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Describe your behavior in hypothetical situations
You use
would
to express preferences, or wishes (in the future).
In a real situation:
I
would
go to cinema after lunch.
In a hypothetical situation: not a real situation, imagined as example.
I
would
be an astronaut and I would travel to the Moon.
Afrmative Form:
I am really hungry; I
would
eat fve hamburgers. (
hypothetical situation
)
I
would
eat for lunch a sandwich and juice.
(real situation
)
Negative Form:
I
wouldn´t
eat all these food! (
hypothetical situation
)
I
wouldn´t
eat for lunch a sandwich and juice. (
real situation
)
Subject + modal + infnitive verb + complement
I
would
eat
ve hamburgers.
Subject + modal + infnitive verb
+ complement
I
would
eat
for lunch a sandwich and juice.
Subject + modal in negative Form + infnitive verb + complement
I
wouldn´t
eat
all these food!
Subject + modal in negative Form + infnitive verb
+ complement
I
wouldn´t
eat
for lunch a sandwich and juice
Interrogative Form:
Ask for/request:
Would
you eat all these food? (
hypothetical situation
)
Polite request:
Would
you prepare a co ee For me? (
real situation
)
Modal + subject + infnitive verb +
complement
Would
you
prepare
a co²ee For me?