Conditional present - FORMA Conditional perfect - FORMA
would / should + INFINITIV would / should + HAVE + participiul trecut
Utilizare:
1.la fel ca viitorul simplu, cand verbul principal
este la trecut: I think he will come. – I thought he would come.
Sam says mother will get well. – Sam said mother would get well.
2.pentru a face referiri la actiuni obisnuite in
trecut: When we lived in Africa we would often spend our weekends outdoor.
When Helen was a baby she would cry all night long.
3.in propozitii subordinate dupa: advise, agree,
arrange, ask, beg, command, decide, demand, determine, insist, order, propose, recommend, request, suggest, be anxious, be determined. The doctor decided (that) the patient should have his appendix out.
Mrs. Walker is anxious (that) her son should get the job.
4.cu it is / was + adjectiv + that…should:
It is essential that the students should get to their lesson on time.
It was strange that he should say that.
5.dupa can’t think, don’t know why sau see no reason why: I can’t think why Frank should apologise.
I don’t know why my neighbour should do that.
I see no reason why we should worry.
6.cu oferte si cereri:
Would you prefer tea or coffee?
Would you like to see my stamp collection?
NOTA: Would rather… inseamna “a prefera sa”:
I would rather have coffee than tea.
7.in propozitii conditionale (if clauses). Exista
trei tipuri de propozitii conditionale in engleza:
Tipuri Propozitie principala Propozitie subordonata
Conditional I Viitor cu will Prezent simplu
(uneori Pres. Simple) (Present Simple)
Conditional II Conditional prezent IF Trecut simplu
(Present Conditional) (Past Tense)
Conditional III Conditional perfect Mai mult ca perfect