1. The future tense is used to describe actions that will occur later. There are three main ways to express the future in French: going to + verb, the future tense (infinitive + endings), and using the present tense. 2. Formation of the future tense involves using "aller" + verb for the immediate future, the infinitive + specific endings for the regular future, and irregular stems that stay the same for certain verbs. 3. Common time indicators used with the future tense include tomorrow, later, tonight, this afternoon, after, later on, during holidays, next weekend, and next year.