Shall verb forms Will and shall are modal verbs. They are used with the base form of the main verb (They will go; I shall ask her). Shall is only used for future time. 1 The normal way to express simple future time in English is using the modal verb will followed by the base form of a main verb. The modal verb shall is not. 2 It is used with the base form of a verb. 1. verbo modal A2. You use shall with 'I' and 'we' in. 3 A basic and easy-to-understand overview of Spanish verbs and tenses, The Spanish simple future is used to talk about what will or shall happen. 4 shall verb shəl, ˈshal past should shəd, ˈshu̇d ; present singular and plural shall Synonyms of shall auxiliary verb 1 a used to express what is inevitable or seems likely to happen in the future we shall have to be ready we shall see b used to express simple futurity when shall we expect you 2 used to express determination they shall not pass 3 a. 5 Shall: forms Affirmative form Shall comes first in the verb phrase (after the subject and before another verb). We use it mostly with I and we: I shall post it to you tomorrow. Shall cannot be used with another modal verb: I shall have to be at the airport by 5 pm. Not: I shall must be or I must shall be . 6 Will and shall are modal verbs. They are used with the base form of the main verb (They will go; I shall ask her). Shall is only used for future time reference with I and we, and is more formal than will. ’ll: short forms of shall and will Spoken English. 7 The usual rule given for the use of shall and will is that where the meaning is one of simple futurity, shall is used for the first person of the verb and will for the second and third: I shall go tomorrow; they will be there now. 8 Shall can be used for forming the future tense of another verb when the subject is ‘I’ or ‘we’, but it does not have a future tense of its own: We shall see you tomorrow. Should can sometimes be used as the past tense of shall, for example, in indirect speech introduced by a verb in the past tense: I hoped that I should not need to defend myself. 9 shall verb shəl, ˈshal past should shəd, ˈshu̇d ; present singular and plural shall Synonyms of shall auxiliary verb 1 a used to express what is inevitable or seems likely to happen in the future we shall have to be ready we shall see b used to express simple futurity when shall we expect you 2 used to express determination they shall not pass 3 a. shall and will examples 10 Slide 6. Shall, Should, Ought to. To Offer of Assistance or Polite Suggestion (When you are quite sure of a positive answer) Shall. 11