Future tense in Spanish
MFL, Spanish grammar. Usually met in years 7 to 11.
Choose the right form of common Spanish verbs in the future tense, for what will happen.
What you practise
- Matching the verb to the person (I, you, we and so on)
- Regular and irregular verbs
- Telling this tense apart from the others
Starts with the most common verbs and adds irregular ones level by level. Practice moves up a level when a round goes well and down when it does not.
Sample questions
Each sample comes with the method and the reason every wrong option is wrong. Real practice rounds are ten questions at your level.
Sample question, level 2 of 5
tú … (estudiar, to study): which is the future tense?
- estudiaremos
- estudiaré
- estudiará
- estudiarás
- estudiaréis
Show the answer and method
Answer: D, estudiarás
The method: With ‘tú’ (you (one person)), the future tense of ‘estudiar’ is ‘estudiarás’.
Why the other options are wrong:
- A, estudiaremos: ‘estudiaremos’ goes with ‘nosotros’, not ‘tú’.
- B, estudiaré: ‘estudiaré’ goes with ‘yo’, not ‘tú’.
- C, estudiará: ‘estudiará’ goes with ‘él / ella’, not ‘tú’.
- E, estudiaréis: ‘estudiaréis’ goes with ‘vosotros’, not ‘tú’.
Sample question, level 4 of 5
yo … (ver, to see): which is the future tense?
- verán
- vi
- verás
- veré
- veremos
Show the answer and method
Answer: D, veré
The method: With ‘yo’ (I), the future tense of ‘ver’ is ‘veré’.
Why the other options are wrong:
- A, verán: ‘verán’ goes with ‘ellos / ellas’, not ‘yo’.
- B, vi: ‘vi’ is the past tense, not the future tense.
- C, verás: ‘verás’ goes with ‘tú’, not ‘yo’.
- E, veremos: ‘veremos’ goes with ‘nosotros’, not ‘yo’.
See where this fits: every language topic and Key Stage 3.
Related topics: Present tense, Past tense (preterite), Gender and agreement, Ser, estar and negatives.
