Recognising the future tense in French.

How do you form the future tense of regular verbs ending in -er/-ir?

• Use the infinitive and add the endings of avoir in present tense.

• Drop the "e" of the infinitive and add the endings of avoir in present tense.

• Use aller + the infinitive.

• Use avoir+past participle.

How do you form the future tense with -re verbs?

• Use the infinitive and add the endings of avoir in present tense.

• Use the infinitive but drop the "e" and add the endings of avoir in present tense.

• Use aller + the infinitive.

• Use avoir+past participle.

What is an infinitive?

• A normal verb.

• An irregular verb.

• The original form of the verb. It normally ends with 'er/-ir/re.

• A Regular verb.

Answer explanation

The infinitive of a verb is the form you will find in the dictionary, for example manger ( er verb) , finir ( ir verb), vendre ( re verb), avoir ( ir verb) etc...

What is the correct ending?

• nous mangeons

• nous mangions

• nous mangerions

• nous mangerons

What is the correct ending?

• Ils finissent

• ils finiront

• ils finiraient

• ils finissaient

What is the correct ending?

• Elle vendra

• elle vend

• elle vendais

• elle vendrait

What are the ending of the future tense

• is-is-it

  issons-issez-issent

• e-es-e

  ons-ez-ent

• ais-ais-ait

  ions-iez-aient

• ai-as-a

  ons-ez-ont

What is the rule of the future for irregular verbs?

• There are no changes.

• The stem changes but you apply the ending of the future tense.

What is the stem for verb -etre?

• aur-

• ir-

• ser-

• fer-

What is the stem for verb -avoir?

• verr

• ir-

• fer-

• -aur