Future Tense

Future tense verbs are used in the following situations:

With the construction ‘ir a’ + infinitive form. (going to)

• El viernes iré a beber al bar.

An action that will be realized at a specific time.

• Mañana mi hermano regresará de Acapulco.

In place of the imperative tense.

• Usted cocinará y servirá la cena hoy.

The future tense is used to express a suprise, doubts or a possibility in the present.

• ¿Vendrá a la fiesta?
  ¿Será soltero?

A future action as viewed from the present tense.

• La maestra dice a los alumnos que mañana no tendrán el día libre.
  

Regular Verbs

Verbs that end in 'AR', 'ER' and 'IR'
Verb Ending	Yo	Tu	Usted, El, Ella	Nosotros	Ustedes, Ellos, Ellas
AR	E	AS	A	EMOS	AN
ER	E	AS	A	EMOS	AN
IR	E	AS	A	EMOS	AN

Examples

Verb	Yo	Tu	Usted, El, Ella	Nosotros	Ustedes, Ellos, Ellas
Beber	beberé	beberás	beberá	beberemos	beberán
Cantar	cantaré	cantarás	cantará	cantaremos	cantarán
Vivir	viviré	vivirás	vivirá	viviremos	vivirán

• Yo caminaré a la iglesia.
• Ellos comerán en el restaurante.
• Tu estudiarás para el examen.

IMPORTANT

In the future tense the ending carries an accent except in the form ‘Nosotros’.

There are a number of irregular verbs in future tense such as haber, querer, poner and salir that drop or change a letter in their future tense conjugation. Other verbs such as decir and hacer are also irregular .