6.1.

 Arrangements / what you have decided or

arranged

I’m taking a test tomorrow.

Paul is presenting his PhD thesis next month.

 What you have considered / planned

I’m going to study hard and I’m going to have

a really good mark!

 A prediction based on evidence

Look at those black clouds! It’s going to start

raining soon.
 Prediction “I think”
If I get that job, I’ll earn more than you.

 Promise “I think”
I haven’t done my homework yet but I’ll do it
tonight, I promise.

 Spontaneous decision
A: It’s really cold in here.
B: I’ll turn on the heater.
 will can/may might

He will go to Japan. He will definitely work

there.

They may leave at 6. Perhaps they will drive

home.

She might marry him. And then again she

might leave him.
 won’t can’t

He won’t leave school just yet.

He can’t be home yet; it’s 3 o’clock and he

leaves work at 4.
 must have to

In Portugal you must go to school either until

you are 16 or you complete the 9th year.

All children in Portugal have to learn a foreign

language.

In Portugal you don’t have to study Biology in

the 12th year.
 Must need have to

We have no milk. You must go and buy some.

Most people need to sleep about 8 hours every night.

We have to leave now if we want to arrive on time.

He doesn’t need/have to ask for a raise, he’s going to

be promoted.
 mustn’t

You mustn’t park here.

Attention:
You can’t spend your life doing nothing! (not
prohibition but impossibility)
 Advice should(n’t)

A: I have a toothache. What should I do?

B: You shouldn’t wait another minute. You
should go to the dentist.