Future Plans: Work: Grammar (AQA GCSE Spanish): Revision Note

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There are two future tenses in Spanish - the near future (going to) and the inflectional future (will). Let's look at the inflectional future in more detail.

Inflectional future

  • Use the inflectional future tense to express ‘will’ when talking about future plans

  • Use the infinitive verb (e.g. trabajar) and add the following endings:

Spanish

English

trabajaré

I will work

trabajarás

you will work (informal)

trabajará

he / she will work

  • Four key verbs add these endings to an irregular stem, rather than to the infinitive:

infinitive

stem

verb forms

tener

tendr-

tendré, tendrás, tendrá

hacer

har-

haré, harás, hará

poder

podr-

podré, podrás, podrá

poner

pondr-

pondré, pondrás, pondrá

  • Hay means 'there' is or 'there are' - its inflecitonal future form is habrá (there will be)

Higher tier only

This grammar is only required for Higher tier.

  • Here are the plural forms of the inflectional future:

Spanish

English

trabajaremos

we will work

trabajaréis

you will work (plural informal)

trabajarán

they will work

  • Here are five more key verbs that add endings to an irregular stem, rather than to the infinitive:

infinitive

stem

decir

dir-

saber

sabr-

salir

saldr-

querer

querr-

venir

vendr-

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