“Will” in Continuous, Present, and Future

tenses
Name : 1. Bernardinus Realino Justin N. P /06
2. Fajar Novansyah /14
INTRODUCTION
WILL is one of the modals that used for prediction,
something happened in the next time, planning, willing,
promising, want something (to do), or to do next. WOULD is
the past version of WILL, usually used for polite requests,
invitations, to describe habitual past actions, used in
speaking of something that will, may, or might happen (used
to talk before and IF the certain condition is met), giving
opinion politely, express annoyance, etc. WILL and WOULD
is usually used in FUTURE TENSES.
WHAT is the function of “will” and “would” ?

• We use will to talk about future, what we believe what happen, what happen in the
next session.

• We use will to talk about what people want to do next or are willing to do.

• We use will to offer a promises and offers to others.

• But would is the past tense of will, so it used to talk about past period(s).

• We use would for hypotheses, things that are imagined in the past rather than true.

• We use would for politeness.

 WILLING IN PRESENT AND PAST TENSES

Positive Sentence

Negative Sentence SUBJECT + WILL NOT/WOULD NOT + V infinitive + ...

Yes/No Question
 CONTINUOUS VERSION

Positive Sentence SUBJECT + WILL/WOULD + BE + V ing + ...

Negative Sentence SUBJECT + WILL NOT/WOULD NOT + BE + V ing + ...

Yes/No Question WILL/WOULD + SUBJECT + BE + V ing + ...?

Functions and Examples
1. Use WILL to say what we believe in future, what 2. Use WILL to offer promises.
happened next that we (often) don’t know exactly. • I will give you a money as much as i can get.
• The party will be funny, perhaps. • We will see you tomorrow, keep my promise.
• I hope i will become a doctor.
4. Use WILL for conditional with IF and
3. Use WILL and WOULD to talk about UNLESS to say what we think in the future
what people want(ed) to do in the next or present if we do something.
period. • We will get on bus early if the bus arrive
• I will go to school tommorow. early, of course.
• They will insult me if i make a • You won’t get in that unless you have
mistake. ticket.
• They would get up early morning.
5. Use WOULD to talk about hypotheses, it is possible to be
hapenned but not real.
• It would be heavy to be brought home  about the result of a
possible situation.
• It would be cheap to stay in a little cottage.
• I would afford an expensive car if i had enough money  past
tense of conditional.
• What if he didn’t pass his exam, what would happen then?
PHRASES WITH WOULD
1. For requests. 2. Offering invitations.
• Would you bring that back for us? • Would you like to watch film with me?
• Would you mind bringing that back • Would you like to spend time in cafe?
for us?
• Would you mind not spreading that
4. To say what we prefer.
rumor to others, right?
• I would rather have this one.
• I would rather choose that film.
3. To say what we want (to do).
• I would rather to go home now.
• I would like to hear you singing.
• I would like to have this.

5. To give an opinion when we aren’t sure or when

we want to be polite.
• It is very-very heavy i would imagine.
• I would guess this is the last answer we can think.
• I would think this is his way home.
“WOULD HAVE” and “WILL HAVE”
• Use WILL HAVE when we are looking back from a point in tim when something will have
happened – or looking “back” from the present.
• My brother will have done his homework by this week.
• Look at the time, the match will have started.
• Next month, my parents will have been together for thirty years.

• Use WOULD HAVE as a past tense of WILL HAVE, this is same as a conditional but without IF
and UNLESS.
• I would have gone to your party, but i was really busy. (= i wanted to go to your party, but i was busy,
so i didn’t.)
• She would have been very angry to see me, but i didn’t know why, yesterday she was nice. (= she
would be angry IF I WAS SEEN BY HER, but yesterday she was nice, so she didn’t be.)

• Use WOULD HAVE to talk about past conditionals that something DID NOT HAPPEN (BEFORE).
• If i had brought my umbrella, i would not have gotten wet.
• If we had arrived early, we would have caught our flight.
• She would have been very interested if she had seen the best film in the world.
• If they had not hurried, by the time they reach the station the train would have left.
BE GOING TO (GONNA)
Be going to is one of the future tenses multiple auxiliary used for
PLANNING SOMETHING that MAY HAPPEN OR NOT. This is same as WILL
but for plan, we might not know this is true or not (PREDICTION).

Positive Sentence : SUBJECT + BE + GOING TO + V infinitive + ...

Negative Sentence : SUBJECT + BE + NOT + GOING TO + V infinitive + ...
Yes/No Question : BE + SUBJECT + GOING TO + V infinitive + ...?
Examples :
• I am going to go to Semarang tommorow. (= means that I will/want
to go to Semarang tommorow, may be happened, may not.)
• He was going to be nice to me, he promised it. (= means that
yesterday he promised/planned to be nice to me, might tomorrow
or in the following day, may happen, may not.)
REFERENCES
• https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/verbs/modal-verbs/will-
or-would