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Transcript of HELLO THERE !.... It's great to see you ! And by the way, did you know about the previous expression...
What's the difference between saying
something like « It's great to see you ! »... and something like
« Nice to meet you ! »
But before we do that...
Let's see if, just for this time, we could learn the past forms of two verbs in particular, namely...
But before we do that...
Let's just « rewind » a little bit, while also reviewing the sentence a little bit...
Let's take a look to a few similar sentences, and see if you notice at least TWO
special things about them...
But before discussing your findings...
If I had a hammer, I would hammer in the morning !
If I was the prime minister, I would make education really affordable for everyone !...
If all students listened in their English classes, all students
would be bilingual !If there was no Santa Clause,
there would be no present under the Christmas tree !...
So now...
Let's say I ask you how should one
proceed in order to build the conditional
form, in English...
Why not to take a few minutes to think of at least 3 THINGS you
WOULD do if you HAD a million dollars !...
I would love to be a rock star !...
What I would really like is to eat some ice cream.I would like to have some
coffee as well...
GROUP OF EXAMPLES # 1
GROUP OF EXAMPLES # 2
Would you like some coffee? Would you open the door,
please? Would you come with me,
please? I'm afraid to walk alone in the dark !...
WHEN TO USE « WOULD »...
1) Desire or inclination2) Polite requests or
suggestions3) Building the conditional form
And yet...
All of the previous sentences happen to be very good examples of
the conditional TENSE...
So in other words...
What do you think is the only word that is needed
to produce the conditional tense, in English ?
So, to be more precise...
What do we need to do in order to conjugate an
English verb in the conditional tense ?
And let's see if you can use the conditional tense,
or in other words the modal WOULD in actual
sentences !...
Why not to check whether you can also use the
modal WOULD in somewhat more practical
situations, such as...
And to that end...
Let's just go to Dialogue 2, in the document titled « Restaurant»...
And there we go !
And by looking at the next few examples, let's see if you can find out one of these other contexts for
using WOULD !
Every Saturday I would go on a long bike ride.
We would go to the beach after school.
We would put on our swimsuits.We would head for the waves.The guys would smoke and act
"cool".
Let's see if you can find another, and rather subtle use of the modal WOULD, by looking at the next few
sentences !
She said that she would buy some eggs. (« I will buy some
eggs.") The candidate said that he
wouldn't increase taxes. (« I will not increase taxes.")
Why didn't you bring your umbrella? I told you it would rain!
("It is going to rain.")
So in other words...
WOULD can be used as a past form of the modal WILL, which is rather common, and not only in conversation, as
you can see through the following sentences !
Even as a boy, he knew that he WOULD succeed in life.
I thought it WOULD rain so I brought my umbrella.
In London she met the man that she WOULD one day marry.
He left 5 minutes late, unaware that the delay WOULD
save his life.
Can you find one final use of the modal WOULD, through the last few
examples ?
And while we're at it...
He wanted a divorce but his wife would not agree.
We wanted to pass through this field, but the owner would
not let us do so. Yesterday morning, the car
wouldn't start.