- Polite question.
“Would you give me a hand with my project?”
- Invitations/preferences/desires.
“Would you prefer pizza or pasta?”
“I would like pasta”
- Used when we imagine a situation or action (we think of something that is not real)
“It would be nice to buy a new car, but we can’t afford it”
“I’d love to live in a big city”
“I would call Sam, but I don’t have his number” (now)
Sometimes ‘would/wouldn’t’ is the past of ‘will/won’t’.
“I’ll call you on Sunday” —— “He said he would call me on Sunday”
“I promise I won’t be late” —— “I promised that I wouldn’t be late”
Somebody wouldn’t do something = they refused to do it.
“I tried to warn her, but she wouldn’t listen to me” (she refused to listen)
“The car wouldn’t start” (it ‘refused’ to start)
Would have + past participle = used for the past.
“I would have gone but I had things to do”
“I wouldn’t have been pleased to hear those news”
“I would have called Sam, but I didn’t have his number” (past)
