My name is Toby, I'm a teacher and I have a confession to make. I have lied to my students.
It was wrong. I was wrong and I'm sorry. But you know what? Your teachers have lied to you
too! Okay!? We all lie! Everyone is a liar! So don't criticize me! Geez! But yes your English
teacher lies to you and that's a terrible thing. So now let's make things right! WILL!
So then why do we use WILL? Well, Toby! WILL is the future. This is a lie... yeah... Let me
explain. So let's look at some examples of WILL and try and spot some different uses.
"I'm sure you'll understand that there is nothing we could have done to prevent this"
"Will you give me a hand please? This bag is heavy" "His flight will have just taken off so
don't bother trying to call him" "I don't want to talk about this now. I'll see you tomorrow".
"He'll always try to start an argument when it comes to politics so don't mention it
tonight please". Pause the video here and try to understand the different functions of WILL.
In the first sentence WILL is making a prediction about the present.
In the second it refers to someone's willingness or volition to do something.
In the third sentence WILL is making a prediction about the past.
In the fourth sentence it's referring to the Future. And in the fifth sentence WILL is
talking about something that is always true. So this means that we can use WILL for predictions
and volition or willingness and...yes... the future and for permanent situations. Ah. Yes I
know this is terrible news but don't worry we will look at these in more detail! Let's go!
Oh my God should I call Johnny or not? I just don't know! No. But why not, Bruce? I'm sure he'll
be missing me loads! Uh no, Monica. He won't be. He's not interested, yeah? He dumped ya years ago!
Shut up, Bruce! He is missing me and he is interested okay! What do you know? "He'll
be missing me loads" this is the future continuous but this is a bad way to see
it because Monica is not talking about the future here. Instead Monica is speculating
about the present. Monica thinks that right now Johnny is missing her loads. Also notice how at
the end of the conversation Monica switches from the future continuous at the beginning
to the present continuous at the end. This is to make the prediction more concrete. Monica starts
with the future continuous to make a prediction about the present "he will be missing me loads"
but then as her desperation increases she wants to be more certain and so she finishes with the
present continuous "he is missing me loads". Yeah, Monica is desperate. Oh my God shut up,
Toby! I am not desperate! If anyone is desperate it's you! You're desperate for donations because
you're poor! And this is true! Hugo Trevino! I love you! Thank you so much for donating to
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thank you! Thanks a lot! If you feel like I've helped you prepare for any of your Cambridge
exams or to improve your English then please do consider donating yourself! The links will be
in the comments section and the description. Thanks! Now we don't only use WILL to make
predictions about the present. We could also use WILL to make predictions about the past and we do
this in the same way that we make a past modal of deduction: WILL plus HAVE plus PAST PARTICIPLE.
Monica you're doing it?! Close your fat, ugly mouth, you pig! It's ringing!
He didn't answer! Monica, he'll have seen it was you and ignored it. No he won't have,
you idiot! He'll have been busy like thinking about me or buying me presents or something.
So here "he will have seen it was you and ignored it" is the
same as "he must have seen it was you and ignored it". Perhaps with
WILL there is a little bit more certainty but that's a very, very subtle difference.
So we can use WILL to speculate about the future, yeah, but also the present and the past. Ah.
If Monica says "I know I'll call Johnny again now" is she talking about the future? Well she says NOW
but yeah she's kind of talking about the future. However the emphasis is on Monica's willingness
to do something in the present. Oh my God my phone is ringing! Where is it!? Who has my phone!? Oh my
God! I'll get it, I'll get it. Relax yeah. Hello? Bruce! No! Bruce is doing the same thing here. So
we are using will to talk about an unpremeditated decision made in the present. You weren't planning
on making this decision. Instead in this very moment you have decided to do this thing. Are we
talking about the future then? Yes but also we're talking about decisions made in the present. We
use WILL with the same function with promises. I promise I will study harder is us expressing
our willingness in this very moment to study harder. Monica that was mad! What? What happened,
Bruce? Tell me what happened!? Now! Monica if you'll shut up for one second yeah I'll tell you,
all right!? Now this is confusing. Have a look at this and tell me what you think is wrong...
