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PET: Preparazione Certificazione B1 Video Series Lesson 4

 

WILL OR WOULD IN ENGLISH?

Watch this video to learn some grammar tips that will help you prepare for your PET exam![ Video lesson 9:57, comprehension test 5:00

Summary:

WILL

EXPLANATIONEXAMPLE
we use will to express believes about the present or the future I am sure he will be a successful lawyer one day.
to talk about what people want to do or are willing to do I am cold, I think I will put the heater on. 
to talk about typical behaviour We always spend our holidays at our favourite hotel at the seaside. 
to make promises, offers and requests I will help you with your homework tomorrow
we use will in conditionals to express what we think will happen in the present or future If it rains I will get wet. 

 

WOULD

EXPLANATIONEXAMPLE
would the past tense of will
we use it to talk about the past
I thought we would be late, so we would have to take the car.
to talk about what people wanted to do or were willing to do in the past. We had a terrible night, the baby wouldn’t go to sleep.
to talk about typical behaviour in the past in the past When they were children, they use to spend their holidays at their grandmother’s at the seaside. 
talk about hypothesis (when we imagine something) It would be very expensive to stay in a five-star hotel.

EXPRESSIONS WITH WOULD

EXPLANATIONEXAMPLE
would you mind (not) ing for requests Would you mind opening the window please? 
offers and invitations
would you like… would you like to
Would you like to watch another film? {/responsivevoice]
to say what we want or what we want to do
I would like … I’d like (you) (to)
I would like that one, please. 
to say what we prefer
I’d rather = I would rather
I’d rather go to school than stay in bed. 
to give an opinion when we are not sure or when we want to be polite
I would think; I would imagine; I’d guess
It is very difficult, I would imagine. 

 

 

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