SKILL 36: USE THE CORRECT TENSE WITH WILL AND WOULD
WILL AND WOULD
Will and would are English modal verbs, and in order to be sure you’re using
them properly, it’s important to understand when to use will and when to
use would.
USING CORRECT TENSE WITH WILL AND WOULD
VERD
MEANING
USE
Will
Would
After the present
After the past
Do not use with past.
Do not use with present.
Note: There is a different modals would that is used to make polite requests.
This type of would is often used with the present tense.
I would like to know if you have a pencil that I could borrow.
When to use will: Will is used when discussing situations with the simple future
verb form. It is used in statements that have to do with the future.
They will have two extra meetings this afternoon.
I will be twenty next year.
When to use would: Firstly, the word would is the past tense form of the word
will.
Ariel said he would finish the work the next day.
Andrea said she would write us soon.
Hector hoped she would come.