1. The Future Tense The Future tense is used to talk about what is going to happen in the future.(In English, the words shall and will are used to convey this idea).

2. you add future endings to the infinitive of the verbs. The Future tense is extremely regular in its formation: you add future endings to the infinitive of the verbs. 1st group verbs 2nd group verbs trouverfinir je trouver-je finir- tu trouver-tu finir- il/elle trouver-il/elle finir- nous trouver-nous finir- vous trouver-vous finir- ils/elles trouver-ils/elles finir- ai as a ons ez ont as a ons ez ont

3. -re drop the Note that regular -re verbs (3rd group verbs) drop the -e -e before the ending is added Prendre je prendr- tu prendr- il/elle prendr- nous prendr- vous prendr- ils/elles prendr- ai as a ons ez ont

4. the stem needs to be learned A number of verbs are irregular - the endings are the same listed before, but the stem needs to be learned aller j’irai avoir j’aurai devoir je devrai être je serai envoyer j’enverrai faire je ferai pouvoir je pourrai savoir je saurai venir je viendrai voir je verraivouloir je voudrai

5. Watch out for minor irregularities!! èA grave accent is added to acheter, se lever, se promener, emmener, amener… Exemple: acheter j’achèterai se lever je me lèverai

6. And finally, verbs like appeler and jeter double their final consonant Exemple: appeler j’appellerai jeter je jetterai

7. Review: 1. travailler (tu) 2. prendre (il) 3. trouver (nous) 4. finir (elles) 5. passer (elle) 6. payer (je) 7. parler (vous) 8. gagner (ils)