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Today's Lesson Topic:

Correct uses of 'will and 'would'

'Will' and 'would' are auxiliary verbs. 'Will' is a present - tense auxiliary verb while 'would' is the past - tense form of will.

Uses of will:

The verb - will - is mostly used in English Grammar to express:

1: Beliefs about the present or the future.

Examples:

i. Ushie will be in the gym now (present)

ii. We will have to take a cab else we will be late to school today

2: To talk about what we want to do or are willing to do.

Examples:

i. I will see you tomorrow

ii. Ask Shade, perhaps she will lend you some money for the trip

3: To make promises, offers or requests. Examples:

i. I will give you money for your soap tomorrow

ii. I will bring some goodies for you when coming back

Use of would:

As I said earlier, 'would' is the past-tense of 'will'. 'Would', as the past-tense of 'will', is often used to

1: describe past beliefs about the future.

Examples:

i. I thought we would be late to school, so we would have to take a cab.

2: Talk about what we wanted to do or were willing to do.

Examples:

i. I would have gone with them except that the vehicle wouldn't contain all of us.

ii. We would not (wouldn't) have been late, so we wouldn't have taken the cab

3: To make polite requests.

Note that in making polite request, both 'will'and'would' can be used and would be correct grammatically.

Examples:

ia. Will you help me with that, please?

ib. Would you help me with that, please?

iia. Would you, please, help me with that?

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Next,we shall talk about the correct use of:

'Would rather' and 'Would prefer'

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