Friday, 11 February 2011

Future Tense: Going to do something

The future tense is formed from the verb werden + infinitive.
It is usually translated with 'going to'. The infinitive always goes at the end of the sentence.

Here are the forms of ‘werden’:

ich werde                                                  I’m going to
du wirst                                                     you are going to
er wird                                                       he is going to
sie wird           ins Kino gehen                  she is going to             go to the cinema
es wird                                                      it is going to
wir werden                                               we are going to
ihr werdet                                                 you are going to
sie werden                                               they are going to

Task
1. Learn the forms of 'werden'.
2. Translate into German:
            a) I’m going to play tennis. (Tennis spielen)
            b) He is going to sing in a band. (in einer Band singen)
            c) They are going to travel to Spain. (nach Spanien fahren)
            d) She is going to ride the bike. (Rad fahren)
            e) We are going to learn Chinese. (Chinesisch lernen)


Answer Key
a) Ich werde Tennis spielen.
b) Er wird in einer Band singen.
c) Sie werden nach Spanien fahren.
d) Sie wird Rad fahren.
e) Wir werden Chinesisch zu lernen.

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