Will Would Examples

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Would and will are both modal verbs.Will vs Would I MyEnglishTeacher.eu

Will is used in future structures.

1. Statement referring to the future โ€“ fact, timetable, etc.

โ€“ Weโ€™ll (= we will) have two extra lessons this afternoon.
โ€“ It will be Tuesday tomorrow.
โ€“ Their bus will leave at 7.30.

2. Instant decision

โ€“ The phone is ringing, Iโ€™ll go and answer it.
โ€“ What will you eat? Iโ€™ll have roast beef.

3. Request

โ€“ Will you tell your father that we expect him for dinner?
โ€“ Will you copy this file and print it for yourself?

4. Promise, offer, prediction

โ€“ I will always love you.
โ€“ Canโ€™t you do your homework? Donโ€™t worry, Iโ€™ll come and help you.
โ€“ Donโ€™t trust her, she will always tell you lies.

5. Open condition

โ€“ Weโ€™ll go fishing at the weekend if the weather is good.

Would

1. Would is the past form of will

โ€“ Peter said he would finish the work the next day. (future in the past or reported speech)
โ€“ She said she would write me soon. (reported speech)
โ€“ He hoped I would come.ย 

2. Would refers to half-open or closed condition as an analogue of will.

โ€“ We would go fishing at the weekend if the weather was/were good. (half-open condition)
โ€“ We would have gone fishing at the weekend if the weather had been good. (closed condition)

3. When both will and would can be used, would is more polite.

โ€“ Would you do me a favour, please?
โ€“ Iโ€™m cold here, would you mind closing the window?

4. Other typical examples with would

โ€“ Would you like a sandwich? (offer)
โ€“ Iโ€™d (I would)ย like to have some cream with the cake. (request)
โ€“ Iโ€™d like to learn English very well. (wish, plan)
โ€“ Itโ€™s quite late, Iโ€™d rather have a cup of tea than coffee now. (preference)
โ€“ I would rather not go to that part of the town in the dark. (preference)
โ€“ When we were kids, we would hang around the playground every afternoon. (repeated action in the past)

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