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Would – verbo auxiliar

Ahora, vamos a elaborar sobre el verbo modal: would (Nótese que, los verbos modales, jamás van seguidos por ‘to’ antes del infinitivo, a salvo de ought toneed to  dare to).

Principalmente, usamos would para uso condicional. En inglés, hay cuatro condicionales: ceroprimerosegundo y tercera condicional. Solamente las condicionales de segunda y tercera requieren el uso de ‘would’, pero haremos un resumen de todas las condicionales, aun así.

Cero condicional: se usa para presentar hechos o situaciones reales en el presente

(If + presente simple + presente simple).

  • If one lights a match, it burns.
  • If you boil water, it reaches 100 degrees Celsius.
  • If you are too aggressive, people don’t like it.
  • Because of gravity, if you drop an apple, it falls.
  • If our economy grows, society becomes richer.

Primer condicional: se usa para presentar hechos o situaciones en el futuro

(If + presente simple + will + infinitivo).

  • If we get there late, I’ll blame you.
  • If we continue to eat too much sugar, we’ll get fat.
  • They’ll drink some of our coffee if they realise how good it is.
  • If you pass your exams, I’ll give you three hundred euros.
  • If you quit smoking, I’ll pay your tuition fees.
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Segundo condicional: se usa para situaciones hipotéticas o imaginarias en el presente o el futuro

(If + pasado simple + would + infinitivo).

  • If she studied harder, she’d enter medical school with better grades  (‘d = forma de contracción de ‘would’).
  • If you told me earlier I’d be able to come on time.
  • If Jessica hadn’t put the heating on, we wouldn’t be so hot.

Tercer condicional: se usa para circunstancias absolutamente hipotéticas e imaginarias en el futuro o pasado

(If + pasado perfecto + would + have + participio pasado).

  • If you had been born in Austria, you would have spoken German.
  • If only I had lived in the fifteenth century I’d have seen great, historical events.
  • If we had won the lottery we’d have bought you many nice things.
  • The house wouldn’t have had a water leakage if you hadn’t left the tap on.

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