EVERY use of WOULD for B2 First - English Grammar for B2 First (FCE)

Would! You mean "wood"? No! I mean WOULD!  Brilliant.... Would Would Would. Would has   lots of meanings and would you like to know some  of them? Again.... yeah. My name is Toby, this is   SMASH English and here is everything you need to  know about WOULD for the B2 First Cambridge exam! Polite requests, desires and offers. This is  one of the first things people learn in English   and it's really easy but also quite difficult  when you understand what you are doing   when you say it. We can use WOULD with LIKE  or LOVE to mean WANT. So instead of saying   "I want to watch SMASH English every day", we  can say "I would like to watch SMASH English   every day". But why!? Why!? Why do we do this!?  Firstly it's more polite but secondly if we say   "I would like to watch SMASH English every day"  are we in this moment watching SMASH English every   day and enjoying it? No! No we are not and that's  a terrible thing. So actually we are putting WOULD   before the verbs LIKE and LOVE to emphasize that  this is an unreal situation, this is an imaginary   future or present situation. Right now I am not  watching SMASH English every day. And that's still   a terrible thing. However in the imaginary  present that exists in my mind, I am watching   SMASH English every day and I am loving it!  Everyone loves it! We love it! SMASH English!   Great channel! Great! So when we say "I would  like something" or "I would like to do something"   we are actually using a second conditional! If  I had this I would like it so give it to me!   If I were doing this now I would enjoy it, I would  love it, I would like it so let me do it! Please   let me watch SMASH English! It's my right! yeah...  I'd like a bottle of water. I don't have a bottle   of water and I really really want one! I'd  love a pet rat. I don't have a pet rat and I   really really want one! I'd love to have a friend!  Just one.... just one would be fine... just one. We can use this same structure for offers. All we  need to do is put it in the interrogative form.   Yes! Would you like a pet rat? Yes absolutely! We  can also use this for requests often with the word   MIND. Would you mind SMASHING that like  button, subscribing if you haven't already,   leaving a comment down below, calling up your  friends and saying "hello guys! I have found a   great youtube channel called SMASH English  and if you want to pass the B2 First exam   then you really should subscribe! It  will help you pass yes! Good...goodbye.   Like that! Don't hit yourself though. That's  weird... why... Imaginary futures and presents.   Technically this is the same as the first  use. Again think of the second conditional.   Remember we use the second conditional to talk  about an imaginary present or an imaginary future   with an imaginary future result. We use  WOULD plus INFINITIVE in the result clause   to talk about this imaginary result. Remember  the grammar of the second conditional is IF   plus SUBJECT plus PAST SIMPLE, SUBJECT plus  WOULD plus the INFINITIVE. If SMASH English   stopped publishing videos you would cry but you  don't have to cry because SMASH English is still   publishing videos and you are very very happy  about this! Yeah! So happy! Right guys! Guys?   Do you want to know more about the second  conditional? Of course you do! Video right here!   WOULD can also refer to an imaginary  present and this is usually the case in a   mixed conditional. Oh no that sounds really  difficult! We use the third conditional   in the condition clause and the second  conditional in the result clause to do this.   If I hadn't clicked this video I would not know  all about would! See!? We are talking about an   imaginary situation in the past and its imaginary  result in the present. That's so easy! Do you want   to know more about mixed conditionals? Yes you  do so click the link! Goodbye! Imaginary pasts.   We use WOULD plus HAVE plus a PAST PARTICIPLE  to talk about an imaginary past situation. This   is usually in a third conditional to talk about  an imaginary past result. Remember we use the   third conditional to talk about an imaginary  past situation with an imaginary past result.   All right...Just stand over there! You want  me to stand here? Yes exactly there. Yeah...   yes.... now just read the script.... And shall  I hold the microphone like this or? Okay fine   yeah. Obviously you need the microphone! Huh yeah  now just... If I hadn't found SMASH English I   would have stopped learning English. No! No! That  was terrible! That's not what we spoke about....   All right... With some emotion! If I hadn't  found SMASH English I'd have stopped learning   English. Okay? Yeah that's a lot better we can  use that. Good yep cheers. And the money? Later!   