TECHNICAL EDUCATIONAL  INSTITUTION OF COMMERCE

VIRGINIA GÓMEZ    CIENAGA - MAGDALENA- 2022

 AREA:     ENGLISH                                                                       

NAME_______________________ GRADE 10         DATE ________________  

TEACHER: CARMEN ESCOBAR ACOSTA

would

Would is a modal verb. Would is often used in conditional 

sentences with a clause beginning 

with "If..." but it can also be used in the following situations: 

(WOULD es un verbo modal. Would  se usa a menudo en oraciones 

condicionales  con una cláusula que comienza con "If..."

 pero también se puede usar en las siguientes situaciones:

USE

1-We use would mainly to: would es un verbo auxiliar - 

un verbo auxiliar modal. 

Lo usaríamos principalmente para:

a-    talk about the past   ___________  • hablar sobre el pasado

b-     talk about the future in the past ______ hablar sobre el futuro en el pasado

c-    express the conditional mood____• expresar el estado de ánimo condicional

2- We also use would for other functions, such as:

expressing desire, polite requests and questions, 

opinion or hope, wish and past habits . (También usamos would para 

otras funciones, como:expresar deseo, solicitudes y preguntas

 corteses, opinión o esperanza, anhelo y arrepentimiento)

3- Used as a polite invitation or to offer

• Would you like to go to the movies with me tonight?
• Would you like some more tea?
• I would be happy to help you with preparation for your exam.
•  Would you like to have a coffee with me? Yes, I would. ( invitation)

4- Describe a prediction (hypothetical situations)

• It would be nice to have a barbecue.
• Nobody would believe me if I told them I had seen a UFO.

5- To describe past habits

• Before internet people would send letters to each other.
• When I was at school I would get up before 
• everyone else in our house

6-  Future in the past

We use would when we are talking about the past but we want 

to talk about something which was in the future at

 that time (in the past). (Usamos would cuando hablamos del pasado 

pero queremos hablar de algo que estaba en el futuro en ese 

momento (en el pasado))

When I was in Paris last year I thought I would spend 

hours sitting at coffee shops writing ideas for my novel.

She promised she would send a postcard from Peru.

I told you he would help us.

Structure of would

The basic structure for would is:

Subject   Mother

+

auxiliary verb would would

+

main verb+ complement   cook  an excellent dinner

Note that: Tenga en cuenta que:

The auxiliary verb would is invariable. There is only one form: would 

• El verbo auxiliar would es invariable. Sólo hay una forma: sería)

The main verb is usually in the base form (He would go) 

(• El verbo principal suele estar en la forma base (Iría))

Would: form

AFFIRMATIVE FORM

Would  comes  first in the verb phrase (after the subject and 

before another verb):

Dad would sing to us every evening.

NEGATIVE FORM

The negative form of would is wouldn’t. We don’t use don’t, doesn’t, 

didn’t with would: There wouldn’t be any food in the house.

QUESTION FORM

The subject and would change position to form questions. 

We don’t use do, does, did:

Would that be a good idea?

We can use would and wouldn’t in question tags:

She wouldn’t be any help, would she?

They would enjoy that, wouldn’t they?

                                                   

GOD BLESS YOU—DIOS TE BENDIGA

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