Kareem كريم
how to use "would, shall, could and might" perfectly?
29 gru 2018 09:50
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Hey Kareem, how are you? 1) WOULD: it is the past tense of 'will'. It is used to express desire or intent. E.g.: ''If I won the lottery, I would buy a big house.'' E.g.: ''She said she would meet us there!'' E.g.: ''I told you he would betray us!'' 2) SHALL: ''shall' is the past tense of 'should'. It is more commonly used before a verb in the infinitive to show something that will take place or exist in the future; and to express an order, promise, requirement, or obligation. This word is outdated, and is believed to appear mostly in formal, archaic writing/speech. E.g.: ''We shall arrive tomorrow.'' E.g.: ''I shall answer for my misdeeds.'' *In the first person (I / We), 'shall' is used to indicate simple futurity: ''I shall have to buy another ticket.'' / ''We shall leave tomorrow.'' In the second (You) and third persons (He / She / It), the same sense of futurity is expressed by 'will': ''You will get a job'' / ''He will not arrive tomorrow.'' The use of 'will' in the first person and of 'shall' in the second and third may express determination, promise, obligation, or permission, depending on the context: ''I will take you to a doctor'' / ''You shall leave now.'' 3) CAN/COULD: These words are used to talk about ability, awareness, and possibility. They are also used to say that someone has permission to do something. ''Can and ''could'' are called modals, and they both are followed by an infinitive without 'to'. E.g.: ''I envy people who can sing.'' E.g.: ''You should not tell her about your secret - she could make it public! 4) MIGHT: it is used to talk about a future event that is a remote possibility. E.g.: ''It might be a trap.'' E.g.: ''Her career might be ruined.'' E.g.: ''It will rain later'' = you are 100% sure that it possible that it will rain later E.g.: ''It can rain later'' = you are 70% sure that it possible that it will rain later E.g.: ''It might rain later'' = you are 50% sure that it possible that it will rain later Hope that helps! :)
29 grudnia 2018
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would - The past of "will". Somewhat you would like to do in the future. example: I would travel to USA if I had over 50 thousand bucks! shall - It's right that you have to do. example: I am unemployed. Then I shall keep on looking for a job. cold - The past of "can". You could have done something. example: I could have watched that movie on TV, but it was 1 a.m. and I prefered sleeping. might - It's used when you aren't sure what happened. You just guess. In this cases, you could use "may", but "might" is less sure. example: She has a beautiful body and is the most beautiful of the neighborhood. I don't know her, but she might have participated of Miss Brazil 2018 or 2017. I hope it helps, friend!!
29 grudnia 2018
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Would: something to be done IF the conditions were right. Examples: 'I would cook for him' (if he wanted me to) or 'you would be rich' (if you won the lottery). The phrase 'would like to' is also used a lot as a polite alternative to 'want'. Example: 'I want to go home' (grammatically correct) is the same as 'I'd like to go home' (grammatically correct and politer). Shall: used as a formal version of 'will'. Example: 'I shall go to the party' / 'I will go to the party'. It is quite outdated and I'd recommend using 'will'. Shall is used more often when posed as a question. Examples: 'Shall I...?' 'Shall we...?'. It is then used as a proposition. 'Shall I do the laundry and you do the cooking?' Could: used to convey a possible activity or event. It can be used in questions or in statements. Examples: 'Could you pass the salt?' The subject will choose to pass the salt or not. 'Could I borrow your book?' You know that there is more than one answer (yes/no/maybe/in a minute etc). 'Could' is also used when you are unsure about something. 'I could go to the park, or I could go to the beach'. This indicates that something is possible but it won't necessarily happen. Person 1: 'Could you do me a favour?' Person 2: 'I could... but I won't.' Might: Used very rarely as a question. It's a polite way to offer suggestions. 'Might I suggest that you do it like this?' However, we don't say that very often and will tend to say 'can I suggest that you do it like this?'. We use 'might' all the time to say 'perhaps' or 'maybe'. Example: 'I might go to the cinema today' is another way of saying 'it's possible that I'll go to the cinema today'. Hope that helps!
29 grudnia 2018
May I provide you with additional information? --> As you may have noticed, the use of 'can' reveals a far stronger possibility than that of 'might'. ''Might'' and ''Could'' are sometimes referred to as interchangeable verbs, though I should think that the usage of ''might'' in a sentence denotes a more remote possibility.
29 grudnia 2018
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