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Teacher Prix here to help you talk to anyone, anywhere, anytime in English.
Today I want to help you understand the difference uses of the simple future Will.
But Priscila, isn’t will just for the future?
Yes.
But there are different uses of will.
It is not just future.
There are other situations.
They indicate future situation, but the idea is a little bit different.
So, I will give you 5 different uses of will, in this video.
Number 1: Promise.
You can also make a promise and use will, just like I was, you know, listening to the song in the
beginning of the video.
In this part of the song, the singer is singing: I will always love you.
That’s a promise, ok?
And you can use will for that.
You should use will for that.
let’s see another example: I will come back on time mom, I promise.
Here I even said “I promise”, which is very common by the way, but I used will.
I will come back on time.
That’s a promise, ok?
That’s not just future.
It is future but with the idea of promising something.
Number 2: Positive thinking.
Yeah, you can use will for that.
It is a future situation, but a very positive one.
Let’s see some examples: I am sure you will get the job.
So, I’m sure, I absolutely know, I am positive you will get the job.
This part “you will get the job”, even though it is future, I don’t know for sure
if the person will or will not get the job.
But I’m being positive.
So with this idea of being positive you should use Will. Another
example I have a test tomorrow, oh relax you will do great!
Number 3: Negative thinking.Yes guys, just like we can be very positive, we can be very negative.
And if we are negative in English using a future situation we should use Will.
For example, hey, just saying, you will get a lot of traffic if you leave now.
So, here, I am being a little bit negative.
I’m saying the person will get a lot of traffic, so that idea is a bit negative.
Another example you will not pass the test, not studying like this!
I’m being negative.
Ok, I’m expressing my opinion by saying I don’t believe the person will pass.
But this is a negative prediction.
I am feeling, I have a feeling, for some reason that the person will not pass, therefore I
should will.
ok? Number 4: when you decide to have something, for example, at a restaurant.
You are sitting down at a restaurant and you are ready to order so you can say: I will
have a diet coke, please or I will have a steak and fries or I will have some tea and
it is very common to say so in a restaurant.
You probably learned other expressions but this is a very popular one I will have a coke,
I will have a sandwich, I will have the steak, I will have, alright?
And the last one: offer to do something.
When you are offering to do something for someone you can use will to indicate that,
a future situation that is very close, that is about to happen and you are offering to
do something, you are offering your help, your assistance.
Don’t worry, I will help you finish this exercise So, here the idea is I will help
you finish, I am offering to help.
And guys, when I am offering help, I don’t need to be, to really say: I’m offering
my help, do you need my help?
I can simply say, and that’s why the future is so useful here, hey I will help you, I
will help you do this homework.
I’m offering to help and I’m offering with will.
Another example hey, mom, I will do the dishes.
I don’t think moms ever listen to this, but when they do, oh my God!
So if you ever want to help your mom do the dishes, hey now you can say that, if you ever
speak English to your mom, by the way, yeah.
Or if you are somewhere and you will offer to do something.
That was just an example.
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