Future Continuous 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 21. Class 5 students in their English Grammar learning process will get help from the Future Continuous Tense Class 5 English Grammar to achieve better speaking and writing skills in English.
This Lesson 21, Future Continuous Tense Class 5 English Grammar contains – What Future Continuous Tense is? and Future Continuous Tense Formula, Uses, with a practice worksheet at the end for better knowledge for class 5.
Example & Definition: Future Continuous Tense Class 5 English Grammar
- He will be running a race.
- I shall be reading a storybook.
- Ravi will be eating rice.
- They will be going to school.
All the above-highlighted words refer to actions that will be happening at a particular time in the future.
When the action of the verbs in sentences talks about something that will be happening at a given point in the future, it is in the Future Continuous Tense.
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Formula: Future Continuous Tense Class 5 English Grammar
The formula of Future Continuous Tense with Positive, Negative, Interrogative, and Negative – interrogative sentences and the Future Continuous Tense chart using different persons and numbers have been shown in the following.
Future Continuous Tense(Positive)
Formula – 1
| Subject + shall / will + be + Verb+ ing + Object. |
Chart – 1
| Person | Singular | Plural |
| 1st | I shall be playing football | We shall be playing football |
| 2nd | You will be playing football | You will be playing football |
| 3rd | He / She / It will be playing football | They will be playing football |
Future Continuous Tense (Negative)
Formula – 2
| Subject + shall / will + not + be + Verb + ing + Object. |
Chart – 2
| Person | Singular | Plural |
| 1st | I shall not be playing football | We shall not be playing football |
| 2nd | You will not be playing football | You will not be playing football |
| 3rd | He / She / It will not be playing football | They will not be playing football |
Future Continuous Tense (Interrogative)
Formula – 3
| Shall / Will + Subject + be + Verb + ing + Object? |
Chart – 3
| Person | Singular | Plural |
| 1st | Shall I be playing football? | Shall we be playing football? |
| 2nd | Will you be playing football? | Will you be playing football? |
| 3rd | Will he/she/it be playing football? | Will they be playing football? |
Wh-Word Question
Formula – 4
| Wh-Word + Shall / Will + Subject + be + Verb + ing + Object? |
Example:
- Where will you be going?
- When will she be having lunch?
- Where shall I be making mistakes?
- Why will he be being absent?
- How will they be celebrating Christmas?
- Why will Shruti be laughing?
Questions for information are made with the ‘Wh-word’. who, which, what, why, whose, whom, how are called ‘Wh-word’.
Future Continuous Tense (Negative-Interrogative)
Formula – 5
| Shall / Will + Subject + not + be + Verb + ing + Object? |
Chart – 4
| Person | Singular | Plural |
| 1st | Shall I not be playing football? | Shall we not be playing football? |
| 2nd | Will you not be playing football? | Will you not be playing football? |
| 3rd | Will he/she/it not be playing football? | Will they not be playing football? |
In Negative-Interrogative sentences ‘not’ is placed before the subject noun and after the subject pronoun.
Example:
- Will not Ravi be playing football? (Before subject noun)
- Will he not be playing football? (After subject pronoun)
Uses: Future Continuous Tense Class 5 English Grammar
We use the future continuous tense
1. to describe an action that will be in progress at a particular time in the future.
Example:
- At 4:00 p.m. tomorrow, I will be watching television
- At 10:00 a.m. next Monday, I will be taking the exam.
- We will be spending time on a beach this time next week,
Future Continuous Tense Exercises
Exercise – 1
A. Use these sets of words to form affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences in the future continuous tense. Use suitable time references and other required words.
1. it rain/in Mumbai
Al 5:00 p.m, tomorrow, it will be raining in Mumbai. (affirmative)
At 9:00 p.m. tomorrow, it will not be raining in Mumbai. (negative)
Will it be raining in Mumbai at 3:00 p.m. tomorrow? (interrogative)
2. I/work/office
3. he/board/flight to England
4. she/shop/at Janpath
5. she/exercise at the gym
6. the children/sleep
7. she/write letter to Grandmother
8. they play tennis
9. they/drive through the desert
10. Ahmed/watch television
Exercise – 2
B. Write sentences in the future continuous tense.
1. we/fly/to/Mumbai
We’ll be flying to Mumbai this time tomorrow.
2. you/work/in/Kolkata
______________________ in five years’ time?
3. I/not/do/anything
______________________at 12 o’clock, I’ll be free.
4. I/have/a/music lesson
______________________tomorrow afternoon,
5. She/not study
______________________at 12 in the night! It’s too late.
6. Dad/wait/for/us/at/the/airport
______________________when we arrive?
7. We/not play/football
______________________with them on Saturday afternoon.
Exercise – 3
C. Use these sets of words and form sentences in the future continuous tense.
1. Maya/drink/coffee
2. We/walk/home
3. Jayant/take/a bath
4. Ravi/play/tennis at the club
5. Preetha/learn/French
6. Mother/cook/fried rice
7. You/clean/the house
8. Milan and Cyrus/eat/dinner
9.They/watch/television
10. Rati and Jayant/fly/kites
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
Chapter 34. Paragraph Writing
