French Future Tense – Irregular Verbs Worksheet

A reference table of 21 irregular future-tense stems supports two 22-sentence translation exercises, French-to-English and English-to-French, with a complete answer key.
Year levels
Years 8–9
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Updated Sep 08, 2021

Subject
French, Foreign Languages
Topic
Verbs, Future Tense
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Australian Curriculum content descriptions
AC9LF10EC05 — apply strategies to interpret

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This worksheet deals with how to conjugate the future tense for irregular verbs (those that use an irregular stem). Additional vocabulary is given to produce meaningful sentences. There are two exercises of 22 sentences each (French to English and English to French) and all necessary vocabulary is provided. Use with learners ready to practise the French future tense, adding support as needed. Answers provided. 

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Recall the irregular future-tense stem for 21 common French verbs (e.g., être → ser-, faire → fer-, avoir → aur-).

  • Translate French sentences using irregular future-tense verbs into accurate English.

  • Construct French sentences in the future tense, correctly pairing an irregular stem with the appropriate subject ending.

Teaching tips

  • Review the endings table and the 21-verb stem list together before assigning either exercise, since both exercises assume fluency with all 21 stems.

  • Assign Exercise 1 (French to English) before Exercise 2 (English to French), since translating into a first language is typically easier before students must generate correct French verb forms themselves.

  • Use the answer key's exact wording as a class discussion point where multiple natural English translations are possible (e.g., 'falloir' as 'to be necessary/must/have to/need to').

Skills covered

  • Irregular future-tense stem recall — students recall the correct irregular stem for 21 common French verbs.

  • Receptive translation — students translate French future-tense sentences into English.

  • Productive translation — students construct French future-tense sentences from English prompts, applying the correct stem and ending.

  • Subject-verb ending agreement — students match je/tu/il/elle/nous/vous/ils/elles to the correct future-tense ending.

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Australian Curriculum (Version 9.0)

Australian Curriculum content descriptions

Australian Curriculum content descriptions

  • AC9LF10EC05 — apply strategies to interpret and translate non-verbal, spoken and written interactions and texts to convey meaning and intercultural understanding in familiar and unfamiliar contexts

Core concepts

  • Future tense

  • Irregular verb stems

  • Translation practice

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