The Future Tense (Leaving Cert Spanish): Flashcards

📚Flashcards
The future tense
Sign up to keep revising.Create a free account to study more flashcards and track your progress.

Practise the cards

12 cards from this deck

Show

Two Spanish future tense names

Futuro próximo (going to) & futuro simple (will)

Structure formula: 'going to' future

Present of ir + a + infinitive

Ir (present, yo form)

voy

Ir (present, nosotros form)

vamos

Ir (present, ellos form)

van

Future endings for 'will' tense (all 6)

-é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án

What to add future endings to

Complete infinitive (keep -ar/-er/-ir)

Reflexive pronoun positions: 'going to' future

Two: attached to infinitive OR before ir

Reflexive pronoun position: 'will' future

Before the conjugated verb only

Hablar (yo, will future)

hablaré

Hablar (ellos, will future)

hablarán

'Going to' vs 'will' usage difference

'Going to'=immediate/planned; 'will'=formal/spontaneous

Join 100,000+ Leaving Cert students studying Flashcards with us.

Select your subjects, and get access to A+ resources today.