1. © and ® 2011 Vista Higher Learning, Inc.4B.1-1 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.

2. © and ® 2011 Vista Higher Learning, Inc.4B.1-2 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.

3. © and ® 2011 Vista Higher Learning, Inc.4B.1-3 Note the future tense forms of most spelling-change -er verbs:

4. © and ® 2011 Vista Higher Learning, Inc.4B.1-4 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.

5. © and ® 2011 Vista Higher Learning, Inc.4B.1-5 Essayez! Complétez le phrases avec la forme correcte du futur des verbes. mangerai 1. je __________ (manger) 2. il __________ (prendre) 3. on __________ (boire) 4. ils __________ (acheter) 5. vous __________ (choisir) 6. tu __________ (connaître)