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Making plans for the future
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Auxiliary will - Predictions
Another grammar structure used to talk about the future time is
will
.
Will
is an
alternative for
going to
when making predictions. Will is a little more formal than
going to for predictions.
Will
is also used to talk about decisions made at the moment
of speaking. In a daily conversation
will
is generally used in contracted form. Using
the full form usually makes the speaker sound more formal.
In Grammar Box 3 you can see the use of
will
for predictions.
Grammar Box 3
Use of Will for predictions
Affirmative Form
Subject +
will
+ verb in base form
Negative Form
Subject +
will not
+ verb in base form
I
will
play tomorrow.
You
will
play tomorrow.
He
will
play tomorrow.
She
will
play tomorrow.
It
will
play tomorrow.
They
will
play tomorrow.
We
will
play tomorrow.
I
will not
play tomorrow.
You
will not
play tomorrow.
He
will not
play tomorrow.
She
will not
play tomorrow.
It
will not
play tomorrow.
They
will not
play tomorrow.
We
will not
play tomorrow.
Contracted Form
´ll
Contracted Negative Form
won´t
I
´ll
play tomorrow.
You
´ll
play tomorrow.
He
´ll
play tomorrow.
She
´ll
play tomorrow.
It
´ll
play tomorrow.
We
´ll
play tomorrow.
They
´ll
play tomorrow.
I
won´t
play tomorrow.
You
won´t
play tomorrow.
He
won´t
play tomorrow.
She
won´t
play tomorrow.
It
won´t
play tomorrow.
We
won´t
play tomorrow.
They
won´t
play tomorrow.
Interrogative Form
Yes/no questions
Will
+ subject + verb in base form
Will
I speak?
Will
you speak?
Will
he/she/it speak?
Will
they speak?
Will
we speak?
Will
is used to:
1. Make predictions: It
will
rain.
2. Make offer: I
will
do the dishes if you want.
3. Make a promise: I
will
get here on time.