Future Simple

Future Simple

1. Will

   • Uses
     • Probable future events
       • Will you marry me?
     • Spontaneous decisions or ideas
       • You will not go to the party!
     • Willingness to do an activity
       • They will repair my TV tomorrow
     • Giving orders
       • I will pick you up tomorrow
     • To propose or invite something
       • It will snow this weekend
   • Structure
     • Affirmative
       • Subject + auxiliary will + verb in infinitive + complement
         • She will come to the country next year
     • Negative
       • Subject + auxiliary will + not + verb in infinitive + complement
         • They will not cook this week
     • Interrogative
       • Auxiliary will + subject + infinitive verb + complement?
         • Will he play in the next match?

2. Going to

   • Uses
     • To express a plan
       • Lucas is going to make another movie
     • Expresses a person's intention to accomplish something in the future tense
       • Miss Anderson is going to be a juror in the contest.
     • Express something about which you are certain
       • It's going to rain.
   • Structure
     • Affirmative
       • Subject + verb to be + going to + verb in infinitive + complement
         • I am going to eat a sandwich tonight.
     • Negative
       • Subject + verb to be + not + going to + verb in infinitive + complement
         • She is not going to go to the cinema with us.
     • Interrogative
       • Verb to be + Subject + going to + infinitive verb + complement?
         • Are you going to write the email for the client?

3. Shall

   • Uses
     • To make suggestions
       • Shall we go to the meeting tonight?
     • To make promises or express voluntary actions
       • We shall come back next year.
   • Structure
     • Affirmative
       • Subject + shall + infinitive verb + complement
         • I shall take more notes in my classes
     • Negative
       • Subject + shall + not + verb in infinitive + complement
         • I shall not be in this concert
     • Interrogative
       • Shall + subject + infinitive verb + complement?
         • Shall I help you?