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!