5 Ways We use WILL as a Present Tense (She WILL be sleeping NOW)

Today on LetThemTalkTv the modal verb WILL as  you've never seen it before yes that's right I'm   sure you have learned at school that WILL is used  to indicate the future but when you are learning   modal verbs in English think of each of  them as a kind of Swiss army knife with   many different tools you have the knife tool,  the scissors and that sharpy, pointy thing   you don't really know what it's used for WILL  is no different that sharpy, pointy thing is   WILL as a present tense and this is what we  are going to look at today. In this video   you will learn five ways how WILL is used in  the present WILL for present assumptions WILL   for repetitive actions in the present as well  as word for past repetitive actions you learn   WON'T for refusals ‘the car won't start.’ WILL  for requests and orders ‘will you open the door’   and the expression ‘if you will’ let's get  straight into it. The first use of WILL as   a present tense is to talk about situations  that you assume to be true or you believe   it's definitely true even though you cannot see it  or verify it at the moment of speaking or writing.   Let's have a look at some examples. Imagine  you want to phone your grandmother at 11pm   at night but your mother stops you and says  ‘no don't call her she'll be sleeping now.’   ‘She will be sleeping now.’ Now your mother  doesn't have any proof that she's asleep but   your grandmother always goes to bed early  if your mother said she is sleeping now   it would imply that she has seen your grandmother  asleep which is not the case so you wouldn't say   ‘she is sleeping now’ because you don't have the  proof you don't know for certain OK so it's just   an assumption so use she will be sleeping now. Let  me give you a couple more examples but this time   you can help me with the answer. I want to buy  some new shoes and I tell you hey I'm going to   cobbler's shoe shop in town and then you  remember that today is a public holiday   you will say to me... what would you say?  ‘oh no no don't go to Cobblers today’   ‘why not? - ‘well because it'll be closed  now.’ As in the last example you don't   know for certain because you're not there and  sometimes shoe shops open on public holidays   but you assume that it is closed and that's why  you say ‘it will be closed’ and not ‘it is closed’   once again if you check on the website and  they say it's closed then you can say ‘it's   closed now’ because you're talking about fact  and not an assumption one more example. Little   Johnny has been working all day he was working  so much that he didn't have time for lunch. ‘hey   we should make little Johnny something to eat. -  ‘why? - ‘because he's been working all day and…. he'll be hungry now.’ OK or ‘he will be hungry now   .‘You got it? Of course if he phones and tells  you he's hungry then you don't say that because   you have the facts so you would say ‘because he's  hungry I know because I just spoke to him.’ OK but   we're dealing with assumptions so ‘he'll be hungry  now.’ Can you use this form in the negative?   Yes we can just use WILL NOT or contract it  to WON'T ‘it's a public holiday so the shop won't be open now’ or ‘Little Johnny had  a big lunch so we don't need to make him   any food because…’ what do you think put in the  negative ‘he won't be hungry now’ and what about   past tense yes you can use this in the  past tense just change WILL to WOULD   if you use the word NOW then change it to THEN  to reflect that you're talking about the past   ‘my mother told me not to call my grandmother  so late because she said she would be sleeping   then.’ or ‘I told him not to go and buy shoes from  cobbler's shoe shop because it was a bank holiday   and it would be closed.’ Good let's move on to  number two, a repetitive action in the present.   Listen to this sentence: ``Every evening  granddad will sit in his favourite armchair   and fall asleep watching television.’ So in the  sentence we're not talking about tonight or next   week but something that happens again and again  it's a present tense so that's granddad's habit OK   let's look at another example generally in  the mornings I will go to the gym for an   hour before going to work OK can I say I go  to the gym for an hour before going to work   yes I can but if you add WILL it makes it clear  that it repeats regularly let's look at one more   example compare these two sentences: ‘if you  drink and drive you're going to crash your car’;   ‘if you will drink and drive you're going to  crash your car.’ In the first sentence it's   a fact OK alcohol and driving - they don't mix so  you don't do it it's dangerous but in the second   case the speaker is complaining or warning  the listener that he's done it again and again   and it's dangerous. Another example: ‘if you  will skip your class you'll fail your exams.’   that little addition of WILL in the sentence  is very subtle isn't it? But it just means   that you skipped class again and again. Can we  put this in the past tense? Yes in fact it's   more common in the past than in the present  because we use it a lot in storytelling in   novels so just change, like before, just change  WILL to WOULD. ‘Do you go to the gym?’ ‘Now, no I   don't but when I lived in London I would go to the  gym for an hour before work.’ OK now your turn:   ‘Every evening granddad would sit in  his favorite armchair and fall asleep.’   In these examples in the past tense you could  also use USED TO but WOULD is very common for   repetitive events especially in storytelling.  For more information about used to check out   this video here OK. where we discuss WOULD  and USED TO. What about in the negative? Well   yes and no if you use it in the negative, the  meaning changes a little and let's look at that   as the next point. WON'T for refusals. You can use  WILL NOT or WON’T to talk about people or things   refusing to do something. Let's look at an  example: ‘she won't talk to me.’ This means   she refuses to talk to me ‘she won't answer  the phone.’ She refuses to answer the phone.   ‘She doesn't answer the phone’ on the other  hand is different. There is no suggestion of   refusal perhaps it's just not there doesn't  pick up ‘the car won't start’ This is what we   say when a machine or a thing has a life of  its own and it refuses to obey our commands   ‘the door won't open.’ ‘The computer won't  connect to wi-fi.’ Can we say ‘the car doesn't   start?’ Well maybe but the car won't start is more  idiomatic and much more common so do learn it.   Now it's your turn ‘I asked the pirate where  the treasure is but’.... what do you think? ‘he   won't tell me.’ Can you use this in the past?  Yes you can. Just change WON'T to WOULDN’T ‘I   asked the pirates where the treasure was but  he wouldn't tell me.’ ‘The car wouldn't start.’   ‘I phoned her but she wouldn't answer.’ Excellent.  Next, let's look at WILL for requests and orders.   I'm sure you know that you can use CAN and  COULD to make a request. ‘can you help me   with my maths homework?’ ‘Could you not make such  a noise I'm trying to sleep?’ but did you know   you can also use WILL in these types of sentences  the difference is that when you use WILL   it's not really a question it's  kind of a polite command or order   so for example; ‘will you help me with my bags  they're very heavy.’ if I say ‘help me with my   bags’ it's a bit strong and some may consider it  rude if I say ‘could you help me with my bags?’   it's a bit weak and it's a question so they  can say NO here are a couple more examples:   ‘Will you stop making so much noise I'm  trying to sleep.’ ‘No, I don't believe you,   will you tell me the truth.’ OK so they are WILL  as a polite command. Now there is a question as   to whether this is in fact a question. Do you  put a question mark at the end of the sentence?   I say no but many would disagree so you'll have  to make your own decision about that. Finally an   advanced expression IF YOU WILL you say this  when you ask somebody to think about something   even though it may be strange or unusual it  sort of means please permit me to say this   it's best explained if I give you some  examples: ‘Imagine if you will a world without   internet you'd have to watch LetThemTalkTV at the  cinema.’ ‘Consider if you will the dangerous life   of a deep sea fisherman.’ ‘I don't like him but he  is, if you will, the elected president and we have   to accept his decision.’ There you are, I hope you  found that useful stay mellow have a great day.

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Keywords: YT:CC=ON, WILL, Modal verbs, auxiliary verbs, Will as a present tense, English grammar, LetThemTalkTV, future tense, present tense

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Length: 11min 52sec (712 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 27 2021