Modal auxiliary Would

STRUCTURE
AFFIRMATIVE FORM:
PRONOUN + WOULD + VERB + COMPLEMENT.
YOU + WOULD + TRAVEL + WITH ME.
INTERROGATIVE FORM:
WOULD + PRONOUN + VERB + COMPLEMENT.
WOULD + YOU + TRAVEL + WITH ME?.
INTERROGATIVE FORM:
PRONOUN + WOULD + NOT + VERB + COMPLEMENT.
YOU + WOULD + NOT + TRAVEL + WITH ME.
Modal auxiliary Would
• Would (que se pronuncia /uood/) es un verbo auxiliar que representa
las terminaciones de los verbos españoles –ría, -rías, -ríamos, -ríais y
–rían, por ejemplo, compraría, viviríamos, vendrían, etc. Es el que se
utiliza para la forma condicional en inglés.
• EXAMPLE:
1. I would go - iría
2. I would eat – comería
3. I would be - sería / estaría
4. I would have - tendría / habría
meanings of Modals

Volition/ prediction:
•would
 CONTRACTION
• I´d
• You´d
• He´d
• She´d
• It´d
• You´d
• We´d
• You´d
• They´d

• IN NEGATIVE FORM:
• Would not = Wouldn´t
Unit 8: Modal Auxiliary Verbs
• Would: Would is used
1) as the past tense of will:
She said she would buy dinner on her way home.
I believed it would rain so I brought my raincoat.
2) to express polite request:
Would you please take off your coat?
Would you mind turning the radio off?
Unit 8: Modal Auxiliary Verbs
3) to express actions take place in the past:
I would fish and swim in the river when I lived in the
countryside.
I used to go swimming in the river when I lived in the
countryside.
4) to express desire
I would like to have one day off.
I’d love to stay for a few more days.
Frequency of Modals in Academic Writing

• would Would, is used but infrequently.

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WOULD
1) as the past tense of will:
She said she would buy dinner on her way home.
I believed it would rain so I brought my raincoat.

2) to express polite request:

Would you please take off your coat?
Would you mind turning the radio off?
 Stance meanings of Modals
Volition/ prediction:
•would

Meanings
Personal meaning - volition or intention
Logical meaning - prediction

AFFIRMATIVE FORM
1. I would like fish, please. would you like fish
1. You would like train
tomorrow.
2. He would like beer.
3. She would like study
medicine.
4. It would like eat meat.
5. We would like to
France.
EXAMPLE
INTERROGATIVE FORM AFFIRMATIVE FORM
Yes, I would like fish,
please.
Would we like train Yes, you would like train
tomorrow. tomorrow.
Would he like beer. Yes, he would like beer.
Would he like study Yes, she would like study
medicine. medicine.
Would It like eat meat. Yes, it would like eat meat.
Would you like to France. Yes, we would like to
France.
NEGATIVE FORM
You would not like fish.
We would not like train
tomorrow.
He would not like beer.
She would not like study
medicine.
It would not like eat meat.
You would not like to France.

1. You would buy a new Would we buy a new car. Yes, you would buy a new
car. car. We would not buy a new car.
2. They would dance in Would they dance in the
the night. night. Yes, they would dance in
 EXCERCISE:
1. Would you like fish or lunch? Yes, ….
2. Would you like orange juice or breakfast?...No, …
3. Would you like cake for dessert? No,…..
4. Would you like por corn for a said order? No,…
5. Would you like stik for dinner? No,……
6. Would you like coffee? No,…
7. Would you like spaghetti? Yes…
8. Would you like to dance? No,..
9. Would you like another drink? yes,….
• Would you agree with someone like?.....
• Would you like to come with me?.........
PRACTICE
Affirmative
• I would go to the party.
Yo iría a la fiesta.
• You would feel better.
Te sentirías mejor.
• That would be great.
Eso sería genial.
• We would help you.
Nosotros te ayudaríamos.
• Joan would start to cry.
Joan comenzaría a llorar.
• Glenn would come right away.
Glenn vendría enseguida.
• They would get very angry.
Ellos se enojarían mucho.
INTERROGATIVE
• Would he give Patty a diamond ring?
¿Él le daría a Patty un anillo de diamantes?
• Would you mind?
¿Te importaría?
ASWER TO THE QUESTION
• She would not be happy.
Ella no sería feliz.
• We wouldn't spend all the money.
No gastaríamos todo el dinero.
• I wouldn't do that.
Yo no haría eso.
• We wouldn't have had enough time.
No habríamos tenido tiempo suficiente.
• I would have picked you up.
Yo te habría pasado a buscar.
• Matt would have said he was sorry.
Matt habría dicho que lo lamentaba.