Grammar: Future with Will & Conditional Sentences
English Grade 8 (Super Goal 2) · Unit 13: What's the Weather Like? · Lesson 13-2 · Term 2
Also known as: Future with will · Conditional sentences
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Lesson idea
Talk about predictions and possible future events with will/won't (often with probably or maybe); use if-clauses for present facts and future results; use may/might for possibility.
Key points
- will + base verb for things you think will or won't happen: It'll be warm and cloudy. I'll probably travel.
- Will you travel next summer? – Yes, I will. / No, I won't.
- Present facts: if + simple present, simple present: If you heat water to 100°C, it boils.
- Future facts: if + simple present, will + verb: If their team wins, the fans will be happy. (NOT if … will win)
- may/might in the result clause = possible but not certain: If Noura doesn't study, she might fail the test.
- when = future situation that is certain; if = possible but not certain.
Vocabulary
Lesson questions (15)
- What ____ the weather be like in Muscat tomorrow?
Answer: will - It ____ be warm and cloudy tomorrow.
Answer: 'll - I ____ stay in Jeddah in July and August. It's extremely hot.
Answer: won't - "Will you travel next summer?" – "Yes, I ____."
Answer: will - "Where will you go?" – "____"
Answer: I'll go to Jordan. - We often use will with ____ to express doubt.
Answer: probably or maybe - If you heat water to 100 degrees Celsius, it ____.
Answer: boils - If their team ____, the fans will be happy.
Answer: wins - If it doesn't rain, they ____ tennis.
Answer: 'll play - The fans won't be happy if their team ____.
Answer: loses - If he doesn't hurry, he ____ the bus.
Answer: will miss - We ____ go skiing if there is enough snow. (possible, not certain)
Answer: might - The cell phone won't work if it ____ have a battery.
Answer: doesn't - I will call you ____ I get home. (certain)
Answer: when - If the temperature warms up, the snow ____.
Answer: will melt
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Questions about this lesson
How do we form the future with will?
will + base verb: It will rain tomorrow.
How do we form a conditional sentence?
If + simple present, will + verb: If it rains, we will stay home.
What is the difference between will and going to?
will is for a prediction or an instant decision, and going to is for a plan made in advance.
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