Will vs Shall | Future Simple Tense - Basic English Grammar

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This is episode 30! 30 episodes of this show!
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Thanks for sending all your great questions, guys!
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Hi everybody, welcome back to Ask Alisha, the weekly series where you ask me questions
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and I answer them. Maybe!
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First question this week comes from Daniele.
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Hi, Daniele.
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Daniele says: Hi Alisha, is it really a mistake to refer to animals with "she" or "he" instead
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of "it" in cases where the animal is considered part of the family, like cats or dogs?
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Ah, okay!
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No, it's not a mistake at all.
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If the pet is like a member of the family, like you've described, it's very common to
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use "he" or "she" to talk about the animal.
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Uh, cats, dogs—we can use this for verbs, hamsters, hedgehogs...whatever the pet is.
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Uh, very common.
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Also, when it's your first time meeting someone else's animal, uh, it's quite common to ask,
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is it a boy or a girl?
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And then after that, you can use "he" or "she" to talk about the animal.
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We tend to use "it" when talking about animals we are not familiar with, like a stray cat,
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for example.
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Or maybe like an animal we see at the zoo.
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We would use "it" in those cases.
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When we're talking about animals that are parts of our family, we tend to use "he" or
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"she" to talk about that.
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Thanks for the question!
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Next question!
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Next question comes from Dewi.
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Hi, Dewi.
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Could you tell me when to use "anymore" and "no longer"?
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Sure, okay.
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Um, so, both of these are used to refer to an action – something we did or something
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someone did in the past – uh, but from this point in the present, uh, that action is not
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going to continue.
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We use "anymore" when we use a negative in the sentence.
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Some examples: I'm not gonna go to that restaurant anymore.
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He doesn't help me anymore.
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They don't drink with us anymore.
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We use "no longer" in positive statements, and it tends to sound more formal.
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You'll also see that "no longer" can be put at the beginning of the sentence to increase
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the level of formality.
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So, you might hear this in speeches, for example.
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Using "no longer" at the beginning of the sentence really emphasizes that the action
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is not going to continue and that it sounds quite formal.
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So, "no longer" might have a couple different places in the sentence.
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Let's look at some examples.
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No longer will we tolerate these problems.
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She no longer has to come to work early.
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We will no longer be a part of the group.
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So I hope that helps you understand some of the key differences between these two expressions.
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Thanks for the question!
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Next question!
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Next question comes from Aravind.
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Hi, Aravind.
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Aravind says: What is the difference between "took" and "taken," and have you ever been
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to India?
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Uh, okay, took and taken.
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Took is the past tense of the verb take.
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I took a break.
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He took my drink!
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They took our passports.
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Taken is the past participle form of take.
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Have you ever taken a trip to France?
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She's taken the test three times.
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We've taken long vacations every summer for 10 years.
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So I hope that helps.
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It's a difference in grammar.
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And no, I have not been to India.
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Thanks for the question.
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Let's go to the next question.
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Next question comes from Pierre.
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Hi, Pierre.
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Pierre says: Hi, could you please explain the difference between "belly," "tummy," and
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"stomach"?
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Thanks.
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Sure, okay.
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Let's start with stomach.
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Uh, stomach is the most neutral word you can use to talk about this area of your body.
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If you need to talk about this area in your life somewhere in a polite situation, stomach
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is probably the best word to use.
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Examples!
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My stomach hurts.
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He got hit in the stomach.
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They've been doing stomach exercises every other day.
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So, now let's talk about tummy.
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Tummy is a word that children use.
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Adults use "tummy" when they're talking to children.
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It sounds very young.
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It sounds very childish.
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Adults typically don't use this word when talking to other adults unless they're trying
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to be funny or unless they really want to sound childish, for some reason.
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So "tummy" is really a children's word.
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Examples.
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Do you have a tummy ache?
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I want to put food in my tummy.
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Now, "belly" is a casual word that adults do use.
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It sounds kind of rough.
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It's not a dirty word, at all, but it tends to be used more by men than by women, I think.
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It's a very casual expression to refer to your stomach.
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Uh, but we usually use it to talk about eating and food.
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Some examples.
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My belly is so full.
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I need to put some food in my belly.
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All right, so I hope that helps you.
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In most situations, if you're not sure what to use, use "stomach."
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You can't go wrong with "stomach."
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Hope that helps.
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Thank you for the question.
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All right, let's go on to the next question.
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Next question comes from Satish!
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Hi, Satish.
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Satish says: What's the difference between "I shall" and "I will"?
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Similarly, between "shall I" and "will I"?
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Ah, okay.
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Uh, first, any use of "shall" is going to sound more formal than "will."
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The difference between "I shall" and "shall I" is that "I shall" begins a statement.
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Shall I begins an offer.
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I shall call the police.
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This sounds very formal.
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Shall I call the police?
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That's an offer.
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It sounds very formal.
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Will, however, is quite different.
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I will begins a statement, yes, but "will I" does not begin an offer.
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Will I is used to think out loud.
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So, when we are imagining our future schedule, and we're thinking about something in the
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future, uh...
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We're alone, we're talking to ourselves and thinking about our future schedule.
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We might use "will I."
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So, examples.
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I will call the police.
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That's natural; we would probably use the contracted form "I'll call the police."
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Hmm, will I have time to go to the bank today?
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Will I be able to get a coffee this morning?
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So, this is not used so much in conversation.
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We use this "will I" sort of pattern when we're thinking about things we might be able
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to do in the future and we're thinking to ourselves about it.
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So, I hope that helps.
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That's kind of a quick introduction to the differences between these two.
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Thanks for the question!
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Okay, let's go to the next question.
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Next question comes from Marcelo Oliveira.
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Hi, Marcelo.
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Marcelo says: Hi Alisha, are you ok?
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Thanks for your awesome videos.
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My question is: what's the meaning of "gung-ho"?
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I heard this in an interview with Taylor Swift.
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Thanks a lot.
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Okay!
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Um, so, gung-ho.
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Let's start with an example.
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I'm gung-ho about my new project.
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Gung-ho means you are full of energy and you are excited about something.
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It means that you're enthusiastic; you're going to put all your effort into that thing.
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So when I say, "I'm gung-ho about my new project," it means I'm really excited; I'm really enthusiastic.
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I'm going to do everything I can to make that a success.
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Gung-ho.
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So, I hope that answers your question about gung-ho.
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Also, just a small side note and a note for everybody watching:
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The question "are you ok" is typically used when we're worried about an injury or a sickness
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for the other person.
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So if you just want to ask if someone is well, you can say, "hope you're doing well,"
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or "how are you?"
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Or "how are you doing?"
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Maybe a little more natural to start the question.
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Okay.
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Thank you so much for sending the question.
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So, those are all the questions that I have for this week.
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Thank you, as always!
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again next week! Byeeeee!
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