WILL … + infinitive
We use WILL / WON’T :
1. To OFFER HELP
2. FOR FUTURE PREDICTIONS
POSITIVE structure
Main VERB
Subject AUXILIARY COMPLEMENTS
(infinitive)
I
you
he,she,
he,she, it SEE a FILM TOMORROW.
TOMORROW.
WILL
we
speak TO MARY.
MARY.
you
they
NEGATIVE
Main VERB
Subject AUX not COMPLEMENTS
(infinitive)
I
you
he,she, it WILL Not SEE a FILM TOMORROW.
TOMORROW.
we
WO n’t speak TO MARY.
MARY.
you
they
? QUESTIONS
• Yes / no questions
Main VERB
AUXILIARY Subject COMPLEMENTS
(infinitive)
I
you
he,she, it SEE a FILM TOMORROW.
TOMORROW.
WILL
we
speak TO MARY.
MARY.
you
they
Short answers:
Yes, I will / No I won’t
Yes she will / no she won’t
• Wh-
Wh- questions
Main VERB
Wh-
Wh- word AUXILIARY Subject COMPLEMENTS
(infinitive)
I
you
Where see a film
film tomorrow?
he,she, it
When Will
Why
we to Mary?
… speak
you
they
answers:
Where will you see a film tomorrow? - at the cinema
When will we see a film tomorrow? - in the morning
When will they speak to mary? - at 5 o’clock
Why will he speak to mary? - because he wants to tell her something