Future with Will

Form

Will + the base form of the verb talks about the future, and it is the same for every subject (I will go, she will go, they will go).

Nothing changes after will: no -s, no to and no past form (she will help, not she will helps). The negative is will not, usually shortened to won't (We won't be late), and a question puts will before the subject (Will you come with us?). In speech and everyday writing, will usually shortens to 'll after a pronoun (I'll, you'll, it'll).

When to Use It

1. 1

   Use will for a decision you make at the moment of speaking

   The phone is ringing. I'll get it.

2. 2

   Use will for a prediction based on what you think or believe, often after I think, I'm sure or probably

   I think it will rain tomorrow.

3. 3

   Use will to offer help or to make a promise

   I'll call you as soon as I land.

4. 4

   Use Will you to ask someone to do something

   Will you help me carry these bags?

5. 5

   Use will for future facts, things that will happen anyway

   My grandmother will be ninety in May.

6. 6

   Use won't when someone refuses, or when a thing does not work however hard you try

   The car won't start.

Common Mistakes

• Adding -s after will: write She will go, not She will goes — will is the same for every subject, and the verb after it stays in the base form.
• Adding to after will: write I will call you, not I will to call you — will is followed directly by the verb.
• A past form after will: write I will go, not I will went — will already shows the time, so the verb does not change.
• The wrong short negative: write won't, not willn't — the short form of will not is irregular.
• Will for a plan you made earlier: when a friend asks about tonight, say I'm going to see a movie, not I will see a movie — for a plan made before now, use going to or the present continuous.