Modal Use

1. Present
2. Past
3. Future

Negative Forms

You can
also use:

would
conditional

1. If I were President, I would cut the cost of education.

If I had been President, I would have cut the cost of education.

If I were elected President next year, I would cut the cost of education.

1. If I were President, I would not raise taxes.

If I had been President, I would not have raised taxes.

If I were President, I would not sign the tax increase next week.

would
past of will

I said I would help you.

He told me he would be here before 8:00.

I said I wouldn't help you.

He told me he would not be here before 8:00.

would
repetition in past

When I was a kid, I would always go to the beach.

When he was young, he would always do his homework.

When I was a kid, I wouldn't go into the water by myself.

When he got older, he would never do his homework.

used to

See Conditional Tutorial
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See Would Always
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