Unit 12 The future (1): will

Key vocabulary

to run out stockroom to make a great impact to approach customers to give smb a hand to print a copy in reverse order to insist on floppy disk to remain stable sales forecast shipment to take legal action to announce interim profit forecast to suffer to collect smb from the airport to loan in return for to pay relocation expenses cash machine tunnel to accept cheques to deliver to be fully booked to sound

закінчуватися склад мати значний вплив звертатись до клієнта, налагоджувати контакти з клієнтами допомогти комусь друкувати копію на зворотній стороні наполягати дискета залишатися стабільним (постійним) прогноз продаж вантаж розпочати судовий процес оголошувати проміжний прогноз прибутків страждати забирати когось з аеропорту давати позику замість оплачувати витрати пов’язані з переїздом касовий апарат тунель приймати чеки доставляти замовлений товар бути повністю заброньованим справляти враження

to curу disease transplant resistant to drugs to be delighted to be fairly sure to get promoted

лікувати хворобу трансплантат стійкий до медикаментозного впливу бути задоволеним бути щиро впевненим отримати підвищення

A Spontaneous decisions

We can use will (or ’ll ) + bare infinitive to refer the future when we make an instant or spontaneous decision to do something :

A ‘We’ve run out of paper for the printer’.

B ‘I’ll go and get some from the stockroom’.

We often use the will future after I think and I don’t think:

A ‘I think I’ll go home now. It’s getting late’.

B Yes, you’re right. I don’t think I’ll stay either.

The negative of will is won’t (will not):

I won’t stay long. I’m in a hurry.

COMMON MISTAKES: We don’t use won’t after I think.

WRONG: I think I won’t come to the conference.

RIGHT: I don’t think I’ll come to the conference.

B Predictions

We can use will to make predictions and to state facts that will be true in the future:

Over the next few years, interactive TV will make a great impact on consumer behaviour, and advertises will have to approach customers in a completely new way.

C Future time words+ Present simple

We use a present tense (not will) to refer to the future with time words like if, when, before, as soon as, after, etc.:

I will contact you as soon as I get the information. (NOT: will get)

(See also Unit 19, Conditionals)

D Offers. Promises. Requests. Etc

Will can also be used to ask if someone is willing to do something, to make requests, promises, and threats, and to offer help:

Hello, caller. I am afraid the line is busy. Will you hold?

A ‘Will you give me a hand with these boxes?’

B ‘Yes, of course I will.’

Don’t worry about the meeting. I will support you.

The word won’t can mean is not willing to or is refusing to:

There’s something wrong with the printer. It won’t print copies in reverse order.