This document discusses forming verbs in the French future tense. It notes that the future tense of -er and -ir verbs is formed by adding endings to the infinitive, dropping the -e for -re verbs. Some common spelling changes for -er verbs in the future tense are also provided. A practice exercise then prompts the learner to fill in blanks with the future tense forms of sample verbs. The document distinguishes between using "le futur" for grammatical future and "l'avenir" for events that have not yet occurred.

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Point de départ
In Leçon 7, you learned to use aller + [infinitive] to express
actions in the immediate future (le futur proche). You will
now learn the future tense to say what will happen.

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Note that you form the future tense of -er and -ir verbs
by adding the future endings to the infinitive. The -e of
the infinitive is dropped before adding the endings to
-re verbs.

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Note the future tense forms of most spelling-change
-er verbs:

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For -er verbs with an é before the infinitive ending, form
the future tense as you would with regular -er verbs.
The words le futur and l’avenir (m.) both mean future.
Use the first word when referring to the grammatical
future; use the second word when referring to events
that haven’t occurred yet.

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Essayez! Remplissez les blancs avec la forme correcte
du futur des verbes.
1. je __________ (manger)
2. il __________ (prendre)
3. on __________ (boire)
4. ils __________ (acheter)
5. vous __________ (choisir)
6. tu __________ (connaître)
mangerai

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Essayez! Remplissez les blancs avec la forme correcte
du futur des verbes.
1. je __________ (manger)
2. il __________ (prendre)
3. on __________ (boire)
4. ils __________ (acheter)
5. vous __________ (choisir)
6. tu __________ (connaître)
mangerai