The Weekend Ahead

This worksheet helps students in Grades 4 and 5 strengthen reading comprehension and grammar skills by working with a short passage about Alex’s weekend plans. After reading, students answer comprehension questions in complete sentences using the simple future tense, applying will + base verb as they restate key details from the text. The activity blends understanding of narrative content with accurate verb tense usage.

Learning Goals

• Reading Comprehension (Grades 4-5): Identify and understand important details about events and plans.
• Simple Future Tense Usage: Write clear sentences using will + base verb.
• Responding in Complete Sentences: Practice clear, grammatically correct written responses.
• Reading-to-Writing Connections: Transform information from a text into accurate future-tense statements.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource: Designed to integrate grammar practice naturally into reading comprehension.
• Meaningful Context: A relatable weekend-plans scenario keeps students engaged.
• Tense Consistency Practice: Reinforces accurate future-tense use across multiple responses.
• Flexible Use: Suitable for grammar lessons, reading blocks, homework, or independent practice.

This printable worksheet helps students build confidence writing in the simple future tense while strengthening comprehension and sentence fluency. By answering questions about Alex’s plans using will constructions, learners improve grammar accuracy, clarity, and ability to express future events in writing. It is a no-prep resource that works well in both classroom and homeschool language arts settings, supporting clear and consistent future-tense communication.

This worksheet is part of our simple future tense worksheets collection.