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Verbs and tense A2 B1

Will for predictions, decisions, offers, and promises

Use will for predictions, quick decisions, offers, promises, and future facts.

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시각 가이드

Will: a future arrow from now

NOW
  (speaking moment)
        │
        │  will + base verb
        │  = point from now to later
        ▼
      FUTURE

Prediction:   I think it will rain later.
Quick choice: I'll answer it.
Offer:        I'll help you with those bags.
Promise:      I won't forget.

Use will when you speak now and point to a future idea: a prediction, quick decision, offer, or promise.

Introduction

What will does

Will is the most flexible way to point from now to the future. Use it for predictions, quick decisions, offers, promises, and future facts. It often shows what the speaker thinks, decides, or agrees to at the moment of speaking. I think it will rain later. I'll answer it. I'll help you with those bags. The short form 'll is very common in speech and friendly writing. The full form will is clearer in formal writing or when you want emphasis.
Core 문법 A2 어휘 A1 Neutral

I think it will rain later.

A common prediction with an opinion opener.

의미 단위

문장을 단어 하나하나가 아니라 의미 단위로 읽어 보세요。

I think
opinion opener
Shows the prediction is the speaker's opinion.
it will rain later
will prediction
Uses will to predict a future result.
통째로 익히기
Spoken 문법 A2 어휘 A1 Informal

I'll answer it.

The speaker decides at the moment of speaking.

의미 단위

문장을 단어 하나하나가 아니라 의미 단위로 읽어 보세요。

I'll answer it
quick decision
Shows a decision made now.
통째로 익히기
Core 문법 A2 어휘 A1 Neutral

I'll help you with those bags.

Will can make a friendly offer.

의미 단위

문장을 단어 하나하나가 아니라 의미 단위로 읽어 보세요。

I'll help you
offer
A reusable offer frame with will.
통째로 익히기
with those bags
help target
Adds what the help is for.
Cognitive metaphor

A future arrow from now

Think of will as a future arrow launched from now. The arrow may carry your opinion about the future, your new decision, your offer, or your promise. In Don't worry, I'll fix it, the decision happens now and points forward. In The sun will rise at 6:12 tomorrow, will states a future fact. This does not mean will is the only future form in English. It is best when the speaker's present judgment or commitment is important.
Spoken 문법 A2 어휘 A1 Informal

Don't worry, I'll fix it.

Will often sounds natural in immediate reassurance.

의미 단위

문장을 단어 하나하나가 아니라 의미 단위로 읽어 보세요。

Don't worry
reassurance
Introduces comfort or reassurance.
I'll fix it
promise or decision
Promises or decides to solve the problem.
통째로 익히기
Formal 문법 A2 어휘 A2 Formal

The sun will rise at 6:12 tomorrow.

Will is common for neutral future facts and schedules stated as facts.

의미 단위

문장을 단어 하나하나가 아니라 의미 단위로 읽어 보세요。

The sun
future fact subject
Names the thing with a predictable future action.
will rise
future fact
States a future fact, not a personal plan.
통째로 익히기
at 6:12 tomorrow
future time
Adds the future time.
Core pattern

Form: will + base verb

The basic form is subject + will + base verb. The verb after will does not change: no -s, no -ed, and no to. Full form: She will start next week. Contraction: She'll start next week. Negative: She won't start next week. Question: Will she start next week? In questions, will moves before the subject. In short answers, repeat will or won't. Use will not when you want a formal or emphatic negative; use won't in normal speech.
Core 문법 A2 어휘 A1 Neutral

She will start next week.

The full form will is clear and neutral.

의미 단위

문장을 단어 하나하나가 아니라 의미 단위로 읽어 보세요。

She
subject
The person who does the future action.
will start
will plus base verb
The core form: will + base verb.
통째로 익히기
next week
future time
Adds when the action happens.
Spoken 문법 A2 어휘 A1 Informal

She'll start next week.

The contraction 'll is very common in speech.

의미 단위

문장을 단어 하나하나가 아니라 의미 단위로 읽어 보세요。

She'll start
contracted will
The common spoken form of she will start.
통째로 익히기
next week
future time
Adds when the action happens.
Negative 문법 A2 어휘 A1 Neutral

She won't start next week.

Use won't for the negative future form.

의미 단위

문장을 단어 하나하나가 아니라 의미 단위로 읽어 보세요。

She won't start
negative will
Won't means will not.
통째로 익히기
next week
future time
Adds when the action will not happen.
Question 문법 A2 어휘 A1 Neutral

Will she start next week?

In questions, will comes before the subject.

의미 단위

문장을 단어 하나하나가 아니라 의미 단위로 읽어 보세요。

Will she start
will question frame
Question form: Will + subject + base verb.
통째로 익히기
next week
future time
Adds when the possible action may happen.
Sentence xray

Sentence X-ray: useful chunks

Learn will in functional chunks, not only as a rule. In I think it will be fine, the chunk I think introduces an opinion, and it will be fine is the core prediction and reassurance chunk. In I'll send you the file, the core chunk I'll send you can work as a quick decision, an offer, or a promise; the file names what is sent. These chunks are useful because will often connects the speaker's present attitude to a future action or result.
Core 문법 A2 어휘 A1 Neutral

I think it will be fine.

