GRAMMAR CHART: Predictions with will
Predictions with will
1. Use will + base form of the verb to They will become good friends
talk about things that will happen in the because they have similar interests.
future.
Will is usually contracted in speech.
Use will not + base form of the verb
to talk about things that will not happen
in the future.
Won’t is the contraction of will + not.
2. Use will to ask questions about the
future.
In questions, will comes before the
noun or pronoun.
3. Use probably to say that something
is not definite.
Probably comes between will and the
main verb.
In a negative sentence, probably
comes before won’t.
4. You can add an if-clause to the
future prediction to talk about possible
results in the future.
The verb in the if-clause is in the
present tense.
Academic Connections 1, Teacher’s Notes UNIT 1
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They’ll become good friends.
They will not become good friends
because they have nothing in common.
They won’t become good friends.
A: Will they see each other again?
B: Yes, I think they will (see each
other again).
A: How will they feel about each
other?
B: I think they will like each other.
They will probably be attracted to
each other.
They probably won’t be attracted to
each other.
They will become good friends if they
are similar.
If they are similar, they will become
good friends.
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