LearnModule 6 · Lesson 8 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1, first halfUnit 2 · Work, school and the future

El futuro simple, complete

Module 6 of the free Spanish course (CEFR B1, first half), lesson 8 of 30: Module 5 gave you hablaré and seré. On this page: 8 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 QR.

The words

Spanish	English	Say it
el proyecto	the plan (project)	ehl proh-YEHK-toh
el futuro	the future	ehl foo-TOO-roh
terminaré mis estudios	I will finish my studies	tehr-mee-nah-REH mees ehs-TOO-dyohs
los estudiosplural	the studies	lohs ehs-TOO-dyohs
tú vendrás conmigo	you will come with me	too behn-DRAHS kohn-MEE-goh
pronto	soon	PROHN-toh
dentro de dos años	in two years	DEHN-troh deh dohs AH-nyohs
yo podré ayudarte	I will be able to help you	yoh poh-DREH ah-yoo-DAR-teh

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.

La regla · The rule

Module 5 gave you hablaré and seré. Now the whole system: the infinitive plus -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -án. Terminaré, vendrás, saldremos. Twelve verbs shorten the stem first and keep the same endings: tendr-, pondr-, vendr-, saldr-, podr-, sabr-, querr-, habr-, har-, dir-.

Y también · And also

El año que viene terminaré mis estudios y vendré a verte. The futuro simple is the tense of plans and promises — B1 uses it everywhere, and the shortened stems are the ones you will meet most, because they belong to the commonest verbs.

Ojo · Watch out

The irregular futures shorten the stem, never the ending: vendré, podrá, saldremos. Never veniré or poderá. And every form but nosotros carries an accent mark: vendré, vendrás, vendrá, vendremos, vendrán.

poder, futuro — the table

yo podré · tú podrás · él/ella/usted podrá · nosotros podremos · ustedes podrán · ellos/ellas podrán

venir, futuro — the table

yo vendré · tú vendrás · él/ella/usted vendrá · nosotros vendremos · ustedes vendrán · ellos/ellas vendrán

Do it now — on paper

Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with el proyecto.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out poder, futuro and venir, futuro 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 Spanish Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.

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