a / a / a
 ons
 ez
 ont / ont
 -ER and –IR Verbs

 To form the simple future of –ER and -IR

verbs you just need to add the endings to
the infinitive...
 -ER Verbs
(manger = to eat)

 Je manger ai  I will eat

 Tu manger as  You will eat (informal)
 Il/elle/on manger a  He/she/one will eat
 Nous manger ons  We will eat
 Vous manger ez  You will eat (formal/group)
 Ils/elles manger ont  They will eat (masc/fem)
 -IR Verbs
(dormir = to sleep)

 Je dormir ai  I will sleep

 Tu dormir as  You will sleep (informal)
 Il/elle/on dormir a  He/she/one will sleep
 Nous dormir ons  We will sleep
 Vous dormir ez  You will sleep (formal/group)
 Ils/elles dormir ont  They will sleep (masc/fem)
 -RE Verbs
(vendre = to sell)
 To form the simple future of –RE verbs you
just need to remove the final E and add the
endings to the infinitive:

 Je vendr ai  I will sell

 Tu vendr as  You will sell (informal)
 Il/elle/on vendr a  He/she/one will sell
 Nous vendr ons  We will sell
 Vous vendr ez  You will sell (formal/group)
 Ils/elles vendr ont  They will sell (masc/fem)
 Ecris des phrases au futur
Tomorrow
1 I 4 Next week
My friends

5 At 6pm
2 This evening You (friendly)
We

3 Tomorrow 6 Next weekend

morning
He My father
 Irregular verb 1
(aller = to go)

 J’ir ai  I will go
 Tu ir as  You will go (informal)
 Il/elle/on ir a  He/she/one will go
 Nous irons  We will go
 Vous ir ez  You will go (formal/group)
 Ils/elles ir ont  They will go (masc/fem)
 Irregular verb 2
(faire = to do)

 Je fer ai  I will do
 Tu fer as  You will do (informal)
 Il/elle/on fer a  He/she/one will do
 Nous fer ons  We will do
 Vous fer ez  You will do (formal/group)
 Ils/elles fer ont  They will do (masc/fem)