How to Talk About the Future in English with WOULD
hi everybody welcome back to our weekly
live stream my name is Alisha and today
we’re going to talk about how to use
wood to talk about the future so I’ve
said the future here for this lesson
because we’re going to cover many
different ways to use wood to imagine
the future to imagine the present also
we’re going to talk about using it to
make requests and offers and invitations
and to express preferences
finally we’re also going to talk about
the differences between wood and will in
conditional sentences something that I
often see learners struggle with we have
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off with our first point for today our
first item for today’s lesson is
conditionals conditionals and I’m gonna
talk about conditionals with questions
so a conditional a conditional is a
sentence that has that if something
something then something something
pattern or you can switch it as well so
I want to start today’s lesson by
talking about these conditionals so
first I want to talk about conditionals
with statements so we’ll zoom in a
little bit our control desk is busy
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so conditionals with statements first of
all when we make a conditional with a
statement we have a pattern like if our
subject were something something and
then we follow it with subject would or
wouldn’t plus the infinitive form of the
verb so for today’s lesson I’m going to
focus on this the second condition
so maybe some of you know like first
conditional second conditional third
conditional and so on for today’s lesson
I’m going to focus on the second
conditional which uses wood to make a
positive statement and wouldn’t to make
a negative statement so when you make a
second conditional type sentence you’re
describing an unreal situation in the
present so something that is not true
now and it’s something that’s unlikely
so that means there’s a low chance of
that thing happening so something that’s
unreal and that is unlikely is a second
conditional statement also another point
here is if you use this conditional
sentence one big question this says were
if subject were something something if
subject were something something yeah hi
youtube i just saw the chat for the
first time we’re having some trouble
with facebook still if subject were so
when you make a second conditional
sentence using would make sure you use
word here
lots of learners asking what’s the
difference between if I was and if I
were the difference I’ve talked about a
few times in ask Alicia before the
difference is if I was is a simple past
tense statement so we want to make it
like a statement about the past so for
example if I was noisy last night I
apologize that means I don’t know if I
was noisy or not but if I was I
apologize so that means there’s a chance
in the past that thing happened however
when you use if I were or if subject
were it’s referring to the present
situation now it’s a it’s a real it’s an
unreal situation now in the present so
if I were a teacher I would teach math
for example that sentence means I am NOT
a teacher it is not like a possible
situation now but in that situation I
would teach math so those sent
if I were and if I was are actually
often like mixed up by native speakers
but if you want to make sure to always
be correct when you’re making a second
conditional sentence and you’re using
this if I were or if he were pattern
make sure to use work so let’s take a
look at some example sentences that use
this I’ll keep reading because our
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example sentences with at this point
first if I were you I would study every
day if I were you I would study every
day so here as I’ve talked about we use
this were here so if I were you this is
correct for a second conditional pattern
if I were you so I am not you I would
study every day so after our would we
follow with the infinitive form of the
verb if I were you I would study every
day let’s look at another example if he
had more free time he wouldn’t be so
stressed out if he had more free time he
wouldn’t be so stressed out so this
second conditional pattern uses a
different verb when you’re using the
second conditional pattern and you’re
not using this were here use the past
tense simple past tense form of the verb
so in this case if he had so had is the
simple past tense form of have if he had
more free time so more meaning more than
he does now if he had more free time he
wouldn’t so wouldn’t is the reduced form
of would not he wouldn’t be so stressed
out he wouldn’t be so stressed up so
this is a negative sentence here so in
this case this means the he this person
in the sentence does not have very much
time and therefore now
is stressed out so again we’re imagining
a present unreal situation so if you had
more free time he wouldn’t be so
stressed out okay one more example here
if we won the lottery we would buy a
house if we won the lottery we would buy
a house so lottery is a game of chance
you can buy a ticket in the USA and
there will be numbers that are announced
for that ticket if your tickets numbers
match the winning numbers you can win
money or other prizes so here one is my
verb I use the simple past tense form so
if subject if subject here is we if we
won the lottery so past tense if we won
the lottery in this unlikely present
situation we would buy a house so this
part expresses the planned action if
this is true this is what we want to do
we would buy a house so this is second
conditional statements second
conditional statement so there are some
examples coming in on YouTube if I had a
Lamborghini I would be very happy very
nice duska very nice it’s a good one
good one uh other ones I don’t see yet
any other one some one repeated if he
had more time he wouldn’t be so stressed
out yeah nice one pasta says if I won
the lottery I would donate that amount
to the street wow that’s super nice
that’s cool great great great
ok so let’s continue on to the next
point this is another pattern for a
statements that uses would and wouldn’t
and that might be a little bit
challenging to understand so this is a
subject with would or wouldn’t be so we
include the verb be here and then an
adjective an adjective so remember an
adjective is a word that describes a
noun so like beautiful or expensive or
fun or exciting these are adjectives so
let’s look at a couple of examples to
explain this point so let’s imagine a
conversation but
to people so person a says why don’t we
go to Hawaii next month why don’t we go
to Hawaii next month and person B says
