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Advanced Grammar
There are two basic future tenses used to describe things that happen in the future.
Besides these two there are some other future tenses which can be started on the advanced future
tenses page. The first future tense is the future with 'will'. Use the future with will to talk about
an event in the future that you have just decided to do, for predictions and for promises.
Examples:
We normally use WILL to speak about the future. It is always combined with another verb.
Since WILL is classified as a modal verb (like can, would, could, should) it has the same
characteristics:
1. It does not change in the third person (i.e. he, she, it)
2. It is always combined with another verb in the base form (i.e. without 'to')
3. We don't use it with 'Do' in questions or negatives.
Examples of Will:
In the negative, we add NOT to the end of WILL and not to the main verb. (= will not)
Examples:
With positive contractions WILL becomes 'LL and is joined to the subject:
Positive Contraction
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 Contraction
I will not 1 wont’t
You will not you won’t
He will not he won’t
She will not she won’t
It will not it won’t
We will not we won’t
You will not you won’t
They will not they won’t
Questions
To form a question using WILL, we reverse the order of the subject and WILL:
Examples:
Yes, I will.
No, I won't.
Examples:
Going to can also be used to show signs that something will happen
example:
Here is an in depth guide to both the future with 'will' and with 'going to'.
Take the Future Forms Quiz for Advanced Learners
Resource for ESL Teachers. This intermediate lesson focuses solely on the future
with 'will' and 'going to' and includes a step by step guide through the lesson and
handouts to use in class.