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LESSON 13
USES OF WOULD
Teacher Alessandro
Odoardi
 USES OF WOULD:
Future in the past (1)
The "future in the past" is used to refer to something that was the
future at some time in the past. It does not matter if the future event
happened or not as it was thought to be the future at the time.

[Subj][Opinion verb][Subj][would][verb][conj. adv][Simple Past tense]

He considered she would come so he put on a suit
thought
expected
 MORE EXAMPLES

a) Martha considered her daughter would become a

doctor, consequently she bought many medical books.
b) They said they would be here by 9pm,
and they arrived on time.
c) The newspapers said it would rain but it didn't.
d) I thought they would win before the other team
started shining with many goals.
e) We expected your brother would be a bad
writer, and at the end he was.
 USES OF WOULD:
Past refusals
We use "would" when something was refused in the past.
a) He wanted a divorce but she wouldn't agree.
b) I needed the car but dad wouldn't give it to me.
c) Lorena didn't want Stacy to come to the party,
but she would come anyways. Lots of drama.
d) Yesterday, the car wouldn't start even though
I needed it so badly.
e) Mark didn't ask for help, yet he'd be helped by Karen.
 USES OF WOULD:
Past behaviour
We also use "would" for habitual past behaviour
(as a synonym of "used to").
a) When I was younger, I would paint for 2 hours every day.
b) I would do something funny when Lea was angry.
c) Moses would have doubts until he saw it.
d) Frank wouldn't arrive on time before he was fired
from his first job.
e) They would win every competition so I was happy
for their success.
 USES OF WOULD:
Future in the past (2)
We also use "would" to express something that has not
happened at the same time we’re talking about.
a) In London she met the man that she would marry one day.
b) Jennifer invented something that would
become a great achievement in science.
c) Christopher would see us again, after we
meet at Regina's party.
 USES OF WOULD:
Opinions
We use "would" to express our opinions in a kind way.

Examples:
a) I would imagine they'll arrive for on dinner time.
b) She would guess you'll apply for the
scholarship.
c) I would think you are going to try on
these clothes.
d) They would suppose we'll break up.
 USES OF WOULD:
Wishes
We use "would" to express wishes in certain situations.

Examples:
a) They don't like me. I'm sure they wish I'd resign.
b) I bet Mary wishes we would work together.
c) They love me. It's certain they wish I'd
come back.
d) You can't deny Mark wishes I'd become
his girlfriend.
 EXTRA:
Was/were going to
"Was/were going to" is often used to talk about an intention or plan
that didn’t happen. It's another form of the "future in the past".
Examples:
a) I was going to tell her but I didn’t have time.
b) They were going to start the project on Monday
but they had to change plans due to an operational issue.
c) He told me he was going to travel by bus so I’ll
wait for him at the stop.
d) She said she was going to wash her hair tonight
so couldn’t go out.