Correct Use of WILL and WOULD Whats the Difference Basic English Grammar

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we’re going to talk about using will and

wood for future tense and future related

expressions in today lesson I’m going to

cover request patterns that use will and

wood and I’m also going to talk about

conditional expressions that use will

end would we’ll talk about the

differences in like conditional

expressions that use will and

conditional expressions that use would

so we’ll do a lot of grammar practice

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introduction and that will be to make

requests with will and would good

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going so I want to begin today by

talking about making requests with will

and would a lot of you have asked me

this actually in the ask Alicia series I

mentioned before I’ve received a lot of

questions like what’s the difference

between will and would in like requests

patterns when I want to ask someone for

help the short answer

grammatically there’s not a difference

like they both achieve the same thing so

we can use both will and would to begin

requests the difference is that would

usually sounds more formal so if we look

at an example like this like will you

please close the door that one sounds a

little less formal than if I said would

you please close the door that’s the

only difference here so we can begin our

requests with will will in this case I’m

making a direct request I’m using you so

this is a request it’s going directly to

the listener so will you the listener

please close the door of course we can

change this part we can change this you

to someone else like will he please come

over here or will he please stop that

but in those cases I feel like I

would perhaps use wood because I’m

probably asking someone else to do

something for me if that makes sense so

we can begin requests with both will and

with wood so here’s an example of a wood

a written example of a wood request a

request that begins with wood would you

give me a call or perhaps something like

would you give me a call when you have

time so this to me sounds a little bit

more formal than will you give me a call

so you can use you can choose which is

the best for your situation so maybe you

have like a very kind of formal

relationship with your co-workers with

the people at your office or the people

at your school in those cases if you

want to sound more polite when you make

your requests I would suggest using wood

use wood if you’re a little bit closer

to the people that you’re with or if

it’s a very small request it’s not a big

deal like this is a small request we

please close the door if it’s a small

request it’s easy to take care of I

would probably choose to use will in

those cases instead of wood so yeah

bigger requests or more polite

situations

I choose wood smaller requests people

I’m closer to I probably use will will

and feel free to send your questions in

the chat I will try to check them live I

have not seen any yet okay um I also

want to mention then this other other

patterns I have your other I have this

would it be possible to infinitive verb

pattern I wanted to introduce this

pattern because it’s an indirect request

pattern that sounds more polite and it

also I feel like just sounds more

professional like you’re you really are

considering the other person’s time a

little bit so for example I might say

something like would it be possible to

range a meeting for next week that to me

sounds much more professional than like

would you please arrange a meeting for

next week that sounds a bit more direct

if you use this would it be possible to

would it be possible to so this is a

formal way of saying is there a

possibility to is it possible to do

something but you’re you’re still

creating a request so this is one I like

to use in like more formal or like

professional emails so would it be

possible to plus infinitive verb so my

example sentence was would it be

possible to arrange a meeting so

arranged is my infinitive verb there

would it be possible to arrange a

meeting or would it be possible to set

up a meeting so you can use a phrasal

verb here as well some other examples

are coming in someone says I would like

to ask a question okay fine

I don’t know if that’s a question

question or an example sentence but okay

some other examples would you please

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YouTube channel at any time good example

sentence min Han on YouTube says would

it be possible to go on a picnic next

week

okay grammatically correct would it be

possible to go on a picnic next week

that is grammatically correct however

the content of that sentence so this is

a good example I’m gonna I’m gonna put

it on the board so would it be possible

to go on a picnic

next week so let’s talk about this one

so as I said this is grammatically

correct this sentence is grammatically

correct it is perfect

however the reason this sounds unnatural

is because this pattern would it be

possible to is a formal pattern so we

use it for formal situations

professional situations go on a picnic

is not really at least in my experience

not a formal or a professional activity

so this part of the sentence in this

part of the sentence it’s they don’t

match in terms of formality levels so

this part is quite formal this part is

rather informal so this sentence

although grammatically correct

sounds really strange to a native

speaker so if you want to invite someone

on a picnic use will like will you go on

a picnic with me next week

choose a will or sorry choose will to

begin your request because this is a

rather informal activity so think of

that too not just like the place where

you’re asking something but also like

what kind of thing are you inviting

someone to do so I think about the

context some other examples are coming

in would you please give me some coffees

as easy and fun English good kubera app

says would you please learn about tenses

be careful of your verb choice there so

if you’re asking me that question I’m

not the person who is going to learn I’m

the opposite yeah I’m so your question

should be would you please teach about

tenses which you please teach about

tenses so the person who is learning is

the person receiving the information

someone has said would it be possible to

give me your passport

good good grammatically correct good

questionable questionable requests there

though good examples

Azul says would you write me your email

please would you write me maybe choose

send would you send me your email

address your email address would you

send me your email address please

another example would you travel to my

country okay so maybe would you travel

to my country please so try to think

about the the making a clear request

here make your request very clear like

what is the action you want the other

person to do or what is like the desired

result so try to be more specific when

you make these requests okay would it be

possible to confirm the project tonight

nice example nice example would it be

possible to confirm the project tonight

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so let’s get into it if you’re just

