can you explain uses of will in modals
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As a modal auxiliary verb, will is particularly versatile, having several different functions and meanings. It is used to form future tenses, to express willingness or ability, to make requests or offers, to complete conditional sentences, to express likelihood in the immediate present, or to issue commands.
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Modal Auxiliary Verbs - Will
Definition
As a modal auxiliary verb, will is particularly versatile, having several different functions and meanings. It is used to form future tenses, to express willingness or ability, to make requests or offers, to complete conditional sentences, to express likelihood in the immediate present, or to issue commands.
Creating the future tense
One of will’s most common uses as a modal verb is to talk about things that are certain, very likely, or planned to happen in the future. In this way, it is used to create an approximation of the future simple tense and the future continuous tense. For example:
“I will turn 40 tomorrow.” (future simple tense)
“She will be singing at the concert as well.” (future continuous tense)
Will can also used to make the future perfect tense and the future perfect continuous tense. These tenses both describe a scenario that began in the past and will either finish in or continue into the future. For example:“It’s hard to believe that by next month we will have been married for 10 years.” (future perfect tense)
“By the time I get there, she’ll have been waiting for over an hour.” (future perfect continuous tense)
If we want to make any of the future tenses negative, we use not between will and the main verb or the next occurring auxiliary verb. We often contract will and not into won’t. For example:
“I won’t be seeing the movie with you tonight.”
“At this pace, she won’t finish in first place.”
If we want to make a question (an interrogative sentence), we invert will with the subject, as in:
“What will they do with the money?”
“Won’t you be coming with us?”