1. Point de départ
In Leçon 4A, you learned to use aller + [infinitive] to express actions that are going to happen in the immediate future (le futur proche). You will now learn the future tense to say what will happen.
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2. Note that you form the future tense of -er and -ir verbs by adding the future endings to the infinitive. The -e of the infinitive is dropped before adding the endings to re verbs.
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3. Note the future tense forms of most spelling-change -er verbs:
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4. For -er verbs with an é before the infinitive ending, form the future tense as you would with regular -er verbs.
The words le futur and l’avenir (m.) both mean future. Use the first word when referring to the grammatical future; use the second word when referring to events that haven’t occurred yet.
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5. Essayez. Complétez le phrases avec la forme
Essayez! Complétez le phrases avec la forme correcte du futur des verbes.
1. je __________ (manger)
2. il __________ (prendre)
3. on __________ (boire)
4. ils __________ (acheter)
5. vous __________ (choisir)
6. tu __________ (connaître)
mangerai
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