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Will and Shall 2: Yes, She's A Good Driver. She'll Pass Easily

1. The document discusses the use of will and shall to talk about the future. It explains that will is used to talk about predictions and intentions, while shall is only used with first person subjects. 2. Some examples of using will are given, such as to talk about predictions ("I think Kate will pass"), intentions ("I'll be in Japan"), and inevitable future events ("If you touch it, you'll burn yourself"). 3. Shall is only used with first person subjects like "I" and "we", and the negative is "shan't". Other subjects take will, not shall.

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Will and Shall 2: Yes, She's A Good Driver. She'll Pass Easily

1. The document discusses the use of will and shall to talk about the future. It explains that will is used to talk about predictions and intentions, while shall is only used with first person subjects. 2. Some examples of using will are given, such as to talk about predictions ("I think Kate will pass"), intentions ("I'll be in Japan"), and inevitable future events ("If you touch it, you'll burn yourself"). 3. Shall is only used with first person subjects like "I" and "we", and the negative is "shan't". Other subjects take will, not shall.

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Unit

22 will and shall 2


A We do not use will to say what somebody has already arranged or decided to do:
Lisa is working next week. (not Lisa will work)
Are you going to watch TV this evening? (not will you watch)
See Units 19–20.
We use will to say what we know or believe about the future (not what someone has already decided).
For example:
Kate has her driving test next week. Joe believes that Kate will pass
Yes, she’s a good driver.
Chris and Joe are talking about it. the driving test.
She’ll pass easily.
He is predicting the future.
When we predict a future
Do you think happening or situation, we use
Kate will pass? will/won’t.

CHRIS JOE

Some more examples:


They’ve been away a long time. When they return, they’ll find a lot of changes here.
‘Where will you be this time next year?’ ‘I’ll be in Japan.’
That plate is hot. If you touch it, you’ll burn yourself.
Anna looks completely different now. You won’t recognise her.
When will you get your exam results?
Compare:
I think James is going to the party on Friday. (= I think he has already decided to go)
I think James will go to the party on Friday. (= I think he will decide to go)

B We often use will (’ll) with:


probably I’ll probably be home late tonight.
I’m sure Don’t worry about the exam. I’m sure you’ll pass.
I think Do you think Sarah will like the present we bought her?
I don’t think I don’t think the exam will be very difficult.
I wonder I wonder what will happen.
After I hope, we generally use the present:
I hope Kate passes the driving test.
I hope it doesn’t rain tomorrow.

C Generally we use will to talk about the future, but sometimes we use will to talk about now:
Don’t phone Amy now. She’ll be busy. (= she’ll be busy now)

D Normally we use shall only with I and we. You can say:
I shall or I will (I’ll) we shall or we will (we’ll)
I shall be late this evening. (or I will be)
We shall probably go to France in June. (or We will probably go)
In spoken English we normally use I’ll and we’ll:
We’ll probably go to France.
The negative of shall is shall not or shan’t:
I shan’t be here tomorrow. (or I won’t be)
We do not normally use shall with he/she/it/you/they:
She will be very angry. (not She shall be)

will and shall 1 ➜ Unit 21 I will and I’m going to ➜ Unit 23 will be doing and will have done ➜ Unit 24
44 will have to ➜ Unit 31A The future ➜ Appendix 3 American English ➜ Appendix 7
Unit
Exercises 22
22.1 Put in will (’ll) or won’t.
1 Can you wait for me? I won’t be long.
2 There’s no point in asking Amanda for advice. She know what to do.
3 I’m glad I’m meeting Emma tomorrow. It be good to see her again.
4 I’m sorry about what happened yesterday. It happen again.
5 You don’t need to take an umbrella with you. I don’t think it rain.
6 I’ve got some incredible news! You believe it.

22.2 Complete the sentences using will (’ll). Choose from the following:
it/be she/come you/get you/like you/enjoy
people/live it/look we/meet you/pass she/mind
1 Don’t worry about your exam. I’m sure you’ll pass .
2 Why don’t you try on this jacket? nice on you.
3 You must meet Max sometime. I think him.
4 It’s a very nice hotel. your stay there.
5 It’s raining hard. Don’t go out. very wet.
6 Do you think longer in the future?
7 Goodbye! I’m sure again before long.
8 I’ve invited Anna to the party, but I don’t think .
9 You can borrow Amy’s umbrella. I don’t think .
10 It takes me an hour to get to work at the moment. When the new road is finished,
much quicker.

22.3 Write questions using do you think … will … ? + the following:


be back cost end get married happen like rain
1 I’ve bought this picture for Karen. Do you think she’ll like it ?
2 The weather doesn’t look very good. Do you ?
3 The meeting is still going on. When do you ?
4 My car needs to be repaired. How much ?
5 Sally and David are in love. Do ?
6 ‘I’m going out now.’ ‘OK. What time ?’
7 The future situation is uncertain. What ?

22.4 Where do you think you will be at these times? Write sentences about yourself. Use:
I’ll be … or I’ll probably be … or I don’t know where …
1 (next Monday evening at 7.45) I’ll probably be at home.
2 (at 3 am tomorrow)
3 (at 10.30 tomorrow morning)
4 (next Friday afternoon at 4.15)
5 (this time next year)

22.5 Which is better in these sentences?


1 Lisa isn’t free on Saturday. She’ll work / She’s working. (She’s working is correct)
2 It was an amazing experience. I never forget it. / I’ll never forget it.
3 Something very funny happened. You’re laughing / You’ll laugh when I tell you about it.
4 I’ll go / I’m going to a party tomorrow night. Would you like to come too?
5 Who do you think will win / is winning the game tomorrow?
6 I can’t meet you this evening. A friend of mine will come / is coming to see me.
7 Don’t be afraid of the dog. It won’t hurt / It isn’t hurting you.
8 What’s happening / What will happen if I press this button?
9 a: Have you decided where to go for your holidays?
b: Yes, we’ll go / we’re going to Italy.
➜ Additional exercises 10–13 (pages 308–10) 45

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