Practice the Spanish Simple Future: Our Ideal Summer
The simple future is one of the easiest verb tenses to learn in Spanish: it doesn’t change the verb stem, it just adds an ending to the infinitive. In this exercise you’ll practice it by describing a classic plan — summer vacation — with 12 interactive sentences in the first person plural (nosotros / we).
To talk about future plans in Spanish, the most common way is «ir a + infinitivo»: vamos a comer (we’re going to eat), vamos a descansar (we’re going to rest). But you can also conjugate the verb directly in the simple future. This tense has a more poetic, formal feel, so it’s often used to talk about wishes, dreams and promises: comeremos (we will eat), descansaremos (we will rest).
In this exercise we imagine the ideal summer: iremos a España (we will go to Spain), visitaremos varias ciudades (we will visit several cities), pasaremos unos días en la playa (we will spend a few days at the beach)… All the sentences use the nosotros form, so you only need to remember one ending: -emos.
How does the exercise work?
You’ll see a sentence with the verb in the infinitive (highlighted in blue) and you’ll need to complete the blank with the simple future conjugation. Click the letter tiles to write your answer, or type directly with your keyboard. If you need help, press the green AYUDA button to reveal the answer letter by letter. After you answer correctly, you’ll hear the pronunciation of the correct answer.
How is the Spanish simple future formed?
The great thing about the simple future is that you don’t need to memorize stem changes: you simply add the ending directly to the verb’s infinitive, no matter whether it ends in -ar, -er or -ir.
| Persona | Terminación | hablar | comer | vivir |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| yo | -é | hablaré | comeré | viviré |
| tú | -ás | hablarás | comerás | vivirás |
| él / ella | -á | hablará | comerá | vivirá |
| nosotros | -emos | hablaremos | comeremos | viviremos |
| vosotros | -éis | hablaréis | comeréis | viviréis |
| ellos | -án | hablarán | comerán | vivirán |
Notice the pattern in this exercise: ir → iremos, dar → daremos. Although ir and dar look irregular in other tenses, in the simple future they are completely regular: they follow the same rule as any other verb, adding the ending to their infinitive.
📖 If you want to go deeper into this tense, the Real Academia Española has a full entry: simple future (RAE).
Simple future vs. «ir a + infinitivo»: which one should I use?
In spoken Spanish, especially in Spain, «ir a + infinitivo» is much more common for concrete, near-future plans. The simple future, on the other hand, sounds more formal and is reserved for wishes, promises and predictions.
| ir a + infinitivo | futuro simple | |
|---|---|---|
| Register | Informal, conversational | Formal, poetic |
| Used for | Concrete, near plans | Wishes, promises, predictions |
| Example | Vamos a comer paella el sábado. | Comeremos felices, pase lo que pase. |
In practice, both are correct and widely used — the difference is in the nuance. This exercise helps you master the simple future form, so you can confidently choose which one to use depending on what you want to express.
More sentences to talk about summer in the simple future
Here are some extra sentences, with other grammatical persons, to keep practicing:
- Yo iré a la playa todos los días. (I will go to the beach every day.)
- ¿Tú vendrás con nosotros de vacaciones? (Will you come on vacation with us?) — watch out, venir IS irregular: vendr-!
- Ellos viajarán a la costa en agosto. (They will travel to the coast in August.)
- Mis amigos y yo alquilaremos un apartamento cerca del mar. (My friends and I will rent an apartment near the sea.)
Keep practicing
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