Simple Future Tense Class 5 English Grammar has been prepared for learning English Grammar of Class 5 under CBSE, ICSE, and Other State boards as Lesson No. 20. Class 5 students in their English Grammar learning process will get help from the Simple Future Tense Class 5 English Grammar to achieve better speaking and writing skills in English.
This Lesson 20, Simple Future Tense Class 5 English Grammar contains – What Simple Future Tense is? and Simple Future Tense Formula, Uses, with a practice worksheet at the end for better knowledge for class 5.
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Example & Definition: Simple Future Tense Class 5 English Grammar
- I shall go to school.
- She will play the drums at the concert on Wednesday.
- Mother will bake a cake.
- The girl will gift a scarf to her grandmother.
All the above-highlighted words express actions that will be done in the future or will happen in the future.
When the verb of the sentence refers to an action that will be done or will happen to a time later than now or expresses facts or certainty, it is in the Simple Future Tense.
Formula: Simple Future Tense Class 5 English Grammar
The formula of Simple Future Tense with Positive, Negative, Interrogative, and Negative – interrogative sentences and the Past Perfect Tense chart using different persons and numbers have been shown in the following.
Simple Future Tense(Positive)
Formula – 1
| Subject + shall / will + Verb + Object. |
Chart – 1
| Person | Singular | Plural |
| 1st | I shall play football | We shall play football |
| 2nd | You will play football | You will play football |
| 3rd | He / She / It will play football | They will play football |
Simple Future Tense(Negative)
Formula – 2
| Subject + shall / will + not + Main Verb + Object. |
Chart – 2
| Person | Singular | Plural |
| 1st | I shall not play football | We shall not play football |
| 2nd | You will not play football | You will not play football |
| 3rd | He / She / It will not play football | They will not play football |
Simple Future Tense(Interrogative)
Formula – 3
| Shall / Will + Subject + Main Verb + Object? |
Chart – 3
| Person | Singular | Plural |
| 1st | Shall I play football? | Shall we play football? |
| 2nd | Will you play football? | Will you play football? |
| 3rd | Will he/she/it play football? | Will they play football? |
Wh-Word Question
Formula – 4
| Wh-Word + shall / will + Subject + Main Verb + Object? |
Example:
- Where shall I play?
- When shall we have lunch?
- Where will you go?
- Why will he be absent?
- How will they celebrate?
- Why will Shruti laugh?
Questions for information are made with the ‘Wh-word’. who, which, what, why, whose, whom, how are called ‘Wh-word’.
Simple Future Tense (Negative-Interrogative)
Formula – 5
| Shall / Will + Subject + Not + Main Verb + Object? |
Chart – 4
| Person | Singular | Plural |
| 1st | Shall I not play football? | Shall we not play football? |
| 2nd | Will you not play football? | Will you not play football? |
| 3rd | Will he/she/it not play football? | Will they not play football? |
In a Negative-Interrogative sentence ‘not’ is placed before the subject noun and after the subject pronoun.
Example:
- Will not Ravi play football? (Before subject noun)
- Will he not play football? (After subject pronoun)
Uses: Simple Future Tense Class 5 English Grammar
We use the simple future tense
1. to express an action that will take place in the future.
Example:
- I shall return your dictionary tomorrow
- They will come again next month
2. to talk about unplanned actions.
Example:
- I’ll help you with your homework
- It’s raining, I will close the window,
3. to make predictions.
Example:
- It will rain tomorrow,
- The trek will be difficult for you.
4. We use the will + verb to talk about actions that are not planned. The speaker decides to do the action at the time of speaking.
Example:
- We will go to Iqbal’s party tomorrow.
- If you sit down to study, I will help you complete your homework.
5. We use will + verb to predict a future event.
Example:
- It will rain tomorrow.
- The ice cream will melt if you don’t eat it quickly
6. We use will + verb to talk about promises or commands.
Example:
- You will not move from your seat
- I will take you to the fair tomorrow,
7. to show future action, we use words like
- tomorrow,
- next week,
- next month,
When an action is planned or arranged to take place in the near future, we sometimes use the be + going + to form instead of the Simple Future Tense.
