| Positive / Negative
| | Interrogative
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| I/we
| shall(’ll)/shall not/shan’t
will(’ll)/will not/won’t
| be
win
eat
come
| Shall
Will
| I/we
| be?
win?
eat?
come?
|
| you/they/
he/she/it
| will(’ll)/will not/won’t
| Will
| you/they/
he/she/it
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The Future Simple tense denotes:
| 1. A predicted future action, a happening which is inevitable and out of anybody’s control with the adverbials of time such as tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, next year,
in a week (month, year),
in 2008, etc.
| Next year I’ll be 18.
Spring will come soon.
In 100 years’ time there will be a lot more people than there are now.
Spring has come, so the snow will start melting, the birds will come back home.
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| 2. An action which the speaker regards as possible, probable or likely to happen in future.
| I’m sure he’ll get better.
I don’t think I’ll go out tonight, I’m too tired.
No doubt you’ll enjoy the performance.
Do you think they’ll win the match?
I’ll probably be a bit late this evening.
I haven’t seen Carol today. I expect she will phone this evening.
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| 3. An action which is spontaneous, not part of a plan.
| Don't lift the suitcase. I'll helpyou.
Itlooks like rain. I'll takemy umbrella then.
What would you like to drink? – I'll havea coke, please.
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| 4. A future action in complex sentences in the main part.
But after if,when, while, after, before, as soon as, until/till
we use Present Simple, Present Perfect.
| I’ll phoneyou as soon as Iarrive. When you returnhome you'll noticea lot of changes.
It’s pouring down. We’ll getwet through if wego out.
When you seeJane again, you won’t recognizeher.
Come on! Mum will be worried if weare lateagain.
Iwon’t sendthe parcel until Ihearfromyou.
As soon as Bob and Ashton have got married,they’ll moveto California.
Ishan’t phoneyou until Ihave donemyhomework.
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