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The subject of modal verbs is an important topic when learning English and should be given
sufficient attention, since these verbs are frequently used in English. Will and would are English
modal verbs, and in order to be sure you’re using them properly, it’s important to understand
when to use will and when to use would. So I invite you to consider some of the guidelines
regarding will and would in English.
Will is used when discussing situations with the simple future verb form. It is used in
statements that have to do with the future, requests, offers (what people want to do or are
willing to do), promises and likely predictions.
Here are some example sentences:
- Beliefs:
- Decisions:
- Statements or Facts:
- Requests:
- Likely Predictions:
We’ll see you next week.
Perhaps she’ll let me borrow her car.
I will always love you.
We also use WILL as a conditional with words like IF and UNLESS to talk about the
result or effect of certain situations that are not changeable, in other words, to say what
we think will happen in the future.
- Preferences:
- Invitations:
- Requests:
•Would you be able to buy some milk on your way home, please?
- Making arrangements:
•When I was a child, my father would tell me great stories about his adventures.
•I was awake all night last night, because the baby wouldn’t stop crying!
- Hypotheses:
•If I was a millionaire, I would travel around the world in my private jet.
- Politeness:
We use WOULD as the past tense of ‘will’ to say what we believed would happen:
When WOULD is used in conditionals with words such as if and what if, the main verb
in these sentences is usually in the past tense.
Here are some examples:
WILL is generally not used instead of WOULD when you are giving your opinion but are
unsure of the facts.
What does will mean? Will can be a noun, in which case it has various meanings. In this article,
though, I will be concerned with will as a verb.
Will is a modal auxiliary verb, where it describes an action that is expected to take place in the
future. It modifies many verbs in their future tenses. Here are some examples,
1. You will arrive at the airport at 10:15am Thursday morning and escort the ambassador
back to the royal palace.
2. Catalina will turn us in at the earliest opportunity.
3. I will sell my car when I can afford to buy a newer one.
4. Apple Inc. said Wednesday it will open its new campus in April and spend six months
moving employees into a glass-encased building reminiscent of a spaceship. –The Wall
Street Journal