FUTURE SIMPLE 'Will / Shall'
SUBJECT + WILL (EVERY PERSON) + INFINITIVE + (Complements)
SHALL (FIRST PERSON singular and plural = I + We)
STATEMENT
I shall visit London next summer
We shall eat at nine o’clock
You will come tomorrow by car
NEGATION
I shall not visit London next summer
We shall not eat at nine o’clock
You will not come tomorrow by car
• SHALL + NOT = SHAN´T
• WILL + NOT = WON`T
INTERROGATION
Shall I visit London next summer?
Shall we eat at nine o’clock?
Will you come tomorrow by car?
TIME EXPRESSIONS:
• AT (Hours) / ON (Days of the Week) / IN (Months, Years and Centuries)
• IN THE FUTURE / IN X YEARS’ TIME / ONE DAY
• NEXT (hour, day, month, …)
• WHEN / AS SOON AS
USES:
• Habitual or repeated actions in the future: Birds will return in Spring
• Statement of future fact: The ticket for the match will cost five pounds
• Opinions, assumptions, beliefs, doubts, hopes or fears about the future:
They are sure they will win the race
I am afraid you will lose the match
• With verbs of perception and emotion:
I shall never forget him
She will always hate you
You will see Mary tomorrow morning
• 1st Conditional Clauses: If he comes, I will go with him
WILL:
1 To express requests: Will you come with me to do the shopping?
2 As a promise: I will remind you to buy some more butter
3 As a determination: We will go, you cannot stop us
SHALL:
1 To express offers: Shall I open the window?
2 To express suggestions: Shall we go to the cinema this evening?
3 With 2nd or 3rd persons (singular and plural) when the subject has to do something or it is prohibited from doing something:
- OBLIGATION: They shall stay home whether they want or not
- PROHIBITION: You shall not go out until you finish your homework
(Bible: ‘Thou shalt not…) 10 COMMITMENTS
