Future I Simple will
Will future expresses a spontaneous decision, an assumption with regard to the future or an action in the future that cannot be influenced.
Form of will Future
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positive
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negative
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question
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no differences
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I will speak.
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I will not speak.
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Will I speak?
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Use of will Future
§ a spontaneous decision
example: Wait, I will help you.
§ an opinion, hope, uncertainty or assumption regarding the future
example: He will probably come back tomorrow.
§ a promise
example: I will not watch TV tonight.
§ an action in the future that cannot be influenced
example: It will rain tomorrow.
§ conditional clauses type I
example: If I arrive late, I will call you.
Signal Words
§ in a year, in two weeks, in three months etc., next …, tomorrow, again, soon,
§ Vermutung: I think, probably, we might …, perhaps
Exercises:
1. Bill Clinton …………… (make) a speech on TV tonight.
2. Eveline ……………… (stay) there until she learns the truth.
3. We …………… (not fly) to Bonn the day after tomorrow.
4. ………………. Someone ………………… (meet) the tourists?
5. He isn’t ill. He …………………. (not take) any medicine.
6. Webb ………….. (visit) us before he leaves İzmir.
7. ……………… christopher ………………. (not open) an account at the bank tomorrow?
8. The next issue of Tempo ……………. (not come) out the day after tomorrow.
9. I ………………. (not change) my mind about leaving.
10. I …………… (not take) any Turkish exams this week.
Key:
1. will make 2. will stay 3. won’t fly 4. will someone meet 5. won’t take 6. will visit 7. won’t Christopher open 8. won’t come out 9. won’t change 10. won’t take
