Teoria: Uses of WOULD

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The uses of WOULD

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WOULD

‘Would’ es uno de los verbos auxiliares modales más versátiles, ya que se utiliza en diferentes situaciones para diversos propósitos.

Past habits (repetitive actions in the past)

Polite Requests & Polite questions

Polite offers & invitations

Wishes/desires

Unreal or hypothetical situation

Opinions

Possibility

Past habits (repetitive actions in the past)

• When I was living in Edinburgh, I would go to Princess Street garden every afternoon and eat my luch looking at the castle.
• In my childhood, my father would take us to the cinema every Sunday evening.
• My sister would cry every morning before going to school.

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Polite offers & invitations

• Would you like to be a part of our startup?
• Would you like to join us tonight for dinner?
• Would you like me to book a cab for you?
• Would any of your friends be interested in watching the film with us?

Polite Requests

A menudo usamos would para hacer solicitudes educadas.Y también usamos can or could to make requests, too.

• Would you please move forward a bit, please?
• Would you give me a lift, please?
• Would you lend me your phone for a minute, please?
• Would you share your current location, please?

Adding ‘please‘ to the request makes the request even more polite.

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Polite questions

• Would you like some cheese in your pasta?
• Would you like to try the cake I've just baked?
• Would your friend mind if I join you?

To make wishes/desires

• I would like to open a school for underprivileged children.
• They would like you to sing for them.
• We would like to do something for the community.
• I would like some water, if that’s possible.

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To show possibility

Would podemos usarlo para posibilidades en un futuro.

• The students would like to visit the new museum.
• She would like to travel.
• They would be there on time.

To give opinions

• Going there without knowing them would not be the right thing to do.
• Proposing her on her birthday would be a great surprise.
• That job would make you good.

AFFIRMATIVE structure

Subject + WOULD + Main verb + Complement

I would like to see a movie

NEGATIVE structure

Subject + WOULD NOT/WOULDN'T + Main verb + Complement

I would not like to see a movie

INTERROGATIVE structure

WOULD + Subject + Main verb + Complement + ?

Would I like to see a movie?

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PRACTICE TIME!

A. to the park on weekends.B. you with your homework. C. a new book every week. D. some tea, please? E. a slice of cake for dessert. F. her grandmother in the summer. G. to Japan if we had more money. H. to the beach every summer. I. some water, please? J. a movie every Friday night. K. attend the meeting tomorrow? L. to see the new art exhibit

1. I would like
2. He would go
3. They would help
4. She would love
5. We would travel
6. Would you like
7. Would she
8. I would read
9. He would eat
10. We would watch
11. Would they
12. She would visit

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KEYWORD

HABITS

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This would be of great use!

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