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Speaker 1: Would you like to learn something interesting today? I knew

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you would say yes. It would seem that you're pretty

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interested in improving your English. Well, I would love to help.

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Let's dive in.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming to you from

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New York City. And here's your English teacher, Michael.

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Speaker 1: All right, thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael

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here from Happy English and I help people speak English better.

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And this is Happy English Podcast, Episode seven forty six,

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using woold that's right. Would. According to the dictionary, would

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is the past of will, which is the future. But

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talking about the future in the past is just one

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part of today's podcast English Lesson, where we're going to

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look at ten different ways we use wood in everyday English.

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Let's get the ball rolling. First of all, we use

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wood to make polite requests or offers. Would you like

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some tea? Would you mind closing the door? Would you

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like to join us for dinner? Speaking of being polite,

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we use wood to give polite suggestions or advice. I

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would recommend trying the chocolate cake. It's delicious. I would

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suggest calling ahead to make a reservation. You would do

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well to finish your homework before going out. Another polite

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way that we use wood is to talk about our

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preferences in situations like these. We use phrases like would

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rather or would prefer. I would rather stay home tonight

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than go out. I think Kim would prefer to eat

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at a quiet restaurant. They would rather take the train

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than drive. On the grammatical side, we use wood in

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conditional sentences to talk about hypothetical and imaginary situations. If

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I had a million dollars, I would buy a new house.

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She would travel the world. If she didn't have to work.

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If I saw an alien in my bathtub, I would

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run away. Speaking of conditionals, we use wood have in

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the third conditional to talk about hypothetical and imaginary situations

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in the past that didn't happen. If I had known

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about the party, I would have gone. She would have

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been here on time, if she hadn't missed the bus.

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They would have succeeded if they had tried harder. Next up,

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we use wood with wish to express a wish or desire,

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especially in phrases like I wish you would, or I

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wish she would and so on. I wish you would

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listen to me. She wishes he would call her more often.

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I wish you would stop raining. We use wood to

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talk about repeated actions or habits in the past, similar

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to the phrase used to when I was a child,

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I would visit my grandparents every summer. When she was

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a kid, Jenny's dad would read her a story every

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night before bed. Every morning, my grandmother would walk to

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the bakery to get fresh bread Batting No. Number eight

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for today. We use wood to show that someone is

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willing to do something. I would be happy to help

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you move that desk. She said she would lend me

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her car if I needed it. They said they would

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gladly volunteer for the beach cleanup on Saturday next. We

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use wood to express doubt or uncertainty. I would imagine

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she's very busy right now. It would seem they're not

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coming at all. You would think they'd let us know

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about any changes in the policy. Are you still with me?

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I would hope so. Because finally, we use wood to

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talk about the future in the past. Imagine this situation.

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Early this morning, you ran into your friend Jenny at

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the coffee shop. Jenny said, I can't really talk now

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because I'm late for work. I'll call you tonight. Jenny

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promised to call you later. Now it's eight pm on

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the same day. You haven't heard from Jenny yet, but

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you expect that she will call you. You expect her

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to call because she said I will call you tonight.

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You can talk about what she said this morning using

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wood like this. Jenny said that she would call me tonight.

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Here's another example. You love the classic movie Casablanca, and

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several weeks ago you recommended that movie to a friend

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of yours. Your friend texted you to say that he

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loved the movie. You can say, I knew you would

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love the movie. Just remember when you use wood to

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talk about the future in the past, all of the

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verbs are in the past. Jenny said that she would

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call me tonight. I knew you would love the movie.

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Keep in mind, the best way to remember this and

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any other word or phrase in English is to take

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that word or phrase, write it in a sentence that's

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true for you or true in your world, and then

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memorize your sentences. For today's podcast English Lesson, You're gonna

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need to write ten of those sentences. Hey, did you

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know that you can get the chance to practice this

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kind of English with me directly? Yeah? You can get

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the past and in the future. And on top of that,

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each episode has exercises where you can practice this English

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just visit Myhappy English dot com and choose podcast lesson

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seven forty six. Remember, learning another language is not easy,

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but it's not impossible, and I'm here to help you

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on your journey.

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