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Will


 

  Image   I'll have the businessman's lunch please.

 


'Will' is one of the ways to talk about the future.



Affirmative:        subject + will + verb

                             I will have

 

Negative:           subject + will + not + verb 

                             I will not have

 

Interrogative:     Will + subject + verb 

                             Will I have?

 

 

The contracted form

The affirmative and negative forms of 'will' are normally contracted in spoken English.

 

Affirmative:

Full form

Contracted form

I will

I'll

You will

You'll

He will

He'll

She will

She'll

It will

It'll

We will

We'll

They will

They'll

 

 

Negative: 

The negative form has two contractions. The contraction with 'won't' is more common.

Full form

Contracted form 1

Contracted form 2

I will not

I'll not

I won't

You will not

You'll not

You won't

He will not

He'll not

He won't

She will not

She'll not

She won't

It will not

It'll not

It won't

We will not

We'll not

We won't

They will not

They'll not

They won't

 

 

 

In formal writing, use the full form.

 

In conversations or informal writing, use the contracted form.

In affirmative questions and short answers always use the full form.

 

Will you help me?  Yes, I will. Image

Will you help me?   Yes I'll.  Image


 

 

Uses

Examples

 

Spontaneous decisions

 

(The phone rings)   I'll answer the phone.

 

Who'll take the minutes? - I'll do it.

 

How does this work?  -  I'll show you.

 

Are you ready to order? - Yes I'll have the steak please.

 

 

Uncertainty

 

I'll probably go shopping this afternoon.

 

He thinks he'll arrive on Monday.

 

It's possible that the room won't be ready when you get here.

 

 

Predictions

 

Hurry up or you'll be late.

 

In 10 years we'll all have electric cars.

 

What will the world be like in the future?

 

 

Asking people to do things

 

 

Will you call the station and book the tickets?

 

Will someone help Susan with the budget?

 

Who'll write the report for the meeting?

 

 

Offers and promises

 

I'll drive to the restaurant if you like.

 

We'll babysit this evening if you want to go out.

 

See you at the party.  I'll bring a cake.

 

I'll deliver the message tomorrow.

 

I won't forget to phone him.

 

 

As an alternative to going to for intentions in a formal situation

 

On our tour today, I'll show you the design centre and later we'll visit the plant.

 



ImageWill you come this way please? 

Image  You will meet a tall, dark, handsome stranger. 

Image   Will you marry me?   Yes I will! 

Image  Sign here. I promise you won't regret it. 

Image  I think I'll be late for the meeting. My train is delayed. 

Image   We'll be friends forever. 

Image  It's lovely today, but we'll have rain tomorrow.  

Image Don't worry, I'll fix it for you. 

Image My presentation will be in two parts.  First, I'll tell you about our sales targets and then we'll  discuss marketing.