would is the
past tense form of will
. Because it is a past tense, it is used: to talk about the past. to talk about hypotheses (when we imagine something)
Where would is used?
| Uses of ‘Would’ Example | Reported speech Anita said that she would bring the drinks. | Present unreal conditionals (imaginary situations) I would move to Japan if I spoke Japanese. | Repeated past actions When I was little, I would play hopscotch with my friends. |
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Where we use could and would?
Could is used to say
that an action or event is possible
. Would is used to talk about a possible or imagined situation, and is often used when that possible situation is not going to happen.
Where we use would in sentences?
We often use would (or the contracted form ‘d) in
the main clause of a conditional sentence
when we talk about imagined situations: If we had left earlier, we would have been able to stop off for a coffee on the way. If we went to Chile, we’d have to go to Argentina as well. I’d love to see both.
Would and used to examples?
- Used to is used to talk about habitual or regular actions or states in the past that are now finished. I used to have a dog. ( …
- Would is also used to talk about habitual actions in the past, but not to talk about past states. When I was young I used to go fishing with my father every summer. (
Is would be present tense?
Well, the present tense of “would”
is “will”
.
Will and would sentences?
We use would as the past of
will
, to describe past beliefs about the future: I thought we would be late, so we would have to take the train.
Would you or could you?
‘
Would You
‘ is a decorous manner of asking something from someone. ‘Could You’ is considered to be an informal way of asking something, contrary, ‘Would You’ is a formal way of requesting someone to do something.
Could Can examples?
| CAN/COULD (AFFIRMATIVE) | PAST REPEATED ACTIONS I could run marathons when I was younger. | PAST SINGLE ACTION, STATIVE VERB She could feel the wind on her face. | PAST SINGLE ACTION, ACTION VERB NOT POSSIBLE! | PRESENT ABILITY He can speak Portuguese fluently. |
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Would and will Difference?
The main difference between will and would is that
will is used for real possibilities
while would is used for imagined situations in the future.
Can we use would for future?
We have this in the past tense, simple past tense and then, in that past tense thought, we have some idea about the future and we use Would to express that idea about the future. Let’s look at some examples of this though. Here, I knew you would help me. … So we can use Would
to talk about future
but in the past.
When Could is used?
When could is used as the past tense of can, it refers to an
ability that a person generally had in the past or to something that was generally possible in the past
(“When I was younger, I could run for miles,” or “It used to be you could buy lunch for a dollar.”).
Will usage in English?
We can use “will”
to talk about the future
. We also use will to make predictions, talk about decisions, and to make promises, offers, requests and threats.
Which is correct would be or will be?
Most of the times, the source of the confusion is the perception that
“would” is always used
as the past form of the auxiliary verb “will”. Yes, “would” is the past form of “will”, but it has various other uses too, which have nothing to do with the fact that would is the past form of “will”.
Is used to example?
Look at these examples: When we lived in Bangkok,
we were used to hot weather
. I have been used to snakes for a long time. You will soon be used to living alone.
Will example sentence?
- I will go to the cinema tonight.
- He will play tennis tomorrow.
- She will be happy with her exam results.
- They will take the bus to the South next week.
