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LESSON 15: A NEW JOB! – WILL HAVE TO – WON’T HAVE TO

LESSON 15: A NEW JOB! – WILL HAVE TO – WON’T HAVE TO

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B1 English - Lesson 15: A New Job!
B1 Intermediate

Lesson 15: A New Job!

Expressing Future Obligations (Will have to / Won't have to)

💼 The Promotion

Read and listen to the conversation about a new job. Pay attention to the highlighted verbs.Colleagues talking in office
Click to listen to the dialogue!
Andrea
You know, I quit my old job. I was looking for a new one for two months.
Bob
Did you find a new job?
Andrea
Oh, yes! In my new job, I will have to attend meetings, because I'll be the manager's assistant.
Bob
Will your salary be better?
Andrea
Definitely. I'll earn three times what I'm earning now.
Bob
Hey! That's great! Will you have to work on weekends?
Andrea
Can you believe it? I won't have to work on weekends! Except sometimes when I will have to travel with my manager to Germany or Italy.
Bob
Well, I'm very happy for you. Good luck!

🧩 Grammar Core: Future Obligations

How do we talk about obligations in the future?

In the present, we use "have to" (I have to work). But to talk about obligations in the future, we need to add our future auxiliary WILL.

Affirmative: Subject + will have to + verb
Example: I will have to travel to Germany.

Negative: Subject + won't have to + verb
(Do NOT say: "will don't have to". That is incorrect!)
Example: I won't have to work on weekends.

Question: Will + Subject + have to + verb?
Example: Will you have to work on Sunday?
🧠 Neuro-Mnemonic: The Time Machine 🚀 & The Chains ⛓️

Imagine HAVE TO as heavy metal chains (an obligation).
Imagine WILL as a Time Machine.
If you want to throw those chains into the future, you must put them inside the time machine! [ WILL [ HAVE TO ] ].
🗣️ Michigan Pronunciation Tip: Fast Speech
Native speakers rarely pronounce every single letter.
Will have to sounds like "will-haf-tuh".
Won't have to sounds like "won't-haf-tuh".
The "v" in have changes to an "f" sound! Listen and repeat.
🏃 TPR Action: Point forward with your finger (Future/Will) and then cross your wrists together (Obligation/Have to). Say: "I will have to study!"

⚡ Practice 1: Build the Sentence

Read the clues and choose the correct future obligation. Earn points!
Score: 0 / 4
1. They / clean the house / Saturday (Affirmative)
2. I / not / make coffee / for my boss (Negative)
3. She / do reports / every day? (Question)
4. He / work / overnight (Affirmative)