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Lesson 39 – The indicative futur antérieur in French

  1. theory
    how to form the indicative futur simple
    use
  2. exercises 🔥
  3. comments

Theory

a) how to form it

with auxiliary verb “ avoir ”

group 1

ER verb

group 2

IR verb

group 3

RE verb

j’

tu

il/elle/on

nous

vous

ils/elles

aurai chanté

auras chanté

aura chanté

aurons chanté

aurez chanté

auront chanté

aurai choisi

auras choisi

aura choisi

aurons choisi

aurez choisi

auront choisi

aurai répondu

auras répondu

aura répondu

aurons répondu

aurez répondu

auront répondu

with auxiliary verb “ être ”

group 1

ER verb

group 2

IR verb

group 3

-RE, -IR …

je

tu

il/elle/on

nous

vous

ils/elles

serai rentré

seras rentré

sera rentré

serons rentrés

serez rentrés

seront rentrés

 

serai guéri

seras guéri

sera guéri

serons guéris

serez guéris

seront guéris

serai devenu

seras devenu

sera devenu

serons devenus

serez devenus

seront devenus

b) use

  1. the “Futur Antérieur” is used with future actions that will have been accomplished before other future actions

Dès que la course de drones sera terminée, nous nous envolerons vers « les étoiles »

As soon as the drone race  is  over, we’ll fly to “The Stars” 

  1. also, in independent propositions to express an action that will be completed at that time

Bientôt, les nouvelles machines auront pris la place des anciennes machines

The new machines  will have replaced  the old machines soon

Exercises

Results

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#1. I will have gone there soon

#2. You will understand what I mean when John lights up the firecracker

#3. So you're saying she'll have become a turtle by then ?

#4. As soon as the bomb goes off, a countdown will start

#5. Jocelyne will have come back home when Gordon turns 32

Terminer

 

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