FUTURE SIMPLE 'Will / Shall'

FUTURE SIMPLE 'Will / Shall'


SUBJECT + WILL (EVERY PERSON) + INFINITIVE + (Complements)
SHALL (FIRST PERSON singular and plural = I + We)


STATEMENTI shall visit London next summer
We shall eat at nine o’clock
You will come tomorrow by car

NEGATIONI 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

INTERROGATIONShall 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