4A Non Future Uses of 'Will'
EXPLAIN: The child won't eat any vegetables
'will' for refusals
CHOOSE: Hurry up! If WE/ WE'LL/ WE MIGHT miss the bus, we'll be late.
If WE miss...
CHOOSE: Supposing we OFFERED/ OFFERING/ TO OFFER a hundred more, would that make a difference?
Supposing we OFFERED
INVERT: If we made an exception for you, it might set a precedent for the future.
Were we to make...
COMPLETE: People would treat it AS THOUGHT it ___ (be) some kind of competition.
WAS/WERE
EXPLAIN: My dad'll get up early every Saturday to go fishing
'will' for present habits
CHOOSE: If you DIDN'T/DON'T/ WON'T stop making so much noice, I'm going to get really angry
DON'T/ WON'T
CHOOSE: Regardless of HIM BEING RIDE/ HIS RUDENESS/ HE'S RUDE, you shouldn't have reacted like that.
him being ride/ his rudeness
Had I known it was so dangerous...
COMPLETE: It's about time...
it's about time + subject + past simple/continuous
Anna's been in the meeting all day. She won't have read your email.
future perfect to make inferences about the past ("I bet she hasn't read it")
Make a sentence with 'UNLESS'
anything in FIRST CONDITIONAL e.g. "UNLESS you call me to say you're not coming, I'LL SEE you at the theatre"
You'll be perfectly safe - unless you do anything stupid (provided)
Provided (that) you don't do anything stupid, you'll be safe.
COMPLETE: If I ___ (not lose) the job all those years ago, I don't think I ___ (be) where I am now.
hadn't lost / would be
COMPLETE: I'd rather...(negative)
I'd rather not + bare inf // I'd rather (object) didn't...
CHOOSE: When I was younger, my mum USED TO/ WOULD/BOTH own a shop.
USED TO (permanent, durative state)
REWRITE: Would you like to cook? If so, we can stay at home. (you'd)
If you'd prefer/like to cook, we can stay at home
REWRITE: I don't know how I'd manage if you weren't so generous (but for)
But for your generosity, I don't know how I'd manage.
REWRITE: Hannah's broken her leg, so she can't go dancing
If...
If Hannah hadn't broken her leg, she could go dancing/ she'd be able to go dancing
RIGHT/WRONG: I wish she would help more around the house.
RIGHT: use "would" in wish sentences when you're wishing for someone/something to change or behave differently, not for general imaginary facts.
CHOOSE: When they got home from school, the children USED TO/WOULD/BOTH be starving.
BOTH: temporary, repeated, scene set in the past
REWRITE: Maybe he has had a bad experience, and he doesn't want to try again. (if)
If he has had a bad experience, he might/may not want to try again.
REWRITE: There's no point copying somebody's essay. It won't teach you anything useful (inasmuch as)
Copying somebody's essay is pointless inasmuch as you won't learn anything useful.
INVERT: If I hadn't seen you, I never would have known how upset you were.
Had I not seen you / But for seeing you...
RIGHT/WRONG: I wish the grass would be pink.
WRONG: I wish the grass WERE/COULD BE pink