that would be expensive that would be
expensive so here in Part B person B’s
statement that thing this idea like
going to Hawaii is what that refers to
that idea would be expensive so it’s
like saying if we did that it would be
expensive you can imagine this is like a
response to the suggestion so this
pattern is something we often use to
respond to ideas to suggestions to
advice and so on okay so the next
example here is do you want to go
window-shopping from person a do you
want to go window-shopping and again
person B responds with that would idea
so that would be fun that would be fun
so again that refers to the previous
sentence in this case a suggestion do
you want to go window-shopping and
invitation so that would that activity
would be and then my adjective is fun
that would be fun okay so this is how we
use it for this pattern I’ll finish up
here quickly with questions when we make
questions with second conditional we use
that if pattern if pattern so if then
pattern I talked about before so here if
we use a wh question so that means who
what where when and so on plus would
then our subject your extra information
and then we have some kind of if
statement so the basic pattern we’ve
talked about this a few times before is
when you’re making these kinds of
sentences and these kinds of questions
we use an if Clause plus a main clause
so your if Clause is the part of the
sentence that includes the word if so we
practice this up here if I were you if
he had more free time if we won the
lottery
these parts are if clauses there are the
parts of the sentence that use if and
then there’s the main clause so the main
Clause has this information in it the
result there’s some kind of result in
the main clause so we can use both if
clause and main clause in either
position you can change the position
just depends on the focus of your
sentence also please keep in mind one
point many learners miss this make sure
your wood is in the main clause we do
not use this in the if clause so this is
one key point here do not use wood don’t
use modal verbs in general in the if
clause please be careful of that okay so
let’s take a look at a couple of
examples and then we’ll take a quick
break quick break so if you won the
lottery what would you buy if you won
the lottery what would you buy so here’s
my if clause if you won the lottery my
if Clause is here in this case so I’ve
started back here what would you buy so
what is my WH question word would
follows it my subject is you and then my
verb here what would you buy what would
you buy one more where would you live if
you could live anywhere
so here I’ve swapped it again my WH
question is first where would you live
if you could live anywhere if you could
live anywhere so this could means if it
were possible to live anywhere if it
were possible to live in so another one
more small point here for those of you
who like to focus on your punctuation at
this point it’s very hard to see right
now but there’s a comma after this if
clause here so when your sentence begins
with an if clause follow the if clause
with a comma so it’s nice to include a
comma after an if clause so an if clause
can be what’s called an introductory
clause the if clause is introducing some
kind of information that we need to
understand the main clause
so if Clause comma main clause however
if you use this pattern main Clause
first plus if clause as a gun down here
you don’t need to put a comma after the
main clauses so only if your if clause
is at the beginning of the sentence so
at another point for those of you
interested in the punctuation
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lesson I’ll continue on to invitations
offers and requests and preferences is
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let’s go to this party I want to start
part two today by talking about
invitations offers and requests I’m
going to cover patterns you can use to
make each of these kinds of sentences so
the first pattern is would you would you
so would you
begins all of these types of all of
these types of sentence so let’s take a
look first let’s look at some request
patterns so a request it’s when you want
someone to do something for you or you
want an object you want an item or you
want a service or something so for
example would you come over here please
would you come over here please so
that’s a request for someone to join you
may be from another part of the room
would you come over here please
yes many of you asked what’s the
difference between like could and would
in this situation they have the same
meaning really like they accomplish the
same goal could you come over here
please and would you come over here
please they have the same goal really so
the same level of politeness as well
could expresses possibility whereas wood
is more like a gentle way like to push
someone to do something could is more
like just is it possible for you to come
over here for this for requests like
this you can choose which
for you prefer would you come over here
please as a request another request
would you please close the window would
you please close the window so here
you’ll notice please can take different
positions and your requests so would you
come over here please is great please at
the end of the question or would you
please close the window here please
comes before the verb both are totally
fine you can choose whichever you prefer
so like would you please come over here
great it’s up to you to choose the
sentence you like so they mean the same
thing they have the same nuance it’s
just a personal preference thing okay
then this next one is an offer an offer
would you like dessert would you like
dessert so this is a very common pattern
this would you like pattern is common
for making offer so would you like
something to eat would you like some
dessert would you like a new iPad so
whatever if you want to make an offer of
some kind you can use this would you
like with the noun phrase that you’re
offering would you like this thing so
this is a very easy to remember offer
pattern please note this would you like
begins the offer similarly then when we
make invitations we also begin this with
would you like would you like however we
make the invitations by including a verb
in the infinitive form here would you
like to come to the exhibition so this
is a very polite invitation to do
something would you like to come to the
exhibition it’s like a very gentle and
very friendly way to invite someone to
something would you like to come to the
exhibition so again making an offer here
