Uses of will:
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Use of “Will” / معنى الاستخدام |
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Certainty / اليقين |
We know Eric will be cooking when we arrive. |
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She will pass the exam because she studied a lot. |
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Deductions الاستنتاجات التخمين |
Don’t worry. They ’ll have been working late. |
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They will have got stuck in traffic. |
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They will be sitting in a traffic jam. |
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Typical behaviour / السلوك المعتاد |
Every afternoon my parents will spend at least 20 minutes discussing politics. |
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It’s five o’clock. Eliza and Brandon will be having their afternoon tea. |
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Typical behaviour that is Irritating السلوك المزعج المتكرر |
He will leave his schoolbag on the floor after coming back from school. |
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Insistence الإصرار |
She will scroll through photos when we’re together. |
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If he will come home late, what can he expect? |
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spontaneous decisions made at the moment of speaking قرارات عفوية تتخذ في لحظة الحديث |
Don’t worry, I ’ll help you do this assignment. |
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Predictions / Promises in the future: التنبؤات / الوعود |
It will be a fantastic opportunity to finally meet the writer. |
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My dad will probably be fixing his bike. |
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By next month, my grandparents will have finished renovating their house. |
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Refusal (won’t) / الرفض |
He won’t help his sister do her homework. |
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Presumption about the past / الافتراض عن الماضي |
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Uses of would:
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Use of “Would” / معنى الاستخدام |
English Example |
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Conditional sentences / الجمل الشرطية |
If I were you, I would join the choir. |
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If + past simple, s would v.1. If +past perfect, s would have v.3 |
If we had known about the weather, we would have brought coats. |
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Reported speech / الكلام المنقول Will-would + v.1 |
He promised he would come to see us. |
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Past predictions or promises / التنبؤات أو الوعود الماضية |
It would be a fantastic opportunity to finally meet the writer. |
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Would + v.1 Would be v.ing |
We knew Oliver would be cooking when we arrived. |
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Would have v.3 |
By the following month, my grandparents would have finished renovating their house. |
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Expressions: التعبيرات would like, would prefer, would rather / would like, would prefer, would rather |
We would like to order two pizzas. |
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would like to + infinitive / noun I’d like to eat. / I’d like coffee. |
I would prefer to stay at home this evening. |
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would prefer to + infinitive / noun / object + to + infinitive I’d prefer to stay. / I’d prefer tea |
I would prefer it if you didn’t work so much. |
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would rather bare infinitive / subject + past simple I’d rather leave. / I'd rather you left. |
She would rather stay at home this evening. |
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They would rather you didn’t work so much. |
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Assumptions / logical conclusions الافتراضات /الاستنتاجات المنطقية |
They would have been quite happy to see us. (assumption) |
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In the past (would have v.3) |
Stan would have left his family home to start working in the capital. (Logical conclusion) |
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Willingness / Unwillingness / الرغبة / عدم الرغبة |
I will call you as soon as I have more news. |
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To express our willingness to do something, we use will and would. The meaning is similar to (don’t) want to. |
Would you lend me your car, please? |
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We use won’t/wouldn’t to express unwillingness. |
She won’t listen to me anymore. |
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He wouldn’t even eat dinner with us. |
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Softening / distancing a statement / تلطيف أو تخفيف الكلام |
That would be your duty …( That is your duty) |
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Would + v.1 |
I would suppose that they’ll get married. (I suppose that they’ll .) |
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soften or distance a statement, opinion or hope تستخدم لتلطيف الكلام |
I would think that my mum is pretty tired right now. (I think …) |