Download FUTURE TENSE:

Nombre: ____________________ Clase: ____________________ Fecha __________
FUTURE TENSE:
You can express the future tense in Spanish in ______________________ ways.
1) One way is using the present tense with ______________________________.
Example: ________________________________________________________
2) Another way is by using ________________________________.
Example: ________________________________________________________
3) A third way is to use the ____________________. Actually conjugate the verb
with the corresponding endings.
**In the future tense, all verbs have the same endings.
Endings: ________________________________________________________
For most verbs, attach the endings to the infinitive.
Note that all three kinds of verbs have the same endings.
All forms have a written accent except the nosotros.
Irregulars:
NOTE: irregulars use the same endings, different stem.
tener→_____________
poder→________________
caber→________________
saber→_____________ hacer→________________
haber→________________
decir→_____________
poner→________________
querer→____________
salir→_________________
venir→_____________
valer→________________
The future tense is often translated into English as SHALL or WILL and expresses
future actions or conditions.
Remember HABER?
Here are the forms you have learned so far:
Hay- ________________________________
Había- _______________________________
Hubo- ________________________________
There is a future tense form of HABER: ____________________________
It means: __________________________________________________
USES:
1) The future is often used with
si + a verb in the present tense.
Example: _______________________________________________________________
Note* the use of the future gives certainty. They are not contrary to the fact like when we
use the conditional.
2) In a question, to wonder about the present or future.
Example: _______________________________________________________________
Nombre: ____________________ Clase: ____________________ Fecha __________
3) In a statement to express speculation or guess about the present.
Example: _______________________________________________________________
Note* that the conditional expressed speculations, wondering, guessing about the
PAST!
4) In Spanish, you use the future tense to express uncertainty or probability in the present
and future.
The English equivalents in these cases are: ________________________________,
___________________________________, _______________________________.
FUTURE PERFECT:
1) Use the present perfect tense to express what
_____________________________________by a certain time.
To form the future perfect, use the future of the verb haber (all forms) with the past
participle of the verb.
HABER CONJUGATIONS + PAST PARTICIPLES
2) The future perfect tense is often used with dentro de + time.
Example: _______________________________________________________________.
3) You also use the future perfect tense to speculate about something that may have
happened in the past. (Like the conditional)