📖LearnModule 6 · Lesson 8 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1, first halfUnit 2 · Work, school and the future
Le futur simple, complete
Module 6 of the free French course (CEFR B1, first half), lesson 8 of 30: Module 5 gave you je serai and j'aurai. On this page: 7 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line, the conjugation table and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's lesson 8.
The words
French
English
Say it
le projet
the plan (project)
luh proh-ZHEH
l'avenirmasculine — the article elides to l'
the future
lahv-NEER
je finirai mes études
I will finish my studies
zhuh fee-nee-ray may zay-TEWD
les étudesplural
the studies
lay zay-TEWD
tu viendras avec moi
you will come with me
tew vya(n)-drah ah-vek MWAH
bientôt
soon
bya(n)-TOH
dans deux ans
in two years
dah(n) duh ZAH(n)
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
Hear the words
Each word is read twice — say it back in the gap. Computer-generated voice; credits on the course page.
La règle · The rule
Module 5 gave you je serai and j'aurai. Now the whole system: the infinitive plus -ai, -as, -a, -ons, -ez, -ont. Je finirai, tu viendras, nous parlerons. An -re verb drops its final e first: prendre gives je prendrai.
Et aussi · And also
L'année prochaine, je finirai mes études et je viendrai te voir. The futur simple is the tense of plans and promises — B1 uses it everywhere.
Attention · Watch out
An -re verb drops its final e before the future endings: prendre gives je prendrai, attendre gives j'attendrai. Never je prendreai.
finir, futur simple — the table
je finirai · tu finiras · il/elle finira · nous finirons · vous finirez · ils/elles finiront
venir, futur simple — the table
je viendrai · tu viendras · il/elle viendra · nous viendrons · vous viendrez · ils/elles viendront
Do it now — on paper
Say all 7 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with le projet.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write out finir, futur simple and venir, futur simple in full from memory, every person, and check each form against the table above.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The French Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Keep these words
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.