Would vs will in English
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This chapter will discuss the modal verb 'would' in English. In English this modal verb is used to talk about hypothetical situations.
The table below will show the different situations 'would' can be used.
Use | Example |
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For unreal situations |
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As a past tense of 'will' |
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In conditional sentences |
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to refuse something using 'would not' |
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For repeated actions in the past |
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Subject | Affirmatives | Negatives | Interrogatives |
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I | would ... | would not ... | Would I ...? |
You | would ... | would not ... | Would you ...? |
He, she, it | would ... | would not ... | Would he, she, it ...? |
We | would ... | would not ... | Would we ...? |
You | would ... | would not ... | Would you ...? |
They | would ... | would not ... | Would they ...? |
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Both 'would' and 'will' are modal verbs. As shown in the table above 'would' could be seen as the past tense of 'will'. Below you will find two tables explaining the difference between using 'would' and using 'will'.
The table below shows the main differences between using 'would' compared to 'will'.
'Would' | Example |
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'Would' can only be used as the past tense of 'will' when it describes an event in the past talked about in the future. |
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'Would' is used to talk about invitations, requests, permissions, preferences and making arragements. |
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The table below shows the situations 'will' is used as a modal verb.
'Will' | Example |
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'Will' is used to talk about a future action. |
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'Will' is used in the first conditional. |
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'Will' is used to talk about decisions, offers, promises and predictions. |
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Train your skills by doing the exercises below!
Fill in 'would' or 'will' in the English sentence.
I like some water, please.
He be there tonight.
If she has time, she help you.
you like to read my assignment?
you want to do it again?
They hope you be able to come.
I have asked for your help, but you seemed busy.
What do you think happen in the episode tonight?
They help if you ask them.
We have gone to the party if we weren't in Amsterdam.
Fill in 'would' or 'will' in the English sentence.
They join, but didn't.
My sister probably come back tomorrow.
If I had a million dollar, I buy a villa.
It rain tomorrow.
If she arrives late, she call me.
He not let me borrow his jacket.
They get us a drink.
My mother not let me go to my friend's house tonight.
Maybe we not come tonight.
When we were young we always go on vacation to France.
Fill in 'would' or 'will' in the English sentence.
I like some water, please.
He be there tonight.
If she has time, she help you.
you like to read my assignment?
you want to do it again?
They hope you be able to come.
I have asked for your help, but you seemed busy.
What do you think happen in the episode tonight?
They help if you ask them.
We have gone to the party if we weren't in Amsterdam.
Fill in 'would' or 'will' in the English sentence.
They join, but didn't.
My sister probably come back tomorrow.
If I had a million dollar, I buy a villa.
It rain tomorrow.
If she arrives late, she call me.
He not let me borrow his jacket.
They get us a drink.
My mother not let me go to my friend's house tonight.
Maybe we not come tonight.
When we were young we always go on vacation to France.
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