2. Adam would love to visit the Guinness Storehouse

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Paco and Adam had a really good time on St. Patrick's Day. If they lived in Ireland, they would celebrate it every year like true Irishmen. On the way back home, they talked about meeting again.

ADAM: Shall me meet again tomorrow?

PACO: Sure! What do you fancy doing?

ADAM: I would love to visit the Guinness Storehouse.

PACO: Hahaha! More Guinness?

ADAM: I know. But there's a little explanation. My grandfather was Irish and, when I was little, he would always tell me how much he missed Ireland and a good Guinness. I got interested in it...

PACO: Did your granddad ever come back?

ADAM: No. But I told him I would visit Ireland one day. And here I am. So what shall we do tomorrow?

PACO: Let's go there. But would you mind meeting in the afternoon? I'm exhausted and I would like to have a lie-in.


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Identify all the examples with 'would' that you can find in the text.


Self-Assessment activity
Read the text again and decide if the following statements are true or false.
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1. Paco and Adam are visiting the Guinness Storehouse the following day.

Verdadero Falso


2. Adam had Irish relatives.

Verdadero Falso


3. They plan to get up early.

Verdadero Falso


4. Adam's grandfather came back to Ireland a few years ago.

Verdadero Falso
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The modal verb 'would' can have different uses:

  • Past of 'will'.
  • Expressing preferences.
  • Conditional sentences.
  • Repetition in the past.
  • Polite requests.

Match these uses with the following examples from the text:

EXAMPLES USES
If they lived in Ireland, they would celebrate it every year like true Irishmen.  

I would love to visit the Guinness Storehouse.

I would like to have a lie-in.		  
He would always tell me how much he missed Ireland and a good Guinness.  
I told him I would visit Ireland one day.  
Would you mind meeting in the afternoon?  

 


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Read more examples of 'would' by having a look at this website.


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Remember that, in spoken English, we use contractions as often as possible. Therefore, 'would' is shortened in English as 'd.

Examples:

If they lived in Ireland, they'd celebrate it every year like true Irishmen.

I'd love to visit the Guinness Storehouse.

He'd always tell me how much he missed Ireland and a good Guinness.

I told him I'd visit Ireland one day.

Icono de iDevice Self-Assessment activity
Transform the following sentences into negative and interrogative:

1. Adam would love to visit the Guinness Storehouse.

NEGATIVE: .

INTERROGATIVE: ?

2. He would tell me how much he missed Ireland.

NEGATIVE: .

INTERROGATIVE: ?

3. They would like to have a lie-in.

NEGATIVE: .

INTERROGATIVE: ?

  

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