This sentence combines an opinion opener with a will prediction.

의미 단위

문장을 단어 하나하나가 아니라 의미 단위로 읽어 보세요。

I think
opinion opener
Marks the sentence as a personal prediction.
it will be fine
reassuring prediction
A very reusable prediction and reassurance chunk.
통째로 익히기
Core 문법 A2 어휘 A2 Neutral

I'll send you the file.

Will can show a decision, offer, or promise depending on the situation.

의미 단위

문장을 단어 하나하나가 아니라 의미 단위로 읽어 보세요。

I'll send you
promise or offer frame
A reusable frame for promising or offering to send something.
통째로 익히기
the file
thing sent
Names what the speaker will send.
Usage rules

Main uses in real life

Use will when you make a choice as you speak: I'll have the soup, please. Use will or won't for promises and refusals: I won't forget. Use will with adverbs like probably, definitely, maybe, and I think when you are predicting. Use will for neutral future facts, especially in notices, explanations, science, and schedules stated as facts. Offers often start with I'll, because the speaker is taking action for someone else. The meaning comes from context, not from a different form.
Spoken 문법 A2 어휘 A1 Neutral

I'll have the soup, please.

I'll have is a practical chunk for choosing now, especially in restaurants.

의미 단위

문장을 단어 하나하나가 아니라 의미 단위로 읽어 보세요。

I'll have
restaurant decision
A common quick-decision phrase when ordering.
통째로 익히기
the soup
chosen item
Names the choice.
please
politeness marker
Makes the order polite.
Negative 문법 A2 어휘 A1 Neutral

I won't forget.

Won't is useful in promises and refusals.

의미 단위

문장을 단어 하나하나가 아니라 의미 단위로 읽어 보세요。

I won't forget
negative promise
A reusable promise not to do something.
통째로 익히기
Contrast

Will or be going to?

The closest confusing form is be going to. Use be going to for plans already decided before speaking: I'm going to visit Ana this weekend. Use will when the decision or promise is made now: I'll visit Ana this weekend. Be going to is also natural when present evidence clearly points to the future: Look at those dark clouds. It's going to rain. Will can still make predictions, but it often sounds more like opinion, belief, or calculation than visible evidence.
Contrast 문법 A2 어휘 A1 Neutral

I'm going to visit Ana this weekend.

Be going to is better for an existing plan.

의미 단위

문장을 단어 하나하나가 아니라 의미 단위로 읽어 보세요。

I'm going to visit
existing plan
Be going to shows a plan already decided before now.
통째로 익히기
Ana
person visited
Names the person.
this weekend
future time
Adds when the plan happens.
Contrast 문법 A2 어휘 A1 Neutral

I'll visit Ana this weekend.

Will changes the feeling: the speaker decides or promises now.

의미 단위

문장을 단어 하나하나가 아니라 의미 단위로 읽어 보세요。

I'll visit
new decision or promise
Will can show a decision made now or a promise.
통째로 익히기
Ana
person visited
Names the person.
this weekend
future time
Adds when the action happens.
Contrast 문법 A2 어휘 A2 Neutral

Look at those dark clouds. It's going to rain.

Use be going to, not usually will, when the evidence is visible and immediate.

의미 단위

문장을 단어 하나하나가 아니라 의미 단위로 읽어 보세요。

Look at those dark clouds
visible evidence
Points to evidence the speaker can see now.
It's going to rain
evidence-based prediction
Be going to is natural when present evidence points to the future.
통째로 익히기
Danger zone

Danger zone: form and time clauses

Avoid two common mistakes. First, do not put to after will. The mistake is He will to call you. The corrected sentence is He will call you. Second, after time words like when, before, after, and as soon as, use the present simple for the future time clause. The mistake is When I will arrive, I'll call you. The corrected sentence is When I arrive, I'll call you. Will belongs in the main future action, not usually inside the time clause.
Mistake 문법 A2 어휘 A1 Neutral

He will to call you.

After will, do not use to before the main verb.

Corrected 문법 A2 어휘 A1 Neutral

He will call you.

Correct form: will + base verb.

의미 단위

문장을 단어 하나하나가 아니라 의미 단위로 읽어 보세요。

will call
correct will form
Will is followed by the base verb without to.
통째로 익히기
you
object
Names the person he will call.
Mistake 문법 B1 어휘 A1 Neutral

When I will arrive, I'll call you.

In future time clauses with when, use the present simple, not will.

Corrected 문법 B1 어휘 A1 Neutral

When I arrive, I'll call you.

Use present simple in the when-clause and will in the main clause.

의미 단위

문장을 단어 하나하나가 아니라 의미 단위로 읽어 보세요。

When I arrive
future time clause
Uses present simple after when to refer to future time.
통째로 익히기
I'll call you
main future action
Uses will in the main clause for the future action.
Summary

Key takeaways

Will points from the present moment to the future. Build it with subject + will + base verb, use won't for the negative, and put will before the subject in questions. Choose will for predictions, quick decisions, offers, promises, and future facts. Choose be going to instead when you are talking about an existing plan or strong visible evidence. The most useful speaking chunks are I'll..., I think it will..., Will you...?, and I won't....
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