Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 106

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• 00:10

  Hi, this is Harry, and welcome back to our podcasts.

• 00:13

  And the podcasts I have for you this week are to look at issues regarding the aspect of talking about what we're going to do in the future.

• 00:24

  And there are four different ways in which we can talk about the future.

• 00:28

  So I'm going to take one aspect of those for each of the podcasts today.

• 00:34

  So hopefully you will enjoy it and hopefully it will help you to improve your understanding of English and the English language.

• 00:42

  So the first one we're going to look at is about will.

• 00:45

  Okay, so normally we use the word will when we're talking about the future.

• 00:49

  People expect that.

• 00:51

  So here we're going to use will.

• 00:54

  And when we're using will in this context, talking about the future, it's usually in relation to something that has just been planned.

• 01:03

  So you're making a decision now or it's conditional on something happening in the future.

• 01:09

  For example, I will call you tomorrow if you're available.

• 01:13

  So that would be conditional or, oh, I don't have any coffee.

• 01:18

  I will go to the shop and I'll get some coffee and I'll call you later.

• 01:23

  Okay, so something that you have just decided, you've just discovered that you have no coffee in your cupboard, so you have to go to the supermarket.

• 01:32

  So.

• 01:32

  Oh, I will go to the supermarket now.

• 01:35

  Okay, so let me give you the sentence and I'll explain a little bit more.

• 01:40

  Isn't it hot?

• 01:42

  I think I'll open a window to.

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