This exam tips covers Exam Tips & Common Errors within Talking about the future: present + time marker and werden for GCSE German. Revise Talking about the future: present + time marker and werden in Time Markers and the Three Time Frames for GCSE German with 10 exam-style questions and 15 flashcards. This topic shows up very often in GCSE exams, so students should be able to explain it clearly, not just recognise the term. It is section 4 of 4 in this topic. Treat this as a marking guide for what examiners are looking for, not just a fact list.
💡 Exam Tips & Common Errors
- For a quick, reliable future, use present + morgen / nächste Woche.
- Use werden + infinitive to show range and impress at Higher.
- The infinitive always goes to the end with werden — don't leave it stranded after the verb.
- Remember werden changes for er/sie/es to wird (one d): Es wird regnen.
❌ Common error: Ich werde fahren nach Berlin morgen.
✓ Correct: Ich werde morgen nach Berlin fahren. (or: Morgen fahre ich nach Berlin.)
Why it costs marks: with werden, the infinitive (fahren) must go to the END of the clause. Putting it straight after werde breaks the verb bracket (Satzklammer) and costs AO3 marks.
Practice questions for Talking about the future: present + time marker and werden
What is the SIMPLEST way to express the future at GCSE German?
Complete the sentence using present tense as future: 'Morgen ___ ich nach Berlin.'