We sometimes use be going to
1. to express a future event that has already been planned.
Example:
- I am going to prepare for the exam.
- They are going to visit us again next month.
2. to make predictions.
Example:
- Rita is going to win the quiz.
- The children are going to hurt themselves.
3. We use be going to + verb to talk about actions that are planned and will definitely happen.
Example:
- Savithri is going to start college next June.
- Diane is going to start work next week.
Simple Future Tense Exercises
Exercise – 1
A. complete the sentences using the simple future tense.
1. She ______________ the drums at the concert on Wednesday. (play)
3. She ______________ dog for a walk. (take)
2. Mom ______________ cake tomorrow. (bake)
4. He ______________ house. (guard)
6. The girl ______________a scarf to her grandmother. (gift)
7. She ______________ the water. (spill)
5. Summit’s boss ______________ him. (scold)
8. The dog ______________ the postman. (chase)
9. The teacher ______________ us English tomorrow. (teach)
Exercise – 2
B. Fill in the blanks with the simple future tense form of the verbs in the brackets.
1. My room is dirty I _______ (clean) it tomorrow.
2. I _______ (meet) you next Sunday at noon.
3. He _______ (work) late tonight.
4. They _______ (watch) the film tomorrow.
5. The plane _______ (arrive) at 9 p.m.
6. She _______ (mow) the garden tomorrow.
7. We _______ (serve) dinner at 10 p.m.
8. He _______ (paint) the house over the weekend.
9. Shreya _______ (play) the piano at the concert.
10. Manav _______ (go) to the concert with me.
11. The author _______ (complete) her novel next week.
12. Jackie _______ (wash) the clothes tomorrow.
Exercise – 3
C. Use the words and form sentences in the simple future tense as instructed.
1. ice cream/melt
affirmative sentence:
negative sentence:
interrogative sentence:
2. they/come/tomorrow
affirmative sentence:
negative sentence: .
interrogative sentence:
3. someone/meet/you/at the lobby
affirmative sentence:
negative sentence:
interrogative sentence: .
4. Prateek/do/the homework/tomorrow
affirmative sentence:
negative sentence: .
interrogative sentence: –
5. we/go to the party
affirmative sentence:
negative sentence: .
interrogative sentence:.
Exercise – 4
D . Write sentences with going to using the words from the brackets.
1. ____________________________when she finds out we have not done our homework. (she, be, very, angry)
2. ____________________________? (you, miss, your, old neighbourhood)
3. ____________________________You can take it. (I, not need, the car, today)
4. ____________________________? (Diya, not come, to, the, book fair, with us)
5. ____________________________from tomorrow. (I, start, going, for, morning walks)
Class 5 English Grammar: All Topics & Chapters????:
Chapter 1. Parts of speech
Chapter 2. The sentence and Types
Chapter 3. Subject and Predicate
Chapter 4. Nouns and their Types
Chapter 5. Noun and Number
Chapter 6. Noun and Gender
Chapter 7. Articles
Chapter 8. Pronouns and their Classifications
Chapter 9. Verbs and Types of Verbs
Chapter 10. Regular Verbs Irregular Verbs List
Chapter 11. Subject and Verb Agreement
Chapter 12. Simple Present Tense
Chapter 13. Present Continuous Tense
Chapter 14. Present Perfect Tense
Chapter 15. Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Chapter 16. Simple Past Tense
Chapter 17. Past Continuous Tense
Chapter 18. Past Perfect Tense
Chapter 19. Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Chapter 20. Simple Future Tense
Chapter 21. Future Continuous Tense
Chapter 22. Future Perfect Tense
Chapter 23. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Chapter 24. Tense Exercises
Chapter 25. Modal Verbs
Chapter 26. Adjectives and their Types
Chapter 27. Degree of Adjectives
Chapter 28. Adverbs and Comparison
Chapter 29. Prepositions and their Uses
Chapter 30. Conjunctions
Chapter 31. Direct and Indirect Speech
Chapter 32. Transformation of Sentences
Chapter 33. Punctuation
