Unit
27 will/shall 1
Sarah goes to work every day. She is always
there from 8. 30 until 4. 30. It is 11 o'clock now. Sarah is at work. A t 11 o'clock yesterday, she was at work. A t 11 o'clock tomorrow, she will be at work. SARAH
will + infinitive (will be / will win / will come etc. ):
be be? l/we/you/they will ('II) win l/we/you/they win? will
he/she/it will not (won't) eat he/she/it eat? come etc. come? etc. II = will: 111 (I w ill)/y o u 'll/sh e ll etc. won't = will not: I won't (= I will not) / you won't / she won't etc. We use will for thefuture (tom orrow / next week etc. ):
O Sue travels a lot. Today she is in Madrid. Tomorrow she'll be in Rome. Next week she'll be
in Tokyo. O You can call me this evening. I'll be at home. O Leave the old bread in the garden. The birds will eat it. O W e'll probably go out this evening. O Will you be at home this evening? o I won't be here tomorrow. (= I will not be here)
O Don't drink coffee before you go to bed. You won't sleep. We often say I think ... w ill... O I think Kelly will pass the exam. O I don't think it will rain this afternoon. O Do you think the exam will be difficult? We do not use will for things we have already arranged or decided to do (—»Units 25-26):
O We're going to the cinema on Saturday. Do you want to come with us? (not We will go)
O I'm not working tomorrow. (not I won't work)
O Are you going to do the exam? (not Will you do)
shall
You can say I shall (= I will) and we shall (= we will):
O I shall be late tomorrow, or I will (I'll) be late tomorrow. O I think we shall win. or I think we will (we'll) win
But do not use shall with you/they/he/she/it:
O Tom will be late. (not Tom shall be)
64 ( What are you doing tomorrow? -» Unit 25 I'm going to ... ^ Unit 26 will/shall 2 ^ Unit 28
Exercises
Helen is travelling in Europe. Complete the sentences with she was, she's or she'll be.
1 Yesterday. . she w a s ... ... . jn Paris.
2 To m o rro w ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
... ... ... ... ... in Amsterdam. LONDON AMSTERDAM
3 Last w e e k ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . in Barcelona. (next week) (tomorrow)
4 Next w e e k ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... in London. • BRUSSELS (now)
PARIS (yesterday)
5 A t the m o m en t... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .