Revision: Uses of WOULD, 11th February 2019
Using would as as a kind of past tense of will or going to is common in reported speech: She said that she would buy some eggs. ("I will buy some eggs.") The candidate said that he wouldn't increase taxes. ("I won'tincreasetaxes.") Why didn't you bring your umbrella? I told you it would rain! ("It'sgoingto rain.") We often use would not to talk about past refusals: He wanted a divorce but his wife would not agree. Yesterday morning, the car wouldn't start. We sometimes use would (rather like used to ) when talking about habitual past behaviour: Every weekday my father would come home from work at 6pm and watch TV. Every summer we'd go to the seaside. Sometimes she'd phone me in the middle of the night. We would always argue. We could never agree. would for the future in past When talking about the past we can use would to express something that ha