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Topic test · B1

Futur I test

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How do you say “I’m going to the doctor tomorrow” in everyday speech?

I’m going to the doctor tomorrow.

Morgen gehe ich zum Arzt. The second sentence is correct too, but it sounds formal. Since morgen is in the sentence, the future is already given — the Präsens is enough.

Wo ist Ali? — Er wird im Büro sein. What does this sentence say?

The question asks “Where is Ali?”

A guess. The question asks “where is he right now?”. Here werden + infinitive is not the future, it is the equivalent of English “he’ll be in the office”.

Er wird .

He’s becoming a doctor.

Arzt. When a noun follows werden, the meaning is “to become”: he’s becoming a doctor. With an infinitive it would be future or guess.

Er wird krank sein.

krank = sick, ill.

wohl. wohl · wahrscheinlich · sicher pull the sentence firmly toward a guess. This pattern can’t be built with gestern.

Which one means “He must have forgotten”?

He must have forgotten it.

Er wird es vergessen haben. This is Futur II: a guess about a past event. At B1 you are not expected to produce it, but you need to recognise it.

Ich hoffe, dass er morgen .

I hope he’ll come tomorrow.

kommen wird. In a subordinate clause the conjugated verb slides to the very end and the infinitive stands right before it: …, dass er morgen kommen wird. The order wird kommen belongs to a main clause (Er wird morgen kommen.) — it doesn’t work after dass. gekommen is a Partizip II; here you need the infinitive.

Which one means “We’ll solve this problem”?

We’ll solve this problem.

Wir werden das Problem lösen. The pattern is exactly the same as with modal verbs: conjugated werden in second position, the infinitive at the end of the sentence. Careful: pulling the infinitive up in front of the object (…werden lösen das Problem) is a mistake that comes from the English order “will solve the problem”. Putting a Partizip II at the end doesn’t work either: werden + Partizip II builds a passive, and a passive has no Akkusativ object — the correct version of that sentence would be Das Problem wird gelöst.

Ihr euch freuen.

You’ll be happy.

werdet. werden is irregular: ich werde · du wirst · er wird · wir werden · ihr werdet · sie werden. The most common mistake is saying werden for ihr; the form werden belongs to wir and sie/Sie.

Er wird gefragt. What does this sentence say?

Which of the pattern’s three readings is it?

He is being asked — passive. What decides the meaning of werden is what follows it: infinitive → future/guess, noun or adjective → to become, Partizip II (gefragt) → passive. To say “he will ask” we would need the infinitive: Er wird fragen. “He must have asked” would be Futur II and would need haben: Er wird gefragt haben.

Du wirst jetzt sofort schlafen! — What is the tone of this sentence?

jetzt sofort = right now.

A harsh order. What makes the tone is not du alone but an adverb meaning “right now”, like jetzt sofort, plus the exclamation mark: it comes out as a command pressed on the other person — the tone of a parent to a child. The same pattern with du can perfectly well be gentle: Du wirst es schaffen. is encouragement, Du wirst wohl recht haben. is a guess. The words that open up the guess reading are wohl · wahrscheinlich · sicher; here sofort stands in their place, so the guess reading is closed. Said to an adult you don’t know, this tone lands too heavily.

Morgen ich werde lernen.

I’ll study tomorrow

Because the sentence starts with a time word (Morgen), the verb has to come right after it, in second position: Morgen werde ich lernen.

Er morgen kommen.

He’ll come tomorrow

The future is built with the auxiliary werden. In the third person singular it is wird.

Build the sentence: We’re going to Berlin on vacation.

Tap the pieces to build the sentence

Wir werden im Urlaub nach Berlin fahren. The future (Futur I) is built with the auxiliary werden, and the main verb goes to the very end as an infinitive.
Quick rules

The rules in three lines

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  1. With a time word, the Präsens is enough

    If the sentence has a time word (morgen · später · bald · nächste Woche), the future information is already there; Germans use the Präsens in daily speech. Save werden + infinitive for guesses, promises and formal announcements — and with an adverb that means “right now”, the same pattern turns into a harsh order.

    Morgen gehe ich zum Arzt. · Ich werde dich anrufen.

  2. Conjugated werden second, infinitive last

    The build is exactly the same as with modal verbs, and werden is irregular: ich werde · du wirst · er wird · wir werden · ihr werdet · sie werden. In a subordinate clause the order changes: the conjugated werden slides to the end and the infinitive stands right before it.

    Wir werden das Problem lösen. · …, dass er kommen wird.

  3. wird often means “must be”

    The meaning comes from the word that follows: infinitive → future or guess, noun or adjective → “to become”, Partizip II → passive. Most of the places where you will hear this pattern are guesses about the present, not the future; wohl · wahrscheinlich · sicher confirm that reading. The same guess about the past is called Futur II — at B1, recognising it is enough.

    Er wird wohl krank sein. · Er wird Arzt. · Er wird gefragt.

Traps

Commonly mixed up

Where a direct translation breaks. The hard questions come from here.

  • Morgen werde ich einkaufen gehen.

    Morgen gehe ich einkaufen.

    Not wrong grammatically, but it sounds heavy and artificial — Germans don’t talk like this. Because the future feels obligatory, werden gets stuck onto every future sentence; with morgen in the sentence, the Präsens is enough.

  • Ihr werden euch freuen.

    Ihr werdet euch freuen.

    werden is irregular. The form werden belongs to wir and sie/Sie; ihr needs werdet.

  • …, dass er morgen wird kommen.

    …, dass er morgen kommen wird.

    The main-clause order is being carried into the subordinate clause. After dass the conjugated verb slides to the very end, and the infinitive stands right before it.

  • Er wird gefragt. (= “He will ask”)

    Er wird fragen. (= “He will ask”)

    Both sentences are correct German — what is wrong is the reading. A Partizip II at the end builds a passive, not a future: Er wird gefragt = “he is being asked”. For the future you need the infinitive.