joining today’s lesson is about using

will and wood to talk about the future

so I’m not talking about like regrets

like regret related patterns that use

wood we’re talking about future future

related expressions so let us continue

in two parts - I want to in part two now

look at conditional sentences

conditional expressions that use will

and the negative won’t as well for today

I’m going to focus on positive

statements so I’m not going to look a

lot at won’t but please feel free to

send some example sentences that use the

negative form so when we make

conditional sentences with will they

follow this pattern we use if plus the

present tense form of a verb and then we

have some extra information our details

we follow it with will so if you’ve

watched any of my lessons about

conditional sentences you know there’s

an if clause so part of the sentence

that uses if which is here this part is

my if clause so the key here is it has

the if in the sentence and then the

second part of a conditional is this

part right here this part is called the

main clause may enclose so there are

these two parts to the sentence these

two clauses important to note and a very

common mistake that I see in learners is

many people use will in the if clause

you cannot use will in the if clause you

cannot use well you cannot use won’t in

your if Clause please use it in your

main

only so what do we use this pattern for

we use this conditionals with will or

with won’t when there’s a chance of the

action happening there’s actually a

chance of something happening that means

like it’s not impossible we want to talk

about something that may happen

something that might happen in the

future so let’s take a look at a couple

examples of this first if I lose my job

I’ll find a new one if I lose my job

I’ll find a new one so let’s take a look

at the grammar here first here’s my if

clause that I talked about here if I and

then lose losses in the present tense

form here I’m using present tense verb

so if I lose my job this is my condition

so that means if this is true if I lose

my job this is the result I’ll find a

new one here’s my main clause in this

sentence I’m using the reduced form of I

will so I will here becomes aisle yeah

I’ll find a new one I’ll find a new one

so this is expressing if this is true

this is the result if I lose my job I’ll

find a new one so with this grammar it’s

expressing there’s a chance this

situation could happen so maybe like the

speaker’s company is experiencing

trouble or the speaker’s company is

having trouble and the speaker wants to

talk about this possible situation if I

lose my job I’ll find a new one okay

let’s try again with another example

sentence let’s change the subject though

so if she arrives early if she arrives

early again here’s my if Clause my

subject here is she so I need to change

my verb to match the subject so arrive

becomes arrives when my subject is he

she or it so present tense her if she

arrives early we’ll get a coffee if she

arrives early we’ll get a coffee here’s

my main clause and again I’m using the

reduced form of we will we will reduces

to wheel wheel so not another yeah tip I

always mention this but if you can try

to use that reduced form so not I will

or he will or she will use aisle or

he’ll or she’ll so use that reduced the

shortened form to sound more natural so

if she arrives early will get a coffee

will get a coffee so again using this

grammar expresses this situation this if

part there’s a chance of that it is

possible there’s a pretty good

likelihood hmm so please consider this

this is a key difference from part 3 in

today’s lesson so that means this these

patterns Express something that has a

chance of happening alright then I also

want to talk about this pattern for

today we often or well it’s fairly

common to use something like this plus

half to in the main clause so we combine

will or won’t of course with half to in

the main clause so for example just like

with this one I can use it to make a

slightly different sentence here if I

lose my job I’ll have to find a new one

if I lose my job I’ll have to find a new

one so including this half tube

expresses responsibility so that means I

will have responsibility in the future

and I want to express that so I want to

express future and responsibility at the

same time with this condition I can do

all three things in the same sentence by

including have to and of course you can

include like need to as well here I’ll

have to or I’ll need to find a new job

so again

actual chance of something then future

tense and then future responsibilities

also expressed here so this is slightly

different from this one

this original sentence if I lose my job

I’ll find a new one it sounds like a

simple statement like something I’m I

plan to do in that case this one

expresses a little more responsibility

so you can choose whichever you prefer

whichever is best for your situation I

lose my job

I find everyone or if I lose my job I’ll

have to find a new one

okay I will look for your example

sentences now uh if I lose my phone I

will get a new one good okay um some

other ones if I wait what if I pursue my

studies I’ll study programming as my

major okay I would say maybe the verb

choice if I continue my studies I’ll

study programming as my major maybe

that’s a more slightly more natural

choice and call song on Facebook says if

maybe if you don’t accept my friend

request I’ll find a new friend so don’t

forget your subject here yes in this

pattern I haven’t included it like I

haven’t explicitly I haven’t

specifically included the subject here

but make sure you have a subject here so

who is the person or what what are you

referring to in your if clause other

examples if you wake up late you will

miss the bus nice one Alexander if you

wake up late you’ll miss the bus perfect

good ones others

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I’ll buy another one okay seen that a

