SIMPLE CONDITIONAL TENSE

and

CONDITIONAL

SENTENCES TYPE 2BVM©2011

AFFIRMATIVE FORM

Suject + would+ Verb in Infinitive

He would be a great bullfighter

He’d be a great bullfighter.

NEGATIVE FORM

Subject+ would+not+ Verb in Infinitive

They wouldn’t go by train.

INTERROGATIVE FORM and SHORT ANSWERS

Would+ Subject + Verb in Infinitive ?

Yes, it would.

No, it wouldn’t

USES As a Modal Verb with the meaning of

“solía” to refer to actions which were usual in the past, but aren’t any more.

As a Modal Verb in polite questions to the second person with the meaning of “querrías…?”

In the main Clause of the Conditional Sentences Type 2.

SECOND CONDITIONAL

They are called UNLIKELY or UNREAL The translation of the Simple Past is

“Imperfecto de Subjuntivo” in Spanish to mark the idea of unreality

When the if-Clause takes the verb “be”, we can use “were” for all persons:

To give advice with these

sentences always say:

TENSES

If-Clause

PAST SIMPLE

Main Clause SIMPLE CONDITIONAL

MIGHT/COULD+Verb Infinitive