Future Simple Usage 1: To express spontaneous decisions

Future Simple Usage 1: we use Future Simple Tense to express spontaneous decisions. It means we did not plan to do something. The decision to do something comes on the spot, on the go, it’s not pre-planned. Another way to explain it, the decision to do something comes at the moment of speaking.

 I’ll open the door.

 We will call you.

However, we have other uses of Future Simple Tense:

• Future Simple Tense
  • Future Simple Introduction: usage overview
  • Future Simple Usage 1: to express spontaneous decisions
  • Future Simple Usage 2: to make predictions
  • Future Simple Usage 3: to make suggestions
  • Future Simple Usage 4: to offer to do something
  • Future Simple Usage 5: to give orders
  • Future Simple Usage 6: to ask someone to do something
  • Future Simple Usage 7: to point out malfunctions, refusals to do something
  • Future Simple Usage 8: after verb “think”
  • Future Simple Usage 9: after verb “hope”
  • Future Simple Additional Rule: after: if / when / after / before / as soon as / unless / until

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