To make questions with ‘will’, use:
Will + subject + base form of the verb without ‘to’:
Singular | Plural |
Will I be fine?
Will you be fine? Will he/she/it be fine? |
Will we be fine?
Will you be fine? Will they be fine? |
Patrick finally dared to say: “Will you marry me, Cindy?”
This cake looks very small. Will it be enough for all of us?
‘Shall’ is normally used instead of ‘will’ when asking for a decision or making polite offers or suggestions.
We form questions with ‘shall’ like this:
(question word) + shall + I/we + the base form of the verb:
Singular | Plural |
(Whom) Shall I visit?
(Whom) Shall you visit? (Whom) Shall he/she/it visit? |
(Whom) Shall we visit?
(Whom) Shall you visit? (Whom) Shall they visit? |
When shall I meet you?
What film shall we see?
Shall we have a cup of tea?
That’s a good idea.
You look tired. Shall I drive?
Note: ‘shall’ is only used with ‘I’ or ‘we’ and mostly in British English. |