What is it, how do we use and how do we create it?
FORMING THE SIMPLE FUTURE
The simple future tense is composed of two parts: will / shall + the infinitive without to.
The simple future refers to a time later than now, and expresses facts or certainty. In this case there is no ‘attitude’.
Subject | will | infinitive without to |
Affirmative | ||
I | will | go |
I | shall | go |
Negative | ||
They | will not | see |
They | won’t | see |
Interrogative | ||
Will | she | ask? |
Interrogative negative | ||
Won’t | they | try? |
Let's look at some examples
To predict a future event:
I will marry my girlfriend this year.
To express willingness:
I’ll help you decorate your house, next month.
With I or We, to express a spontaneous decision:
I’ll pay for your holiday this Summer.
In the negative form, to express unwillingness:
I won’t decide until next week.
With I in the interrogative form using “shall”, to make an offer:
Shall we go to the gym every Monday?
With you, to give orders:
You will do exactly as I ask.
In modern English will is preferred to shall.
Shall is mainly used with I and we to make an offer or suggestion, or to ask for advice.
With you in the interrogative form, to give an invitation:
Will you marry me?
Quirky Idiom
IDIOM:
I hope this class today, lays the foundations for your English learning.
Vocabulary point explained
Lays the foundations = prepare a structure / goal to make things easier / better
We have learnt how to formulate the Simple Future tense.