ENGLISH SKILL - 6

                               

                                                  Practical usage -  will/shall be

Will/shall + be is used to indicate existence or non existence of someone or something in future. ’will be’ is more common than ‘shall be’. (Please note that 'shall' is used with the subject 'I' and 'we' alone.) For the  subject definition please go to grammar page.

PATTERN

Person                              Singular                            Plural

First                              I will/shall be               we will/shall be

Second                         you will be                    you will be

Third                            He/she/it will be         They will be       

NOTE:  Third person includes all common nouns proper nouns, collective nouns, pronouns etc.

Five important types of spoken sentences and their pattern                     

Simple sentence -. Subject + will be + information. (He will be in Sydney tomorrow.)

Negative sentence – Subject + will not be/won’t be + information ( He won’t be in Sydney tomorrow.)

‘yes/no’ question – will + subject + be + information (Will you be in Sydney tomorrow?)

‘yes/no’ negative question – won’t + subject + be + information (Won’t you be in Sydney tomorrow?)

‘wh’ question - ‘wh’ word + will + subject + be +  information. (When will you be in Sydney ?)

NOTE :All the five types of sentences given above can be uttered in one or more moods of utterance.(Please see the grammar page for explanation.)

                                                              Will be with questions

Will you be here tomorrow?

Will there be class next Sunday?

Will the banks be open at 7 o’ clock tomorrow morning?

Where will you be  at 12 noon tomorrow?

How long your relatives be here?

Will there be a board meeting this week?

Won’t she be in office tomorrow?

Will it be raining tonight? (This is a standard expression, there is no equivalent)

                                           Will be with information/message

They won’t be here tomorrow.

President won’t be in office next weeK

The business delegation will be in capital tomorrow.

                                            Will be with  there

The sentence in which the subject is not clearly defined ‘there’ is used as a dummy subject. There  denote existence or  non existence of something. (There will be discussed in session-8)

There will be rain to night =  There is rain tonight

There will be general a strike tomorrow. = There is general a strike tomorrow.

There will be a holiday tomorrow.= There is a holiday tomorrow

Will there be class tomorrow?

Won’t there be board meeting tonight?

                                Will be    with passive voice - news headlines

 Structure:

subject  + will be + past participle (verb) + information (Please go to grammar page for Verb def)

Five important forms of spoken sentences

Sarah will be awarded a degree tomorrow.

Sarah will not be awarded........

Will Sarah be awarded.....?

Won't Sarah be awarded....?

When will Sarah be awarded.......?

More sentences

The schools will be closed next week.

The buses will be crowded tomorrow.

The foreign delegation will be given a warm welcome, next week.

The office of the City council will be shifted away from the city.

The minister will be asked (to quit)

Surgery will be done by an experienced surgeon.

The foreign ministers' meeting will be held  in Brussels next month.

 Conversation

A: Will you be in the town next week? /Are you in town next week?

B:  No, I won’t be, I will be in Dublin.

A: Who will be the in-charge of your place? / Who is taking up your charge?

B: Ms Catherine will be in  my place. /I Think Ms Catherine

A: Will she be OK? She is a nice lady?

B: She is  highly experienced and competent staff. /She is very competent and experienced.

A: will she be helpful? /Is she helpful?

B:  She is very compassionate and service minded lady/Very helpful and compassionate lady.