Microsoft Word – FGB§2 verbs

Exercise 17 (use of the future tense)
1 She will write her essay this evening.
2 You will not go out without your father’s permission.
3 That man will receive nothing.
4 You will do it straight away!
5 I’ll finish the washing up when I’m ready.
6 He will go to the bank when it opens.
7 He will read the letter as soon as he can.
8 While you’re in my class you’ll behave yourselves.
9 When the lesson ends, close your books.
10 Let me know when you want to borrow it.
THE CONDITIONAL TENSE
Endings: ais ais ait ions iez aient
These are the same endings as in the IMPERFECT tense.
The STEM is the same as the FUTURE tense — the INFINITIVE and the same irregular
forms.
THE USE OF THE CONDITIONAL TENSE
[1] as in English, to express the future in the past
I knew that he would come Je savais qu’il viendrait
[2] to express probability
He might come Il pourrait venir
[3] to express conjecture (often where we would use ‘allege’)
It is alleged that there are fifteen dead Il y aurait quinze morts
For a fuller explanation of the use of the conditional tense, see COMMON AUXILIARY VERBS.
Exercise 18 (use of the conditional tense)
1 We would be happy to see you.
2 You could do it if you wanted to.
3 They wouldn’t know the answer.
4 I would have to explain this to you.
5 We might want to read it later.
6 He said he would arrive soon.
7 That book wouldn’t contain enough chapters.
8 It would be useful to have some change.
9 I would have enough milk.
10 We’d like to see it.