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Grammar-Quizzes
 Expressions with "Would" Framed | Unframed

 

 

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"Would" can be used when stating a preference, a request, an old habit, an excuse

 

Preference vs. Request

PREFERENCE - WOULD RATHER REQUEST - WOULD YOU MIND
I would rather smoke indoors than outdoors. Would you mind smoking outside?
I would rather you smoke outdoors than indoors. Would you mind not smoking in here?

 

Past Action vs. Habit

PAST TENSE FORMER HABIT  - WOULD (USE TO)
I spent hours smoking. I would spend hours smoking.
I hid my smoking habit. I would hide my smoking habit.

 

Action Did Not Happen

MAKING AN EXCUSE - WOULD HAVE PAST PREFERENCE - WOULD RATHER HAVE
I would have stopped smoking, but it was too difficult. I would rather have found an easy way out, but I didn't.
I would have called, but my phone wasn't working. I would rather have been a non-smoker, but I wasn't.

 

 

 

 

Practice 1

 

What is the meaning of "would" in each sentence?

# YOUR RESPONSE CHECK ANSWER

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Select the option that best completes the sentence.

 

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blow-dry it, but now I don't.

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Julie Sevastopoulos - ESL Department - College of San Mateo - San Mateo, CA 94402 USA