All right fine see ya! Bye. The grammar of course  for the third conditional is IF plus the PAST   PERFECT plus SUBJECT plus WOULD plus HAVE plus  the PAST PARTICIPLE. Really simple right? Right!   And if you want to know more about the third  conditional then... Yes he has a video about   it it's up there watch it it's great goodbye!  Jesus christ! Past habits, states and routines.   WOULD can also mean the same as USED TO. We use  USED TO to talk about past habits, routines and   states. WOULD is basically the same but but wait!  Here is our first example: When I was young I used   to go to school. Now I don't go to school but I  used to, I did it in the past now I don't. When I   was young I would go to school. I did it in the  past and now I don't. Easy! But Toby! Toby! My   teacher at school said I cannot use WOULD for past  states! Listen to me boy! I am your teacher now! So this is true... kind of. We  can use WOULD for past states   but only for past states at a specific moment  during a past routine. I don't understand!   For example: HAVE when it means to possess is  a stative verb. So let's look at this sentence:   I used to have a dog. This means I had a dog  in the past but I don't now. Maybe it died,   maybe it was eaten by wild rats or maybe I  lost it at the supermarket. Oh no terrible!   I would have a dog. And this means... nothing.  It's a mistake! Don't do it! If you do it   you're... not.... not stupid, but wrong!  Often students will say I WOULD HAVE something   to mean I WOULD LIKE something but that is using  WOULD for polite requests or polite desires so   no that that's something completely different. Do  not do it when talking about past habits, routines   or states. Because in the sentence "I would have  a dog" we are talking about a general past state,   something that was generally true in the past,  we cannot use WOULD we must use USED TO. However   "I used to go to the park every week and I'd  always have my dog with me". Now we can use WOULD   for a past state because the state is specific to  another past repeated action. I understand that   this is quite complicated and the difference  is quite small and difficult to understand but   don't you worry! Another video all about the  differences between USED TO and WOULD! Oh wow   that's amazing I'll definitely watch that video  thank you! WILL becomes WOULD for reported speech.   Yes! Yes it does! WOULD, WILL. The past of WILL  is WOULD. Brilliant! EASY! Toby! I'm struggling   with my B2 First Cambridge exam! Don't worry!  SMASH English will help you! Toby said that SMASH   English WOULD help me! Yes! Yes he did! Remember  when we are transforming direct speech into   indirect speech everything goes back one tense  so WILL becomes WOULD and that's it. That's it?   That's it! To complain with I wish or if only.  I am English and the English love to complain!   Really? Well I do! And I'm English so this must be  true for all English people! Yeah I'm not sure it   works like that... Shut up! All right? I am the  teacher and that means I know everything! And I   wish you would not question my authority  like that! Look at this magnificent sentence:   I WISH plus OBJECT PRONOUN plus WOULD plus  INFINITIVE. I wish you wouldn't question   my authority like. That that means that you  do question my authority and I'm very very   angry about it! We can also do this with if only!  IF ONLY plus OBJECT PRONOUN plus WOULD plus the   INFINITIVE. We do this to complain about things  things that happen and that really make us angry   and annoyed and perhaps sad or worried something  negative. We're complaining! We only complain   about negative things, don't we? Like everything!  Everything is negative! I hate my existence!   I hate not having friends! I hate that I'm sat  here making video after video to help you with   your exam and why!? Why am I doing it!? Students  pay me for lessons and then I sit here in front   of a camera... All right, all right! Calm down.  Jesus! Where did that come from? It's because   I'm English or maybe I'm just a terrible person.  Why does it matter? Because anyway now you know   all about WOULD! You know every single meaning  of WOULD that you need to know for the B2 First   Cambridge exam so say thank you! Thank you, Toby!  I'll thank myself for you! And I'm very thankful   for your thank you! If you liked the video don't  forget to SMASH that like button, subscribe if you   haven't already, leave a comment down below!  My name is Toby and this was SMASH English!

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Length: 12min 34sec (754 seconds)

Published: Mon Nov 23 2020