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    The document discusses different uses of the word "would" in the English language: 1) "Would" can be used to make requests, offers, or criticisms more tentative and polite. 2) It is often used to talk about repeated or habitual actions in the past. 3) "Would" is used in conditional sentences to talk about hypothetical or imaginary situations. 4) It is sometimes used in reported speech and to discuss sequences of past events. 5) "Would" can indicate refusal or unwillingness to do something in the past.

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    Grammar: 'Would' Intermediate and Above Levels.

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    The document discusses different uses of the word "would" in the English language: 1) "Would" can be used to make requests, offers, or criticisms more tentative and polite. 2) It is often used to talk about repeated or habitual actions in the past. 3) "Would" is used in conditional sentences to talk about hypothetical or imaginary situations. 4) It is sometimes used in reported speech and to discuss sequences of past events. 5) "Would" can indicate refusal or unwillingness to do something in the past.

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    GRAMMAR: ‘WOULD’

    I would say your performance


    wasn’t that good. (more tentative, less direct)

    VS.

    Your performance wasn’t that


    good.
    Would you like to try our national
    dish – potato dumplings? (polite offer)

    Would you mind closing the


    window? (polite request)

    Would you mind if I sent that e-mail


    later today? ( asking for permission)
    We would meet twice per week. We would stay
    till quite late. We would talk endlessly about
    different places, countries and just
    unforgettable experiences.
    (smth. that happened regularly in the past;
    nostalgic account of smth.)
    If I had known about the problem,
    I would have helped.

    If I were you, I would leave the


    company.

    But for that her decision, she


    would not be where she is now.

    (conditionals : imaginary or hypothetical situations in the past or present)


    He promised he would stop telling all
    around what to do. ( for reporting )

    We realized both parts would have to


    meet halfway. ( future-in-the-past or sequence of tenses)
    Двері не відкриваються.
    The door won’t (will not) open.
    Ручка не хоче писати.
    The pen won’t (will not) write.
    Відео не завантажується.
    The video won’t (will not) download.

    The door just wouldn’t open.


    The pen just wouldn’t write.
    The video just wouldn’t download.

    (refusal to do what we wanted them to do in the past)

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