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Spanish future tense practice

Conjugate the verb in brackets in the simple future as fast as you can. The drill mixes regular verbs with the twelve irregular stems (tendr-, har-, dir-, podr-, sabr-…) and the accents that go with them. Miss one and you get the full pattern.

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Write the future tense form of the verb in brackets for the subject shown.

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The easiest tense to form, with twelve exceptions

The Spanish future (futuro simple) adds one set of endings to the whole infinitive, for all three verb groups: -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án. Hablar → hablaré, comer → comerás, vivir → vivirá. Every ending except -emos carries an accent, and that accent is what separates hablaré (I will speak) from hablare, a form nobody uses.

hablarcomervivir
yohablarécomeréviviré
túhablaráscomerásvivirás
él / ella / ustedhablarácomerávivirá
nosotroshablaremoscomeremosviviremos
vosotroshablaréiscomeréisviviréis
ellos / ustedeshablaráncomeránvivirán

The twelve irregular stems

Twelve common verbs change the stem but keep the same endings. They fall into three groups, and the same stems are used for the conditional.

GroupVerbs
Drop the ehaber → habr-, poder → podr-, querer → querr-, saber → sabr-, caber → cabr-
Replace the vowel with dtener → tendr-, poner → pondr-, salir → saldr-, venir → vendr-, valer → valdr-
Shortenedhacer → har-, decir → dir-

Compounds follow their base verb: mantener → mantendré, componer → compondrá, deshacer → desharé.

When Spanish uses the future

Predictions and plans: Mañana lloverá. El año que viene viajaremos a Perú. In speech, near plans more often use ir a + infinitive: voy a salir. Both are correct; the simple future sounds a little more formal or more distant.

Promises: Te lo explicaré más tarde. No lo haré otra vez.

Probability about the present: ¿Qué hora será? Serán las tres. (I wonder what time it is. It’s probably three.) Estará en casa. (He must be at home.) This use has no equivalent in English and is extremely common.

After si: the condition stays in the present and the result takes the future: Si estudias, aprobarás. Never put the future after si.

Haber: habrá

The future of hay is habrá for both singular and plural: Habrá un examen. Habrá muchos problemas. Habrán is a common mistake.

Quick answers

How do you form the future tense in Spanish?

Add -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the whole infinitive: hablaré, comerás, vivirá, hablaremos. Twelve common verbs use an irregular stem with the same endings: tendré, pondré, saldré, vendré, valdré, podré, sabré, habré, querré, haré, diré, cabré.

What are the irregular future verbs in Spanish?

Tener (tendr-), poner (pondr-), salir (saldr-), venir (vendr-), valer (valdr-), poder (podr-), saber (sabr-), haber (habr-), querer (querr-), caber (cabr-), hacer (har-) and decir (dir-). Compounds like mantener and deshacer follow the same pattern.

Is it habrá or habrán?

Habrá. The future of hay is always singular, whatever follows it: habrá una fiesta, habrá muchos invitados.

What is the difference between voy a hablar and hablaré?

Both mean “I will speak.” Ir a + infinitive is more common in conversation for near plans, while the simple future is slightly more formal and also expresses predictions, promises and probability (serán las tres, it’s probably three).

Can you use the future after si?

No. After si the condition stays in the present and the future goes in the main clause: si llueve, no saldremos. Si lloverá is not correct Spanish.

Does the future tense always have an accent?

Every ending except nosotros -emos carries an accent: hablaré, hablarás, hablará, hablaréis, hablarán. Hablaremos has none.