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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.
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Updated Sep 08, 2021

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French, Foreign Languages
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Verbs, Future Tense
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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. Suitable for all levels of ability. Answers provided. 

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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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Are the sentences in Exercise 1 and Exercise 2 the same, just reversed, or are they different sentences?

They cover the same 21 irregular verbs and vocabulary but use different sentence numbering and English phrasing, so students are not simply translating the same 22 sentences back and forth — each exercise requires independent recall.

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