GCSE French (CCEA)

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Grammar III: Verbs

Future tense

The normal way to obtain the stem for future tense is to use the infinitive form of -er and -ir verbs, and in -re verbs, get rid of the final -e. These stems are the base to which you add the regular future endings (-ai, -as, -a, -ons, -ez, -ont). The regular future endings (-ai, -as, etc.) happen to be avoir conjugated in the present. Of course, there are some irregulars:

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