Uses:
‘will/shall + infinitive’
- We use the future simple to express a promise.
They will allow you to go through.
He shall be present tomorrow at the meeting.
I will do my best.
- We use the future simple to express a prediction about the future.
His birthday will bring much happiness to the people.
Next year will be a great surprise.
I don’t know what will happen if doesn’t succeed.
- We use the future simple to express a voluntary action, usually it is used for a spontaneous decision right in the moment as we’re making it.
Can you help me please? Yes, I will help you right this instant.
Could you send me the check please? Yes, I will send send it now.
He shall prepare your lunch sir.
He will make the order.
Note: There are many similarites between ‘will’ and the ‘be going to’ form. For instance both can mean ‘an intention’, or ‘a prediction’.
An intention:
‘I am going on vacation in March’. or ‘I will go on vacation in March’.
A Prediction:
‘I think this man is going to be the next president’. or ‘I think this man will be the next president’.