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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to begin with a very I think basic
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
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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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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
good very nice very nice very nice
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little more detailed in terms of grammar
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
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