Will - The Modal Verb of prediction and volunteering

 

Will

Volunteering

When you volunteer to do something, to help someone, you use the modal verb will.

Will is used to express the future. Here, The job you volunteer to do will be in the immediate or far future.

Will can be contracted with the subject pronoun.

I will - I’ll              You will - you’ll                  he will - he’ll

she will - she’ll                  they will - they’ll               it will - it’ll

E.g.,

I'll help you carry that bag.

(You are not presently carrying it, you are volunteering to carry the bag)

 

Shall can be used in the place of will but it's not used often nowadays.

E.g.,

I shall help you do the homework.

 

Prediction

Prediction is a statement about the future. As the future is uncertain, the credibility of a prediction statement is uncertain.

The modal verb will is used to make predictions.

E.g.,

You will be a star in the future.

You will meet the woman of your dreams in 5 days.

 

Lesson plan activity

The students will sit in pairs facing each other. One has to roleplay as a fortune teller. The other has to role play as a customer. Each team is given ten cards. The cards should be placed face down on the desk, and the customer has to pick one or more. The fortune teller will have to make 5 predictions about the customer by looking at the cards (it can be a standard 52 – card deck or any game cards, and let them use their imagination. Game cards are more fun).  The fortune teller can also ask personal questions.

Then they must interchange roles and do the same.

Time: 20 minutes.