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TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE (we use WILL (When we make predictions: (It will…
TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE
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we use WILL
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SHALL
offer / When an offer is a question, we use Shall
Shall I carry your bag?
suggestion
Shall I call again on Thursday?
seeking advice
What shall we do with this?
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OTHER CASES
We often use verbs like would like, plan, want, mean, hope, expect to talk about the future:
What are you going to do next year? I’d like to go to University.
We plan to go to France for our holidays.
George wants to buy a new car.
We use modals may, might, and could when we are not sure about the future:
I might stay at home tonight, or I might go to the cinema.
We could see Mary at the meeting. She sometimes goes.
We can use the future continuous instead of the present continuous or going to for emphasis when we are talking about plans, arrangements and intentions:
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