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1. 9 Will for the Future;
Future Time Markers
The Future of Space
Travel
Focus on Grammar 2
Part IX, Unit 31
By Ruth Luman, Gabriele Steiner, and BJ Wells
Copyright © 2006. Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

2. News Flash
In the future, many
people will travel by
This is an exciting airplane into space.
No, they won’t
How will Spaceship
day. We’re
Good morning. cost much. People
One change the way
watching the first
This is Gloria Lopez will probably take
people travel?
airplane travel into
reporting for their vacations to
space!
Will these trips be
Station XKZ. other planets.
expensive?
Let’s go now to an
interview with Burt
Rhutan, the
inventor of
Spaceship One.

3. The Future
Use will + the base form of the verb to talk
about things that will take place in the future.
In the future, we will
have friends from
other planets.

4. Be Careful!
Use the base form of the verb after will or
won’t.
I Iwill takes your
will take
gift to my leader.

5. Contractions
Use contractions of will with pronouns in
speaking and informal writing.
Contractions Practice your
pronunciation
I will I’ll of the
you will you’ll contractions.
he will he’ll
she will she’ll
it will it’ll
we will we’ll
they will they’ll

6. Be Careful!
Do not use contractions in affirmative short
answers.
Will you please
drive more
slowly?
Sure, I I’ll.
Sure, will.

7. Predictions
Use will to make predictions.
By the year 2060,
By the year 2080,
we will have
schoolchildren will take
airports on Saturn.
fieldtrips to Jupiter.

8. Promise or Assurance
Use will to make a promise or give assurance.
I think I’m lost. Don’t worry, I’ll
help you.
promise
assurance
I’ll take you back
to your
spaceship, I
promise.

9. Ask for or Offer
Use will to ask for or offer something.
Will you give
me a ride to the
next planet?
offer
request
Sure, we’ll give
you a window
seat.

10. Won’t
Won’t is the contraction of will + not. It has
two meanings.
He won’t have a I won’t eat
job next week. another bite.
negative
future refusal

11. Look at the statements. Match
Practice 1 the statements to the different
uses for will.
Example:
“I’ll love you
“I’ll love you Promise 3. “I’ll get you
3. “I’ll get you
forever.”
forever.” some water for
some water for
your hiccups.”
your hiccups.”
Offer
1. “I think it
1. “I think it
will rain
will rain
next week.”
next week.” Predict
Ask for 4. “ Will you
4. “ Will you
2. “This
2. “This please take out
please take out
homework is
homework is the garbage?”
the garbage?”
too difficult. I
too difficult. I Refuse
won’t do it.”
won’t do it.”

12. Probably
To say that something is not definite, use
probably with will for the future.
We’ll probably
visit that planet.

13. Time Markers
Some time markers are used only for the
future.
We’ll learn
more about
Earth
tomorrow.

14. Use will to answer the
Practice 2 questions with a partner.
1. What will you do in ten years?
2. Where will you live?
3. Will you take vacations to other planets?
4. Will you take English classes next year?
5. What classes will you take?

15. References
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