Use will for decisions made at the moment of speaking, predictions based on your opinion, and offers and promises: It's cold. I'll close the window. I think it will rain. Form: will + base verb, the same for every person.
I'll call you tomorrow.
One dot in the future. The decision or prediction is made now; the action comes later.
| Positive | I'll work. · She'll work. |
|---|---|
| Negative | I won't work. · She won't work. |
| Question | Will you work? · Will she work? |
No to and no -s after will: She will call, not She will to call or She will calls.
The phone's ringing. I'll get it.
You decide as you speak. If you'd decided before, use going to.
I think she'll win.
What you believe will happen, often with I think, probably or I'm sure.
I'll help you with your bags.
Will is the natural choice for offering, promising and agreeing to do something.
The meeting will take place on 3 June.
Common in formal writing and announcements.
Words that often go with this tense. They're hints, not rules.
I'm thirsty. — I _____ you a glass of water.
Other future tenses: Future Continuous, Future Perfect, Future Perfect Continuous.
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Will for decisions made now, opinions about the future, offers and promises. Going to for plans made before speaking and predictions based on what you can see now.
Mostly in offers and suggestions with I and we: Shall I open the window? Shall we go? Elsewhere, will is normal.
In time clauses and conditions, English uses the present for the future: when I arrive, if it rains. Will goes in the other part of the sentence.