All these phrases contain special SHORT FORMS of the verb be. Let's have a look at how thev work. In colloquial English - when we are speaking in informal situa-tions - we use special SHORT FORMS for some verbs. | 104 Morning Afternoon Dialogue 3 0 Hannah and Simon are planning a picnic with Abigail and Gary but Hannah s a bit worried about the weather. Hannah Will it rain later do you think Simon looks in the paper The forecast says it ll be sunny till lunchtime. Hannah What about this afternoon Simon looks in the paper again Clouds and wind will come in from the west. Hannah So it won t rain today then Simon I don t think so - but it ll be chilly for a picnic. Hannah Let s put it off till tomorrow shall we Simon OK. Will you phone Abigail and Gary to let them know Hannah I ll do that right now. 105 Language point 43 - will future There are a number of ways of talking about the future in English. In Language point 37 we used the present simple after words like when and in Language point 41 we saw two more ways the present continuous and be going to. We can also talk about the future using the auxiliary will baseform of the verb. This auxiliary as with most auxiliaries in English doesn t change for different persons I will you will he will not he wills In colloquial English will is usually shortened to ll and there are the following pronunciations which you should learn I ll ail we ll wi l you ll ju l they ll ZÖeil he ll hi l Peter ll Tpiitaral she ll Jill Jane ll rocinal But in questions we always use the full form will not ll Will it rain not ll it rain and we always use the full form in tags Yes it will not Yes it ll As with all auxiliaries we form the negative by adding not - but in colloquial English we have a special short form for will not won t waont . We use the will-future in two main situations 1 to talk about things we know or expect will happen The next train will leave at eight o clock China will win the international swimming competition The children will enjoy the trip to the cinema 106 2 to express intention to do something in the near future I ll phone you at about six We ll book the tickets today I ll go upstairs and tell James We also use will in the .