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conditionals with wood conditionals with

wood so this is it looks a lot like part

2 today conditionals with will however

there are some key grammatical

differences so that means there are some

very important differences in grammar

and these changes in grammar communicate

different ideas too so first let’s look

at how we make a conditional with wood

just as with part 2 we use if to begin

our if clause and then well we’ll use a

subject so I didn’t I didn’t specify

here but we’ll use a subject so if I if

you if he if she and so on however we

changed the tense of the verb that

follows if in this Clause when we use a

conditional with would we use past tense

verbs in the if clause then we have our

extra information whatever that is and

we follow it in the main clause with

wood or with wouldn’t so to break it

down again here’s my if clause and

here’s my main clause so what is the

difference between this one and this one

these two that I’ve just shown you when

we use a conditional with wood or with

wouldn’t we’re using it to express an

unreal situation unreal means not real

it is not true and there’s a very low

chance of that situation or that action

happening so we use this we just want to

like imagine something we’re talking

just about like

possible situation but it there’s not

really a chance so we use this a lot

just like to dream kind of so this is a

key difference between point to

something that’s extremely different

from point two so let’s take a look at

an example of this this is just like the

one that I introduced here the sentence

is if I lost my job I would find a new

one if I lost my job I would find a new

one this is just like this one if I lose

my job I’ll find a new one so again to

break this down here’s my if clause

here’s my main Clause if I lost my job I

would find a new one the difference

loose becomes lost in this case so past

tense of lose is lost yeah if I lost my

job then I would find a new one my verb

is different in the if clause I’m using

wood instead of will here this

communicates that this has a very very

low chance of happening but I just want

to imagine that situation and I want to

describe my plan in that situation if

this situation were true this is my plan

so there’s a low chance here this

sentence however if I lose my job I’ll

find a new one this sentence

communicates an actual possibility

something this is possible there may be

a chance this one however has a very

very low chance of happening this is a

key difference between these two so

sometimes I hear like or sometimes I see

actually two learners right like if I

lost my job I will find a new one which

is incorrect so you cannot use will in

this sentence you cannot combine the two

you need to make sure your verb here

matches the modal verb you are using in

the main clause so please please please

be careful of this and again we cannot

use would or wouldn’t

this if clause so please make sure of

this this is a really good one to

practice anything hmm some other

examples are coming if I had wings I

would be able to fly good good good

let’s look at one more I want to include

one more example sentence for this I

didn’t write it on the board before I

started so I’ll write it now one more

point is something like this if I were

rich I would buy a house okay this one

is and kind of like an irregular example

the reason that I want to talk about

this is because of this point right here

this if I were rich so lots of people

are like should I use if I was or if I

were what’s the deal so if I were is

correct here this is kind of a tricky

point but we use if I were in this case

but we use it we use kind of think of

this as like a set pattern if I were we

use it to refer to an unreal situation

we use if I was to talk about a past

situation for example if I was noisy

last night I apologize like you’re

talking to a neighbor after a big party

or something and you want to say like if

I was noisy last night I apologize so

that means I don’t know if I was noisy I

don’t know if like my house party was

noisy if I was noisy I apologize that

means there’s a chance I was noisy last

night in this situation though if I were

something we’re talking about an unreal

situation so when you want to express a

condition like this use the if I were

use the if I were pattern you can do the

same thing with he and she if he were if

she were and so on so if I were rich I

would buy a house so please make sure to

use word here and also by the way native

speakers make mistakes with that all the

time but in most cases it doesn’t cause

a communication issue you hear it a lot

in music actually like what

song I’ve talked about it and ask Alicia

I wish I was a little bit taller I wish

it okay anyway we won’t get into that

extremely okay anyway so please use verb

when you want to express an unreal

situation here if I were rich I would

buy a house

alrighty um some examples

that’s super meta is it really ok um

someone says example I will can run is

it incorrect why yes I will can run is

is incorrect you can say I I will be

able to run like I’m not sure I need

some more information to determine if

that sentence is correct or not ha

someone knows what song I was singing

the samuel on facebook nut song am it

anyway let’s go to the last point for

today’s lesson with have to so again I

want to talk about using these would

conditionals with have to again we’re

carrying we’re carrying that means we’re

continuing this unreal

is unreal situation but we’re also

talking about a responsibility in the

unreal situation so again if I lost my

job this parts the same if I lost my job

I would have to find a new one if I lost

my job I would have to find a new one so

again including half to here in the main

clause expresses responsibility so not

just I would find a new one but I would

have to find a new one so you’ll hear

native speakers using these together as

well all right I will look for your

examples someone said I missed it on

Facebook if I bought a car I would make

a garage for it I saw that somewhere

yeah Nash said if I bought a car if I

bought a car a car so don’t forget your

article if I bought a car I would make a

garage for it so yeah careful oh don’t

forget your articles there others others

if I had a little money I would be

something I would be more rich

hiya dick okay if I were rich I would

buy a new big house please be careful of

your spelling of rich so our EA CH is

reach riches spelled RI CH okay alright

I’m being told it’s alright if I travel

to Japan I would eat ramen that is a

very good choice I approve of this

decision okay okay I have to end I am

out of time for today

so I hope that this was helpful for you

in comparing these two conditionals

especially I made a whiteboard about

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this is helpful but if you have any

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