Printable Simple Future Tense Verbs Grammar Worksheets for Grade 2, 3

Four fill-in pages separate the English future into "will", "going to", an open choice of future form, and the future continuous, with negative prompts such as (not attend) running through all of them.

Year groups: Primary, Years 2–6
Pages: 4
File type: PDF
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Updated Mar 09, 2026

Subject: Grammar, Language Development, English
Topic: Future Tense Worksheets, Future Tense Verbs
Resource types: Worksheets, Worksheets & Printables
Preparation: Print ready

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About this resource

Introduction

This set of Future Tense Verbs Worksheets helps learners understand how verbs are used to talk about actions that will happen in the future. Students practise forming future tense using “will,” “going to,” and future continuous forms, helping them build stronger grammar and sentence-writing skills.

What’s Included:

Completing sentences using “will” for future actions

Using “going to” with the correct verb form

Filling in blanks with the correct future tense verb

Practising future continuous tense

Sentence-building and grammar practice activities

Grades / Ages:

Ideal for Grades 2–5

Implementation Format:

Perfect for literacy centres, grammar lessons, morning work, homework, small-group practice, or independent learning.

Answer Key:

Not included

File Type:

PDF (Non-editable)

Number of Pages:

4 pages total

License:

Paid product for personal or single-classroom use only

Tags to Use:

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In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Form the simple future with will, adding the base verb unchanged - I will go, they will arrive, it will rain
Form the same future with be going to, matching the auxiliary to the subject - I am going to eat, we are going to have, he is going to watch
Choose a future form independently when the direction line names no particular one
Build the future continuous by combining will be with the -ing form - I will be studying, they will be staying
Make each of those forms negative from a bracketed prompt, producing will not come, is not going to like, will not be attending

Teaching tips

Work pages 1 and 2 as a matched pair: the sentences are deliberately close in style, so the only thing that changes is the auxiliary, which makes the will versus going to distinction visible
Page 3 gives no form in its direction line, so it functions as the check on the first two - a student who has only drilled will tends to reach for it every time here
The "going to" page is the one where subject-verb agreement bites, since am, is and are all have to be chosen correctly before the verb is even reached
Save the future-continuous page for after the simple-future pages are secure; it is the only page requiring two changes at once, the auxiliary and the -ing ending
Bracketed negatives such as (not attend) appear without warning inside otherwise positive lists, so point them out before students start rather than after the first misread

Skills covered

Forming the simple future with will - students supply will plus the unchanged base verb in ten sentences, from "I ___ (go) to the store later" to "We ___ (travel) to Japan next year".
Forming the future with be going to - a whole page requires the auxiliary to be matched to the subject before the verb is added, as in "He ___ (watch) a movie tonight".
Choosing a future form unaided - the third page names no form, so students decide for themselves which construction fits the sentence.
Building the future continuous - the last page pairs will be with an -ing ending for sentences such as "They ___ (stay) at a hotel during their trip".
Handling negatives - bracketed prompts like (not attend), (not come), (not like) and (not enjoy) require the negative to be built into whichever future form the page calls for.

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

If the first two pages both cover the future, what separates them?

The form each one names. Page one specifies "using 'will'" and page two specifies "'going to'", so the two simple-future constructions are practised in isolation before a third page asks students to pick one for themselves.

What does the final page add beyond the simple future?

The future continuous. Its eleven sentences - "I ___ (study) for my exams this evening", "She ___ (be) busy at the office all day tomorrow" - need will be plus an -ing ending, so two changes are made to the bracketed verb rather than one.

Are negative forms practised alongside the positive ones?

On every page. Bracketed prompts such as (not attend), (not come), (not like) and (not enjoy) sit among the positive items, so students have to build "will not attend" or "is not going to come" rather than only the affirmative pattern.