We’ll fly on Thursday then. A: Great. That’ll save us lots of money.

Bahasa Inggris SMP KK B 37 WOULD: USES REQUESTS We often use would to make requests. It is a more polite and indirect form of will. Compare: Tabel 7 Will Would Will you make dinner? direct Would you make dinner? less direct CONDITIONAL SENTENCES We often use would or the contracted form ’d in the main clause of a conditional sentence when we talk about imagined situations:  If we had left earlier, we would have been able to stop off for a coffee on the way.  If we went to Chile, we’d have to go to Argentina as well. I’d love to see both. TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE IN THE PAST We use would to talk about the future in the past. The speaker looks forward in time from a point in the past underlined below:  When I was young I thought that in years to come I would be really tall.  When I broke my leg, I thought I would never dance again. REPORTED CLAUSES statement with will reported ‘I’ll pay for the food,’ said Tom. Tom said that he would pay for the food. Weather forecast: There will be clear skies in the morning but it will be cloudy for the afternoon. The weather forecast said that there would be clear skies in the morning but that it would be cloudy for the afternoon. Kegiatan Pembelajaran 1 38 We use would as the past form of will in reported clauses. Tabel 8 Will Reported Speech HABITUAL ACTIONS IN THE PAST We use would to refer to typical habitual actions and events in the past. This is usually a formal use and it often occurs in stories narratives: • I had a friend from Albany, which is about 36 miles away, and we would meet every Thursday morning and she would help us. • Then he would wash; then he would eat his toast; then he would read his paper by the bright burning fire of electric coals. WARNING: We can’t use would in this way to talk about states. In these cases, we say used to instead of would:  I used to live in Melbourne when I was a kid. Not: I would live in Melbourne when I was a kid. WILLINGNESS IN THE PAST We use would to talk about willingness in past time situations. We usually use the negative form wouldn’t in this case: • The CD wasn’t working so I brought it back to the shop but they wouldn’t give me my money back because they said the box had already been opened. BEING LESS DIRECT We often use would with verbs such as advise, imagine, recommend, say, suggest, think to make what we say less direct. Tabel 9 Verbs After Would advise I’d advise you to keep working on your grammar. imagine I’d imagine it can’t be easy for you. recommend I’d recommend that you try this size. formal say I’d say you are about 40.