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Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ======Would====== =====Introduction===== <html><p><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1827_06bc534027e7895653334a988b5177f0.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="216" height="279" id="1827" style="width: 85px; height: 108px;" alt="file folder office colleagues dossier " src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1827_06bc534027e7895653334a988b5177f0.jpg"></a> <b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>Would </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>you take care of the expenses file for me, please? </span></b><br> </p></html> =====Definition===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Would </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>is modal auxiliary verb which has different uses.</span></b><br> </p></html> =====Construction===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>affirmative:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>subject + 'would' + <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">bare infinitive</span> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>It <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">would</span> start. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>negative:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>subject + 'would' + 'not' + <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">bare infinitive</span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>It <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">wouldn't</span> start.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>interrogative:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>'would' + subject + <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">bare infinitive</span> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>Would</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> it start?</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'></span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>Note that </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>like other modal auxiliaries, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">would </span>has no infinitive and we use the same form with 'I', 'you', 'he', 'she', 'it', 'we' and 'they'. 'Do' is not used to form negative or interrogative sentences.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'></span></b> </p></html> =====Uses===== <html><table class="LightList-Accent11" style="border: currentColor; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: -1; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="308" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 5;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;'>Uses </span></b></p></td> <td width="308" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;'>Examples</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>Hoping and wishing </span></b></p></td> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>I wish you <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">would</span> stay. Do you have to leave so soon? </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>It's so calm here. I<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">'d</span> love to live in the countryside. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>Expressing feelings about hypothetical situations</span></b></p></td> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>I'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">d</span> hate to work nights. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>It <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">would</span> be lovely to live in Italy.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>It <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">would</span> be quicker to take the train.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;'>Past tense of</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> 'will'<span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);"> </span>for tendency and habit particularly when reminiscing or being nostalgic</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>[see note below]</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></p></td> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>When I was young we<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">'d</span> play in the park every evening.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>We<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">'d</span> always finish early on Fridays in my previous job.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>My father <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">would</span> always smoke in the kitchen - my mother hated it.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="height: 41.55pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; height: 41.55pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;'>Past tense of '</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>will'<span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);"> </span>for willingness</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;'> </span></p></td> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; height: 41.55pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>My car <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">wouldn't</span> start yesterday.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>I left my last job because I just <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">wouldn't</span> put up with working unsociable hours. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;'>Giving advice</span></b></p></td> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>I'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">d</span> recommend staying at the Hilton next week.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>You<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">'d</span> be more comfortable in a taxi than on the train with all those bags.<span style="color: red;"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;'>Polite requests</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p></td> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>Would </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>you chair the meeting?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>Would</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> you mind opening the window, please? </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>I'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">d</span> like a cup of coffee, please. [more polite than "I want"]<span style="color: red;"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;'>Opinion</span></b></p></td> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>"Is Sarah in the boardroom?" </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>"I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">wouldn't</span> think so; she usually goes home before four."<span style="color: red;"> </span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>I<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">'d</span> imagine it's very nice in Portugal at this time of year.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br></p></html> =====Notes===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><strong>Would you mind..?</strong></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>Questions that start with 'would you mind' are normally answered in the negative. 'Would you mind' is a little<span style="color: red;"> </span>more polite than 'do you mind?' and means 'does it inconvenience you?' By answering in the negative, we are saying that it does not inconvenience us. For example:</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0.55pt; tab-stops: 297.7pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>Would</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> you mind if I used your telephone?<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>No, not at all, go ahead.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0.55pt; tab-stops: 297.7pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>Would </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>you mind opening the door for me please?<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>No, certainly, here you are.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'></span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><strong>Polite phrases</strong></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>Sometimes you will hear <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">would</span> used in very long phrases when people want to be particularly polite. For example: </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 12.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>I wonder if you'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">d</span> mind closing the window, please. <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>No, not at all.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 12.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>I don't suppose you'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">d </span>happen to have a pen I could borrow? <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Yes. Here you are. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 12.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b> </p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: middle;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong>Tendency/habit</strong> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Sometimes we use <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">would </span>as an alternative to the past simple to talk about something that happened regularly. For example:</span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>When he got home on Fridays, he'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">d </span>sit in the garden and smoke his favourite cigars.</span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>=</span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>When got home on Fridays, he <u>sat</u> in the garden and <u>smoked</u> his favourite cigars.</span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>This is similar to <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">used to</span>:</span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>When he got home on Fridays, he used to sit in the garden and smoke his favourite </span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>cigars.</span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>If we are unhappy about something that used to happen regularly, we use the same structure but we emphasise <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">would </span>and do not contract it. For example:</span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He <u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">would</span></u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> </span>smoke in the house! It was so annoying - why couldn't he do it in the garden?! </span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b> </p></html> =====Examples===== <html><p><img height="161" id="339" style="width: 103px; height: 132px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/339_8092eec9adec5144357acdbae58ff55e.png"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>Would </span><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>you come this way please?</span></strong></p> <p><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong><img height="184" id="6" style="width: 87px; height: 133px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/6_509d9220e524d3337a0ad8cf1b2c14db.jpg"> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>I'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">d</span> recommend putting another fire escape here.</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'> </span></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><img height="206" id="182" style="width: 93px; height: 134px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/182_e41ae91a472865bd2c2872b38de93222.jpg"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><font color="#000000">When I was your age I'</font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">d </span><font color="#000000">wash my dad's car every weekend </font></span><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><font color="#000000">and then he</font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">'d</span><font color="#000000"> buy me a milkshake and we</font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">'d</span><font color="#000000"> go to the park.</font></span></strong></span></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><img height="148" id="90" style="width: 95px; height: 105px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/90_bc57f3855fa967dd5f93625175205ef4.jpg"> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><font color="#000000">Yes, please. I'</font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">d</span><font color="#000000"> love a cup of tea. </font></span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><img height="228" id="33" style="width: 87px; height: 101px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/33_c497cacac9bd2e82201f7e8a95cefa21.jpg"> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><font color="#000000">I</font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">'d</span><font color="#000000"> put all the tables in an appendix at the end rather than have them here. </font></span></span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><img height="224" id="543" style="width: 92px; height: 123px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/543_458b5b7491b2213988d3f7d2a4550129.jpg"> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><font color="#000000">I </font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">would</span><font color="#000000"> love to be young again and jump in puddles.</font></span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><img height="222" id="99" style="width: 91px; height: 120px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/99_51f32617c5975921e8393e5361238484.jpg"> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><font color="#000000">That one doesn't have a price tag but I</font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">'d</span><font color="#000000"> imagine that it's expensive. </font></span></span></span></span></span></strong></span></span> </p></html> [[en:grammar:home|{{ :file_-_back_3_.png?150 }}]]