How to use Would

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'I would love to travel the world.'

would for unreal situations

The word would is used for unreal or imagined situations:
'I would love to visit New York.'
'She would like to be professional footballer.'
'We would go, but we are too busy.'

would as a past tense

would and wouldn't are the past tense of will and won't. Let's look at an example of this using direct and reported speech:
Andrew: 'I will be late.' (direct speech)
'Andrew said that he would be late.' (reported speech)

would in conditional sentences

Would is used again for unreal or hypothetical situations in the 2nd and 3rd conditionals:
2nd Conditional: 'If I won the lottery, I would travel the world.'
3rd Conditional: 'If I had worked harder, I would have passed the test.'

would not as 'to refuse'

Wouldn't (would not) is used to show that someone refused to do something:

'I asked him if I could borrow his car, but he wouldn't lend it to me.'

would for past actions

Would can be used to talk about actions that repeated in the past. It is used in the same context as used to:
'When I was young I would do my homework every evening.'
'In the summer we would always go camping.'

Link: Using 'wish' for past regrets

Comments

Please help me.

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How to use would.....

Dear Mr. McCarthy,
A very useful lesson but no practice. Ps. try to post an exercise.
Regards
Delroy

Another use of would

Excuse me, may be I am wrong, but...

"Do you want some coffee?" - "Yes, I would like to have some coffee".
Here is not unreal situation. "Would" is often used for polite conversation.

"Would you give me some more? Would you pass my message to your boss?"
Here we can say "Will you give me some more?" but "would" sounds more polite.

would and could

Hi Chris,

I like this topix! Thank you!
Here are my request.

1)Would for unreal situations
Could you give us some more example?

2)Would and Could
I am always comfused between would and could,
I also want to see some example about this.

Cheers,
Nakky

would

If we had practiced this topic, we would have learned English better.

Delroy said, that he(she) would be glad to get some exercises.I join in.

We would grate English speaking students, but we haven't enough practice.

I would like to travel the world.

I would like to travel the world.

How it's could be:past tense

How it's could be:past tense of will and won't-will and won't is an indicator of a future tense . This statement really confused.I would like to get some explanation.
Thank you in anticipation, Ludmila.

I made some examples for

I made some examples for this topic . Is it looks right?
1.I would like to speak English fluently.
2. Mark said that he would bring money tomorrow.
3.If I given some money for my son he would buy a condominium.
Had we payed more , we would have had a better house.
4. They wanted to get a loan, but a bank wouldn't to give to them.
5. My husband would practice play accordion about 6 hours every day.