9 Will for the Future;

Future Time Markers

The Future of Space

Travel

Focus on Grammar 2
Part IX, Unit 31
By Ruth Luman, Gabriele Steiner, and BJ Wells
Copyright © 2006. Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
 News Flash

In the future, many

people will travel by
airplane
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travel into space!
Will these
XKZ.trips be other planets.
expensive?
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interview with Burt
Rhutan, the
inventor of
Spaceship One.
 Affirmative Form
Use Subject + will + base form verb +
complement to talk about things that will happen in
the future.

In the future, we will

have friends from
other planets.
 Time Expressions
Use Time Expressions for Future to describe a
particular time in the future

Tomorrow Next In Later

tomorrow next Year in two hours later the day after tomorrow

tomorrow next month in six months later on soon

morning
tomorrow next week in one year later today in the future
afternoon
tomorrow next hour in 30 minutes on Monday (future day)
evening
tonight next time in 3 weeks this afternoon (future
part of the day)
next summer
 Contractions (+)
Use contractions of will with pronouns in
speaking and informal writing.

Contractions Practice your

pronunciation
I will I’ll of the
you will you’ll contractions.
he will he’ll
she will she’ll
it will it’ll
we will we’ll
they will they’ll
 Negative Form
Use Subject + will + not + base form verb +
complement to talk about things that will not
happen in the future.

I will not hold that

bag!
 Contractions (-)
Use contractions of will not with pronouns
in speaking and informal writing.

Contractions Practice your

pronunciation
I will I won’t of the
you will you won’t contractions.
he will ye won’t
she will she won’t
it will it won’t
we will we won’t
they will they won’t
 Interrogative Form
Use Will + subject + base form verb +
complement to ask questions about the future.

Will you accept

this gift?
 Be Careful!
Use the base form of the verb after will or
won’t. Never put an “s” in the verb.

I will takes
I will takeyour gift
to my leader.
 Short Answers
Use Pronoun + will or won’t to give a short answer.
Never use I’ll, You’ll, he’ll etc. to give a short
answer.

Will you please

drive more
slowly?

Sure,I I’ll.
Sure, will.
 Predictions
Sometimes we use will to express what we think will
happen in the future. It is similar to making a
prediction.

By the year 2060,

Bywethe year
will 2080,
have
schoolchildren will take
airports on Saturn.
fieldtrips to Jupiter.
 Promise or Assurance
Use will to make a promise or give assurance
(when we are sure we’ll do something.)

I think I’m lost. Don’t worry, I’ll

help you.
promise

assurance
I’ll take you back
to your
spaceship, I
promise.
 Ask for or Offer

Use will to ask for or offer something.

Will you give

me a ride to the
next planet?
offer
request
Sure, we’ll give
you a window
seat.
 Won’t
Won’t is the contraction of will + not. It has
two meanings.

He won’t have a I won’t eat

job next week. another bite.

negative
future refusal
 Look at the statements. Match
Practice 1 the statements to the different
uses for will.

Example:
“I’ll love you Promise
“I’ll love you
forever.” 3.
3.“I’ll
“I’llget
getyou
you
forever.” some
somewaterwaterfor
for
your
yourhiccups.”
hiccups.”
Offer
1.
1.“I“Ithink
thinkitit
will
willrain
rainnext
next
week.”
week.” Predict

4. ““Will
4. Willyou
you
Ask for
2. “This
2. “This please take
please take out
out
homework is
homework is the garbage?”
the garbage?”
too difficult.
too difficult. II Refuse
won’t do
won’t do it.”
it.”
 Probably
To say that something is not definite, use
probably with will for the future.

We’ll probably
visit that planet.
 Time Markers

Some time markers are used only for the

future.

We’ll learn
more about
Earth
tomorrow.
 Use will to answer the
Practice 2 questions with a partner.

1. What will you do in ten years?

2. Where will you live?

3. Will you take vacations to other planets?

4. Will you take English classes next year?

5. What classes will you take?

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