we’re using would you like noun phrase
would you like this thing when we’re
making this invitation we’re saying
would you like infinitive verb would you
like to come would you like to go would
you like to eat would you like to watch
and so on so offers an infant
Asians have similar similar patterns but
they have slightly different
applications so so young John sorry if I
said that incorrectly on the YouTube
chat says would you like movie so would
you like up movie that means you are
offering someone a movie like maybe you
have a DVD like would you like this
movie so you’re offering someone a movie
in that case if you want to invite
someone to do something with you would
you like to watch a movie so that’s an
invitation to do something so keep in
mind would you like a movie you’re
giving someone something would you like
to watch a movie is an invitation to do
something so please be careful now or
infinitive verb makes a difference here
ok onward let’s go to expressing
preferences Part B for this point
Part B expressing preferences I have two
patterns I want to talk about here with
wood they are subject and would like
subject would like so yes please keep in
mind this pattern uses wood like as we
practiced here but in these sentences in
these questions rather they begin so
would like I’m sorry would you begins
the sentence would you like begins the
sentence here when you’re expressing
your preferences like the thing you like
or the thing you don’t like we have
subject first and then would like so for
example I would like a salad please this
is a very like useful expression for a
restaurant or a cafe
I would like noun phrase please I would
like a salad please I would like a beer
please
I would like a steak please so this is
something you can use to express what
you want your preference I want this
thing also with a different subject she
would like you to prepare a presentation
she would like you to prepare a
presentation this sentence means the
in this situation this woman she wants
in other words she wants you she would
like you to prepare a presentation so
this is like a very polite indirect way
to say please prepare a presentation she
wants you to prepare a presentation so
this is a pattern you can use to express
a preference something you desire
something you want finally here is this
pattern subject would rather subject
would rather so we use this when we want
to kind of compare two options let’s
look at an example first in a suggests
why don’t we go to a French place for
dinner why don’t we go to a French place
for dinner a person B says I would
rather go to an Italian place I would
rather go to an Italian place means I
prefer an Italian place instead of the
French place that you recommended man I
would rather go to an Italian place so
this would rather means instead of this
more than the thing you suggested so
would rather is used to reply to
suggestions I would rather do something
else I would rather eat something else
so would rather is like a comparison a
way to compare two options okey-dokey
then
time is almost running oh man we’re
almost out of time so I’ll go quickly to
the last point for today’s lesson last
point for today’s lesson number three is
about using wood and will I covered
second conditional the second
conditional in the beginning of today’s
lesson so I want to talk about the
differences between these two so key
here is these two example sentences
these example sentences are both correct
totally correct
and totally fine to use but they have
different meanings let’s discuss
sentence one here is if I lose my job
I’ll find a new one if I lose my job
I’ll find a
NUMA sentence - if I lost my job I would
find a new one if I lost my job I would
find a new one so sentence two here uses
the second conditional that we’ve
started today’s lesson by talking about
yeah this is the second conditional so
remember the second conditional
expresses an unreal situation in the
present something that is not true now
and there’s a low chance of it happening
here however number one if I lose my job
I’ll find a new one this sentence means
it’s an actual present situation this is
a real possible situation so in sentence
number one maybe the speaker has a job
review or there was a problem at the
company or the company has to cut money
has to cut budgets or something the
speaker says if I lose my job I’ll find
a new one so this sounds like it’s
something that’s real it’s something
that’s possible there’s a chance the
speaker will lose their job so they’re
talking about their plans sentence two
however is an unreal present situation
so there’s no danger of the speaker
losing their job now they just want to
imagine the situation so if I if I lost
my job I would find a new one so I have
no danger of losing my job so again both
of these sentences are totally 100%
correct but the use of this sentence
really matters so this first sentence
expresses there’s a chance of that
happening right now so this is something
to practice a good grammar reminder I
think to practice for this point so if
you want to practice this you can send a
comment live or if you’re watching this
later with what would you do if you
found a wallet full of money on the
street what would you do if you found a
wallet full of money on the street so
you can use the earlier pattern from
part one today to make this sentence so
for example if I found a wallet full of
money on the street I will
take the wallet to the police so you can
use a wood pattern with if an if wood
pattern to express your plan for this
situation and in this case using a wood
pattern is best because it’s not a real
present situation now there’s probably a
low chance we’re going to find a wallet
on the street so that’s a good one to
practice with but Hector says what about
using wood to express something we used
to do in the past yes we have a live
stream about that actually today we’re
talking about wood floor in the future
so yes we do have a live stream about
using wood and used to for the past you
can check that on the English class 101
youtube channel if you want mary says if
I found a wallet I would turn it over
turn it over means give it to someone
give someone something that does not
belong to you I would turn it over to
the police
maybe alrighty we are out of time so
I’ll wrap up today’s lesson I hope that
this was helpful I knows a lot of
grammar and there was a lot to cover
here but I hope that it helps you use
wood to talk about the future and to
make offers and requests and things so
we’ll end there but we will be back next
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