Unit 5.1
Would: Modales de Habilidad
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Introduction
Un verbo modal [modal verb] es un tipo de verbo auxiliar que no tiene significado por sí solo pero modifica el verbo principal, cambia su significado y da más detalles sobre la acción.
El verbo would es un verbo modal que se usa para expresar la voluntad en el pasado, petición cortés, preferencias/deseos, proposiciones e invitaciones.
Form
El verbo modal would se usa como verbo auxiliar y tiene tres formas.
Affirmative
Su estructura en su forma afirmativa es:
Subject + would + verb + …
- La abreviación en la forma afirmativa de would es ‘d.
| SUBJECT | WOULD | VERB |
|---|---|---|
| I | would | work |
| You | would | work |
| He | would | work |
| She | would | work |
| It | would | work |
| We | would | work |
| You | would | work |
| They | would | work |
Negative
Su estructura en la forma negativa es:
Subject + would + not + verb + …
- La abreviación de la forma negativa es wouldn’t.
| SUBJECT | WOULD+NOT | VERB |
|---|---|---|
| I | would not | work |
| You | would not | work |
| He | would not | work |
| She | would not | work |
| It | would not | work |
| We | would not | work |
| You | would not | work |
| They | would not | work |
Interrogative
Su estructura en la forma interrogativa es:
Would + subject + verb + …?
| WOULD | SUBJECT | VERB | QUESTION MARK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Would | I | work | …? |
| Would | you | work | …? |
| Would | he | work | …? |
| Would | she | work | …? |
| Would | it | work | …? |
| Would | we | work | …? |
| Would | you | work | …? |
| Would | they | work | …? |
Example
- Proposiciones e invitaciones
- Would you like to come to my cousin’s party?
- Petición cortés
- Would you open the window, please? It’s hot today.
- Preferencias/deseos
- I would like to have some coffee.
- Voluntad en el pasado
- She would stay with her Grandma during the summer.
- She wouldn’t stay in the city during summer.
- Would she stay in the countryside during summer?
Use
Usamos would para expresar:
- Proposiciones e invitaciones: hacer una proposición o invitar a alguien;
- Petición cortés: pedir algo de forma educada;
- Preferencias/deseos: hablar de preferencias y deseos;
- Voluntad en el pasado: ser capaz de hacer algo en el pasado.
Summary
El verbo modal would expresa voluntad en el pasado, petición cortés, preferencias/deseos, proposiciones e invitaciones.
Podemos usarlo en diferentes formas:
- Afirmativo: Empezamos con el sujeto seguido por would y el verbo. Subject + would + verb + …
- Negativo: Empezamos con el sujeto seguido por would not y el verbo. Subject + would + not + verb + …
- Interrogativo: Empezamos con would seguido por el sujeto y el verbo (la oración termina con un signo de interrogación). Would + subject + verb + …?
Por ejemplo:
— Afirmativo: «She would play the piano.»
— Negativo: «She wouldn’t play the piano.»
— Interrogativo: «Would she play the piano?»
NOTA: La forma siempre es la misma, incluso en la tercera pesona del singular.
Vamos a revisar el contenido de la sección {Form}. Echa un vistazo a la sección {Example} que muestra su uso en el contexto de una oración.
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