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Use the chart below to practice other common uses of would. Answer the questions--the example sentences will help you form your answers with correct grammar. Reviewing using would as a conditional word.
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Example 2 |
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use would to refer to past repeated events when exact times are not stated* |
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| 1. When you were a child, what is something you would often do? |
When I was a child, I would play with rocks. |
When I was little, I would tease my sister. |
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| 2. When you were a teenager, what is something you would often do? |
I would go to parties. |
I would study all the time. |
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use would to relate an imaginary situation |
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| 3. What is something you would have said if the situation was right? |
I would have told her to face the truth if she had not ignored me. |
I would have told him to get another job if he had been ready to hear that. |
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| 4. What is something you would have done if the situation was right? |
I would have paid the money if my tax refund had arrived. |
I would have written the book if only I had enough patience. |
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use would to describe a past characteristic |
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| 5. Think of someone from your distant past (you might still know the person now). What is something this person would do? |
My mother would always wash the dishes. |
My father would often mow the lawn. |
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| 6. Think of someone from your recent past. What is something that person would do? |
My coworker would talk for twenty minutes at meetings. She has left the company, and I'm glad! |
My friend would write me an email everyday. Now she's sick, and I worry about her. |
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