WILL/WON'T

We use will/won't...

• To make predictions when we have no clear evidence

• Predictions based on evidence

• To express spontaneous decisions

• Plans or intentions

MAKE A PREDICTION: I think next school year will start in October.

• I agree

• I don't agree

When will we start school the next year? MAKE A PREDICTION

• Before the 10th of September

• After the 10th of September and before October.

• In October

• Later than October

MAKE A PREDICTION: We will have a combination of classroom teaching and online teaching.

• Yes.

• No. Only classroom teaching.

• No. Only online teaching with google classroom

At the beginning of next school year we will have to face another coronavirus pandemic outbreak. MAKE A PREDICTION.

• Yes

• No

• Probably

Students in every group will go to school in different turns to avoid contact. MAKE A PREDICTION.

• Yes

• No

• Probably

The questions you have answered are...

• Plans and intentions

• Predictions without much evidence (we don't really know)

• Predictions based on a lot of evidence (we are almost certain)

• Arrangements (you have already marked it down on your calendar)

Sometimes we make decisions at the moment of speaking. Choose the two best matches for the following utterance:

-I'm hungry!

• I'll have something to eat.

• I'll go for a walk.

• I'll wait till the breaktime.

• I'll visit my friend.

Choose the two best matches: Oh no! The milk has been spilled!

• I'll check my e-mails

• I'll call the waiter

• You'll come and visit me

• I'll clean the mess

For predictions without much evidence and spontaneous decisions we use...

• will or won't

• be going to

• the present continuous

• the present simple