MS Inter 3B

​Speculating and predicting

We´ll send people to Mars in the near future.

Liverpool won´t win the Champions League this year.

​Speculating and predicting

We use WILL/WON´T

PHRASES to make predictions stronger or weaker:

I think/ I don´t think/ I doubt/ I´m not sure + will (not won´t)

I´m certain/ I´m sure + will/won´t

​Speculating and predicting

We can also use adverbs: PROBABLY or DEFINITELY + will/won´t

She will definitely come to the party.
She probably won´t come to the party.

We usually place adverbs of certainty before the main verb unless the main verb is TO BE. In this case, the adverb of certainty goes after.

​Speculating and predicting

We use MAY/MIGHT/COULD + the infinitive without to to talk about future possibilities.

My phone may/might/could be in my bedroom.

We use MAY NOT/ MIGHT NOT for the negative but not X COULD NOT