Practising the future tense
Practise putting the three parts of the future tense all together.
Question
Translate these sentences into English:
- Ich werde Spanisch lernen.
- Meine Familie und ich werden nach 脰sterreich fahren.
- Wirst du ein neues Handy kaufen?
- Stefan wird H盲hnchen und Reis essen.
- Werdet ihr die Hausaufgaben machen?
- I will learn Spanish.
- My family and I will go/travel to Austria.
- Will you buy a new mobile phone?
- Stefan will eat chicken and rice.
- Will you do the homework?
Question
Fill in the correct parts of werden and the infinitives. The infinitives you should use are noted in brackets in English at the end of each sentence. Translate the completed sentences as you go along.
- Luisa _____ eine Flasche Wasser __________. (drink)
- Wir __________ unsere Freunde __________. (meet)
- _____ du zu Hause __________? (stay)
- Ich _____ Pizza __________. (bring)
- Sie (they) __________ in Amerika __________. (work)
- Luisa wird eine Flasche Wasser trinken. 鈥 Luisa will drink a bottle of water.
- Wir werden unsere Freunde treffen. 鈥 We're going to meet our friends.
- Wirst du zu Hause bleiben? 鈥 Will you stay at home?
- Ich werde Pizza bringen. 鈥 I will bring pizza.
- Sie werden in Amerika arbeiten. 鈥 They're going to work in America.
Question
Translate these sentences from English to German.
- I will go to the cinema.
- We will find it.
- Deniz will play football.
- Will you (plural) come too?
- They will become astronauts.
- Ich werde ins Kino gehen.
- Wir werden das finden.
- Deniz wird Fu脽ball spielen.
- Werdet ihr auch kommen?
- Sie werden Astronauten werden.
Did you know?
You might find that you want to get married in the future.
Some wedding customs in German-speaking countries are different from those in the UK.
In order to get married in a church, synagogue or mosque in Germany, couples first need to attend a legal ceremony at the registry office 鈥 Standesamt 鈥 of the town hall 鈥 Rathaus. Sometimes, the legal ceremony takes place up to a week before the church ceremony.
Same-sex civil unions are recognised in Germany and are known as Eingetragene Lebenspartnerschaften.
Rather than separate stag and hen parties, some couples enjoy a Polterabend with their friends before the wedding, where they traditionally break plates and tableware to bring good luck. The couple clears up the mess together to prove that they will get on well. The verb poltern means 'to crash about'. It is seen in the word Poltergeist, from poltern + Geist, which means 'a ghost that crashes about'.
In Germany and Austria, married people wear their wedding ring on the fourth finger of their right hand, rather than on the left as is customary in the UK.
