Future Tense

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Future Tense

• Conjugating regular and irregular verbs

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What is the future tense?

• The future tense is the equivalent of will/shall
  plus a verb in the English language.
• Example
• I will make a cake.
• will make (verb)

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Regular Verbs

• The future tense is one of the simplest tenses,
  there is virtually nothing to do.
• These simple steps will show you exactly how to
  conjugate all regular -ar,-er and ir verbs.

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The Endings

• The endings are the same for ALL -ar, -er and ir
  verbs
• é emos
• ás -------
• á án

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The Steps Step 1

• Simply choose the verb that you wish to
  conjugate. Lets choose hablar.

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Step 2

• Leave hablar in its raw state.

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Step 3

• 3) Now add the future tense ending according to
  who will be speaking.
• HABLAR
• hablaré hablaremos
• hablarás -----------
• hablará habláran

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Practice on Your Own

• Now try an -er and an -ir verb.
• COMER and ESCRIBIR
• Hint These verbs work exactly like the -ar verbs
  from the previous slide.

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Practice Answers

• -ER
• COMER
• comeré comeremos
• comerás -------------
• comerá comerán

• -IR
• ESCRIBIR
• escribiré escribiremos
• escribirás -----------
• escribirá escribirán

Muy Bien!
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Irregulars

• These verbs must be changed from their raw
  state, however the future tense endings (é, ás,
  á, emos, án) stay the same.

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The Irregular Verbs

• decir (to speak)
• hacer (to do, to make)
• saber (to know a fact)
• poder (to be able to)
• poner (to put)
• venir (to come)
• tener (to have)
• salir (to leave)

dir- har- sabr- podr- pondr- vendr-
tendr- saldr-
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Try a Few!

• Try conjugating a couple of irregular verbs.
  Lets try HACER and TENER.

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Try a Few!

• HACER
• haré haremos
• harás ------------
• hará harán

• TENER
• tendré tendremos
• tendrás -----------
• tendrá tendrán

Excelente
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Review for Regular Verbs

• Take the raw verb.
• Conjugate accordingly using the future tense é,
  ás, á, emos, or án endings.

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Review for Irregular Verbs

• Take the irregular raw verb and stem change it.
• Now, you simply conjugate appropriately with the
  future tense é, ás, á, emos, or án endings.