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Will
Grammar

Will is a modal verb. There are many uses:

1. To predict a future event: It will rain tomorrow.

2. To express a spontaneous decision: I'll pay for the tickets by credit card.

3. To express a voluntary action/willingness: He'll carry your bag for you.

4. To express a promise: I will call you tomorrow.

As an example, let's use the subject 'I', the verb 'to play', and the object 'cards'.

The simple future is composed of two parts: will + infinitive.

The structure looks like this: Subject + will + infinitive

I will play cards.

Match the sentences on the left with the functions on the right.

1) There will be a thunderstorm tonight. __

2) I will not do your homework for you. __

a) making a promise
3) I’ll send you a card from Florida. __

4) I’ll report you to the police next time. __

b) making a prediction
5) I’ll get your magazine from the shop. __

6) I won't tell anyone your secret. __ c) making a decision

7) The year 2222 will be a very interesting year. __

d) expressing a voluntary action/willingness
8) I will send you the information when I get it. __

9) Don't worry, I'll be careful. __

10. I will leave soon. __

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Make a decision for each of the situations below or what you might offer to do.

Use these verbs: answer, carry, have, ask, post

Example:

Your friend has come into your hotel room. The window is open and it is cold.

_______I’ll shut the window.__________________________________________________

1. The phone is ringing. You are the nearest person to it.

_________________________________________________________________________

2. The choice on the menu is fish or chicken. You hate fish.

_________________________________________________________________________

3. You are meeting a friend at the station. He has two suitcases. There's a bag too.

_________________________________________________________________________

4. Your friend has written a postcard. You are going to walk into town past the post office.

_________________________________________________________________________

5. You are lost in a foreign city. You want to get back to your hotel.

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