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This
is Spaceship
an exciting
How
will
day.
Were
Good
morning.
One
change
the way
watching
the
first
This
is Gloria
Lopez
people
travel?
airplane
travel
reporting
for into
space!
Will
these
trips be
Station
XKZ.
expensive?
Lets go now to an
interview with Burt
Rhutan, the
inventor of
Spaceship One.

In the future, many

people will travel by
airplane
No, into
theyspace.
wont
cost much. People
will probably take
their vacations to
other planets.

The
The Future
Future
Use will + the base form of the verb to talk
about things that will take place in the future.

In
Inthe
thefuture,
future,we
we will
will
have
have friends
friendsfrom
from
other
otherplanets.
planets.

Be
Be Careful!
Careful!
Use the base form of the verb after will or
wont.
IIIwill
willtakes
take your
will
takes
your
gift
gift to
tomy
myleader.
leader.

Contractions
Contractions
Use contractions of will with pronouns in
speaking and informal writing.
Contractions

I will
you will
he will
she will
it will
we will
they will

Ill
youll
hell
shell
itll
well
theyll

Practice your
pronunciation
of the
contractions.

Predictions
Predictions
Use will to make predictions.

By the year 2060,

Bywe
the
year
2080,
will
have
schoolchildren
will take
airports on Saturn.
fieldtrips to Jupiter.

Promise
Promise or
or Assurance
Assurance
Use will to make a promise or give assurance.

I think Im lost.

Dont worry, Ill

help you.
promise

assurance
Ill take you back
to your
spaceship, I
promise.

Ask
Ask for
for or
or Offer
Offer
Use will to ask for or offer something.
Will you give
me a ride to the
next planet?

offer
request
Sure, well give
you a window
seat.

Wont
Wont
Wont is the contraction of will + not. It has
two meanings.
He wont have a
job next week.

negative
future

I wont eat
another bite.

refusal

Practice 1

Look at the statements. Match

the statements to the different
uses for will.

Example:
Ill love you
Iforever.
ll love you
forever.

Promise
Offer

1.
1.IIthink
thinkitit
will
willrain
rain
next
nextweek.
week.
2. This
This
2.
homework is
is
homework
too difficult.
difficult. II
too
wont do
do it.
it.
wont

3.
3.IIll
llget
getyou
you
some
somewater
waterfor
for
your
yourhiccups.
hiccups.

Predict
Ask for
Refuse

4. Will
4.
Willyou
you
please take
take out
out
please
the garbage?
garbage?
the