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622-8859?Conditionals graph |
|
Type |
Example |
| 0- always true if... | If I go, my girlfriend goes. |
| 1- Probable, Future | I will go if my girlfriend goes. |
| 2- Improbable, Present, Choice | I would go if my girlfriend went with me . |
| 2- Improbable, Present, Ability | I could go if I had more money. |
| 3- Past Choice | I would have gone if my girlfriend had gone with me. |
| 3- Past Ability | I could have gone if I had had the money. |
Should, which means deberia works the same in English as in Spanish, but could and would don't.
Should is used in opinions:
I think you should take an English class if you plan on traveling to England.
Could has three meanings:
1) Conditional
2) Past of can
3) A possibility of: might, may
1) As a conditional, a sentence with could has an if in it. It is related to can. The verb is conjugated in the past form:
Example: I could go to Europe if I had the money.
2) As the past of can, a sentence with could looks like this:
When I was a child, I could climb that tree.
3) As showing a possibility of something, a sentence with could looks like this: It could happen.
* A sentence with could being used as might or may is generally meant as being defendant on something.
* Could can only be used in the past and present and not in the future. In the future you use will be able:
Would is similar to could, but is defendant on a decision rather that an ability to do something.
Example: I would go to the beach today if the weather was better.
Example: When I graduate I will be able to get a good job.
Would is used as a conditional also, so it goes with an if, but
would is related to a choice, where as could is related to an
ability to do something:
Example: I would go to Europe if my girlfriend came with me.
Practice sentences
1) I could have gotten to work on time if my car had started.
2) I would have gone to work if it wasn't raining.
3) You didn't wash the dishes!? Why not? You should have.
4) I think we should go to the beach today.
5) I could have join the Navy if I knew how to swim.
6) I would if I could but I can't so I won't
7) I would have bought you a hamburger if I knew you wanted one.
