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COMMANDS
We sometimes give commands or orders using will:
Will you be quiet, please Will you stop picking your nails
It is also used to insist that someone does something:
But you will have to do it. You’ll have no choice.
[parent to child]
You will wear it whether you like it or not. GENERAL TRUTHS
Will is used to describe something the speaker thinks is generally true: [talking about making complaints at hospitals]
A: Do you think they should try and make it easier for people to complain?
B: No, cos some people will always complain. cos = because in
informal speech
HABITUAL EVENTS
We use will to refer to events that happen often: [talking about a younger sister, Celia, who doesn’t eat properly; she refers to
Celia]
Celia will start to get upset if she has to eat cabbage or meat like chicken breast. My mum will say, ‘Just try it’. And she’ll start shaking her head
and going, ‘No. I don’t want to’. Mum will put it near her mouth and she’ll
start to cough.
DISAPPROVAL
Will is also used to talk about repeated behaviour which the speaker does not like or approve of. Will is normally stressed here:
He will leave his clothes all over the floor. It drives me mad.
stronger than He leaves his clothes all over the floor.
INANIMATE OBJECTS THINGS
Will may be used to refer to inanimate objects and how they respond to humans, most typically in the negative form won’t:
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The car won’t start. The door won’t open. It’s stuck.
WILL AND SHALL
FUTURE: WILL AND SHALL WILL AND SHALL: FORM
Will and shall are modal verbs. They are used with the base form of the main verb They will go; I shall ask her. Shall is only used for future time
reference with I and we, and is more formal than will. See this following table on the next page
Tabel 6 Will Shall
+ I, we
she, he, it, you, they
full form will or shall
will
I, she, he, it, you, we, they
short form ’ll
−
I, we she, he, it, you,
they full form
will not or shall not
will not work
I, we she, he, it, you,
they short form
won’t
or
shan’t won’t
? + Will or Shall
Will I, we
she, he, it, you, they
work?
? − Won’t
or
Shan’t Won’t
I, we she, he, it, you,
they
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’ll: Short Forms Of Shall And Will
Spoken English: In speaking, shall and will are usually contracted to ’ll, especially after
subject pronouns I, we, you, they, she, he, it:
We’ll meet you outside the coffee shop.
more common in speaking than We will meet you outside the coffee shop
WILL AND SHALL: USES PREDICTIONS
We use will and shall to make predictions and to state facts about the future:
• There will be strong winds tomorrow in the south of the
country.
• The year 2025 will be the four-hundredth anniversary of the
founding of the university.
• We shall need an extra bedroom when the new baby arrives. DECISIONS AND OFFERS
Will and shall usually in the short form ’ll are used to announce decisions and to make offers:
[a salesperson in a clothes shop is talking to a customer] A: Which size do you want? Medium or large?
B: I’ll have large. decision • Wait. I’ll open the door for you. offer
Not: Wait. I open the door for you.
• I shall contact you again when I have further information. SHALL WITH I AND WE
We can use shall instead of will with I and we in statements. Its use is more formal:
We shall never forget the holiday we had in Vietnam.
When we use shall I and shall we in questions it is usually to make suggestions rather than to refer to future time:
It’s getting late. Shall we go home? Shall I invite Louisa and Jill to the party?
