Grammar - Conditional Tense

GRAMMAR

CONDITIONAL TENSE (FUTURO DO PRETÉRITO)

Para se formar o futuro do pretérito, basta pôr o auxiliar WOULD antes do verbo principal.

Exemplos:

• I would buy a car.
• She would write a letter.
• Jane would go to the Unites States.

Obs.: Note que não há s na 3ª pessoa do singular.

• She writes a letter to him.
• She would write a letter to him.

Pode-se também usar SHOULD pára as primeiras pessoas (I, we):

• We  should go there by bus.

(Nós iríamos lá de ônibus.)

Observe o verbo TO BUY no futuro do pretérito:

Affirmative form

I would buy.

You would buy.

He would buy.

She would buy.

It would buy.

We would buy.

You would buy.

They would buy.

Contracted form

I’d

You’d

He’d

She’d

It’d

We’d

You’d

They’d

Interrogative Form

Would I buy?

Would you buy?

Would he buy?

Would she buy?

Would it buy?

Would we buy?

Would you buy?

Would they buy?

Negative Form

I would not buy.

You would not buy.

He would not buy.

She would not buy.

It would not buy.

We would not buy.

You would not buy.

They would not buy.

Contracted Form

I wouldn’t buy.

You wouldn’t buy.

He wouldn’t buy.

She wouldn’t buy.

It wouldn’t buy.

We wouldn’t buy.

You wouldn’t buy.

They wouldn’t buy.