Yeah "if you WILL shut up for one moment I will tell you". It's the WILL after the IF. We don't
normally do that and normally you're told explicitly to not do that. In fact I told you
not to do that in this video here. I know, I'm a pathological liar, a real bad boy. Ladies love me!
Because I lie! Hmm... And this is true when we are using WILL to talk about the future. But here WILL
is not referring to the Future, it's referring to willingness or volition. Here saying "if you will
shut up for one moment" is the same as saying "will you shut up for one moment" or "would you
shut up for one moment". So WILL is not being used to express the future here instead it's being used
to describe someone's willingness to do something. That's very different. For example: if you will
help me by sending me donations then I will help you by continuing to publish these great videos.
We cannot use WILL with IF when we are using will to make predictions about the future. If you WILL
study harder you will pass the exam... no. That's a mistake. So please don't don't do that. No.
And yes, yes, yes we can use WILL to talk about the future and this
can be a predicted future or a real future.
I don't think he'll call back. What? Why not? Bruce! What did he say? Oh well he said nothing
Monica. It wasn't Johnny on the phone it was the internet people. Oh for God's sake Bruce!
Give my phone back, you idiot! Here Bruce is making a prediction and he could have used
"going to" with the same effect. Now, WILL can be a prediction based on belief while "going
to" can be a prediction based on evidence but in situations like this there's really not a
difference. "I don't think he's gonna call back" "I don't think he'll call back" both are fine. On
the other hand if we're talking about the weather for example and we're making a prediction based
on evidence then we use "going to". Oh look, mummy! The sky is grey! It is going to rain!
However we could also say: Mummy remember to bring your umbrella! It'll be raining tomorrow! In these
two examples can you think of why the speaker has chosen to use "going to" or the future continuous?
Think about it and then let me know your thoughts in the comments and I'll try and
help you because that's the kind of guy that I am... A pathological liar.
Maybe I should call him again?
What? Monica what exactly would that achieve? I don't know like Johnny will often become distant
if he feels like I'm not giving him enough attention. Oh I see, well Monica that explains
him not getting in touch for two years then. Oh my God, Bruce! Yeah you are so right! Here
we are talking about a permanent characteristic of Johnny however the focus is more on Johnny
himself than the verb "become". This sounds a bit confusing so let's have a deeper look. Oh
my God he's still not answering! Well, Monica he might hate you.... No, silly! It's because
it's a Thursday! It's because it's a what!? It's a Thursday! Johnny is so busy on Thursdays! Yeah?
Yeah well he'll get up at about 8 A.M and then he'll have breakfast and then he'll have a shower
(so hot) and then he'll go to work and then he'll have lunch and oh my God he is just so rushed off
his feet on Thursdays! So it's a normal day? No, Bruce! It's a Thursday! All right then so try
tomorrow? Bruce! Tomorrow is a Friday! Like he'll get up at about eight o'clock and then he'll have
breakfast and then he'll have a shower and then... Okay shut up! Now all of this might seem kind of
strange but remember that we can use WOULD for past habits and routines. I talk about that in
this video here. "When I was young I'd wake up at eight o'clock then I'd have breakfast and
I'd go to school with my friends on the bus and then I'd have my lessons". We're doing the same
here except now WOULD is in the present form: WILL, and we're describing a present routine.
This sounds kind of mystical almost like a fairy tale, like an idealization of Johnny's life.
Just remember though that we can use WILL to talk about present routines
not only the future. So what have we learned today? We've learned that the word WILL,
that we thought was really simple easy and fun, is actually complicated, difficult and
terrible! Brilliant! If you liked this video don't forget to SMASH that like button, subscribe if you
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