The Grammaring Guide to English Grammar with Exercises

Modals to express willingness / unwillingness: WILL, WOULD

Present

Will can express willingness in the present:

I

will take

you to the airport. I have nothing to do tomorrow.

If you

will wait

for a moment, I'll see if Mr Hawking is available.

Won't can express unwillingness or refusal:

My bank

won't allow

me to make international transactions.

Greg just

won't answer

the phone.

The door

won't open

.

Past

Wouldn't can express unwillingness or refusal in the past:

I took the phone back to the shop, but they

wouldn't give

me a replacement.

Try as I might, the door

wouldn't open

.

Quotes:

If cats could talk, they wouldn't. - Nan Porter

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. - Thomas Edison