• How it is built (construcción)
  • Contraction (contracción)
  • Questions (preguntas)
  • Negatives (negativos)
• Uses of will (usos de will)
  • Predictions (predicciones)
  • Spontaneous decisions (decisiones espontáneas)
  • Promises and offers (promesas y ofertas)
• Future time expressions (expresiones temporales de futuro)
• Conversation

How it is built (construcción)

In Spanish, you have a future tense: cantaré, comeré, viviré. In English, one of the ways to express the future is using the modal verb will [wɪl] followed by the infinitive of the verb.

🔹 En español, tenemos un tiempo futuro: cantaré, comeré, viviré. En inglés, una de las maneras de expresar el futuro es usando el verbo modal will [wɪl] seguido del infinitivo del verbo.

I will go. (Iré).

She will eat. (Ella comerá).

They will work. (Ellos trabajarán).

Will does not change in the third person:

🔹 Will no cambia en la tercera persona:

I will

you will

he / she / it will

we will

you will

they will

Contraction (contracción)

It is very common to contract the subject and will:

🔹 Es muy común contraer el sujeto y will:

I will => I'll [aɪl]

you will => you'll [ju:l]

he will => he'll [hi:l]

she will => she'll [ʃi:l]

it will => it'll ['ɪɾəl]

we will => we'll [wi:l]

they will => they'll [ðeɪl]

will not => won't [woʊnt]

The negative contraction won't doesn't look much like will not. It is important to memorize it.

🔹 La contracción negativa won't no se parece mucho a will not. Es importante memorizarla.

Questions (preguntas)

We invert the subject and will:

🔹 Invertimos el sujeto y will:

Will you go? (¿Irás?)

Will she eat? (¿Ella comerá?)

Negatives (negativos)

We add not after will:

🔹 Añadimos not después de will:

I will not go. (No iré).

She will not eat. (Ella no comerá).

Or using the contraction:

🔹 O usando la contracción:

I won't go.

She won't eat.

Uses of will (usos de will)

Predictions (predicciones)

We use will for predictions about the future.

🔹 Usamos will para predicciones sobre el futuro.

It will rain tomorrow. (Lloverá mañana).

She will be a great doctor. (Ella será una gran doctora).

They won't win the game. (No ganarán el partido).

Spontaneous decisions (decisiones espontáneas)

When we make a decision at the moment of speaking, we use will.

🔹 Cuando tomamos una decisión en el momento de hablar, usamos will.

I'm hungry. I'll eat a sandwich. (Tengo hambre. Comeré un sandwich).

It's cold. I'll close the window. (Hace frío. Cerraré la ventana).

Someone is at the door. I'll open it. (Alguien está en la puerta. La abriré).

Promises and offers (promesas y ofertas)

We use will to make promises and offer help.

🔹 Usamos will para hacer promesas y ofrecer ayuda.

I'll help you with your homework. (Te ayudaré con tus deberes).

I won't tell anyone. (No se lo diré a nadie).

I'll call you tomorrow. (Te llamaré mañana).

anyone ['ɛniwʌn] - nadie (en oraciones negativas)

Future time expressions (expresiones temporales de futuro)

tomorrow [tə'mɑroʊ] - mañana

tomorrow morning - mañana por la mañana

the day after tomorrow - pasado mañana

next week - la semana que viene

next month - el mes que viene

next year - el año que viene

next Monday - el lunes que viene

in two days - en dos días

in three weeks - en tres semanas

in the future ['fju:tʃər] - en el futuro

soon [su:n] - pronto

later ['leɪɾər] - más tarde / después

Conversation

Andrés: What will you do this weekend?

Patricia: On Saturday I'll go to the gym in the morning. In the afternoon, I'll visit my grandmother. On Sunday I'll probably ['prɑbəbli] (probablemente) stay home and read. What about you?

A: I don't know yet. I think I'll go to the beach if the weather is good.

P: It will probably rain on Saturday, but Sunday will be sunny.

A: Then I'll go to the beach on Sunday.

P: That sounds like a plan. I'll call you on Saturday night and we can talk about it.

A: OK!

think [θɪŋk] - pensar / creer

if [ɪf] - si (condicional)

weather ['wɛðər] - tiempo (meteorológico)

sound [saʊnd] - sonar