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Games for Future Verbs in Spanish

Games provide language students with fun ways of learning words and the rules associated with a foreign language. The Spanish future tense indicates that an action will occur in the future, and this tense has both regular and irregular verb stems. You can practice these verb stems using games, and these games are for students at all levels. Generally, these games are free, and you can play them online.

Burrito Builder
- In this game, you select your level of difficulty, ranging from easy to expert. You are given a question, and you must write the answer before an object on the bottom of the screen makes it to the type. You use your "Shift" key to add accents to letters and to move between different items on the screen. You can control the number of words on the screen that you have to answer and the speed at which items move up the screen. The goal is to complete as many words as possible and to build a burrito. You receive the names of six food items that you must translate into Spanish. You must type in one of these food words correctly to create a burrito. To find this game, go to Visual Link Spanish, and select Fun Verb Games. On this screen, select Future Tense: AR Verbs. This is a free game. (See Resources.)
Hangman
- This game is based on the classic hangman game, in which you have to type in the correct numbers or letters. If you put in the wrong number or letter, then the computer draws out parts of rope, noose and then a man. If you do not get the correct answer before the man is fully drawn, then he is hung. This game has three levels of play, but each level focuses on the future tense. This is a free game. To find this game, go to the Elma Eagles website, and select the Foreign Language tab. Then select Spanish, and select the game from the list on the home page. (See Resources.)
123 Speak
- The 1-2-3 Speak Spanish Verb Guide games is a set of 30 games that teachers can use in their classrooms. As of 2011, this game costs $80, and you can order it from the author's website. This game helps teachers teach all the Spanish verb tenses, including the future tense. One of the games is Six-Up, a game is for between two and four players. Students roll a die with a pronoun on it, and students must make a sentence using the pronoun, a verb and a "when" word. (See Resources.)
Word Search
- The Spanish Future Tense Word Search Game requires you to find the Spanish future tense words in the mix of letters. Drag your mouse around the letters to select the word. The goal is to find all of the words as quickly as possible. This game helps students learn different Spanish verbs. To find this game, go to ProProfs Brain Games, and search for Spanish Future Tense Word Search Game in the search box. This is a free game. (See Resources.)

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