What will you do with that soup? Will you just put it in the fridge or
will you freeze it?
I think I’ll have some orange juice, actually.
We use will and be going to for decisions, intentions and plans. We use will when the decision is immediate and be going to when we have already made
a plan: A: It’s too expensive to fly on the Friday. Look it’s nearly £200. It’s only
£25 to fly on Thursday.
B: We’ll fly on Thursday then. A: Great. That’ll save us lots of money.
We’re going to drive to Birmingham on Friday, and Saturday morning we’re going to drive to Edinburgh.
WILLINGNESS AND OFFERS Will is often used to express someone’s willingness to do something or to
make offers. It is often used with I in this context:
I’ll show you where to go. I will be home after seven.
I think they will help us.
In a conversation: A: It’s just a leaflet that I’ve got.
B: Just the leaflet. Right, I’ll go and get you a brochure too. I’ll give you a lift to the hotel.
PROMISES We use will to make promises:
I’ll be there for you. Don’t worry. We’ll always love you.
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REQUESTS AND INVITATIONS We often make requests or invitations with will:
Will you pass me the salt? This tastes good. Will you give me the recipe?
Will you come for dinner on Saturday?
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
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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:
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
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Tabel 5 Will Shall singular and plural
+
I, we she, he, it, you, they
full form
will or shall will
work
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
’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
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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
