Indicating obligation and willingness
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Students' problems | page 3 of 11 |
The contracted form of will
When referring to intentions, sometimes you hear students use a contracted form of the modal will when responding to a question:
A: Will you be here tomorrow morning? B: No, but I'll tomorrow night.
In this case, the appropriate response should be as follows, with a slight emphasis on the will:
No, but I will tomorrow night.
For further information about the use of modal verbs, see Indicating obligation and willingness: Using modal verbs to indicate
willingness.
Introduction
Using modals with other verbs
The contracted form of will
Distinguishing between would and will
The modal could
The semi-modal need
The semi-modal dare
Adjectives used to indicate obligation
Distinguishing between nouns and other parts of speech
Distinguishing between suggest and advise
Distinguishing between willing and want