This post is literally a reading note of How to improve your IELTS Band Score by John R Benford.
I see many non-native English speakers, including myself, use "I will" quite a lot, while native speakers don't. Therefore I took this note as a reminder of different ways of expressing the future.
| Way | Example | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | For predictions | China will win the Olympics |
| 2 | Decisions made at the moment of speaking | There is someone at the door, I'll go. |
| 3 | For plans |
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| 4 | Visible evidence | Look at those black clouds, it's going to rain. |
| 5 | For arrangements or timetables |
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"If" + tense is always confusing to me, as what I learned in schools says I should use past tense for "if" + hypothetical situations, but in reality I do see people use present tense. Fortunately the book has a passage specifically for this.
| Conditional | Example | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | For stating something that's known to be true | If students don't study at all, they fail their exams. |
| 2 | For predictions | If you eat too much, you will get fat. |
| 3 | For hypothetical or imaginary situations | If I was rich, I would travel around the world. |
| 4 | For expressing regrets about the past | If I had known, I would have gone. |
Keep in mind that the clauses above can be inverted, e.g "You will get fat if you eat too much."
Thanks for sharing, it helps a lot.
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