Past Future Tense is used to express future time in action but past in time of speaking. It is expressed with the use would
and should. Would is used for all persons. Should is used for both the first
person singular and plural. (I, you, he,
they would eat rice yesterday) and (I and we should eat rice yesterday)
More Examples of Past Future Tense
More Examples of Past Future Tense
Affirmative
Subject + would/ should + Verb 1
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I/ you/ they/ we/ he/she/my friend/it would go to Italy yesterday
I/ we should go to Rome yesterday
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Negative
Subject + would/ should + not + Verb 1
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I/ you/ they/ we/ he/she/my friend/it would not go to Italy yesterday
I/ we should not go to Rome yesterday
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Interrogative
Would/ should + subject + Verb 1
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Would I/ you/ they/ we/ he/she/my friend/it go to Italy?
Should I/we go to Rome?
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Negative interrogative
Would/ should + not + subject + Verb 1
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Would not I/ you/ they/ we/ he/she/my friend/it go to Italy?
Should not I/we go to Rome?
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Notes:
The shorted
form
I would : I’d
You would : You’d
We would : We’d
They would : They’d
He would : He’d
She would : She’d
Would not : Wouldn’t
Should not : Shouldn’t
Short Answer Question
Past Future
Tense
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Question
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Short Answer
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Complete
Answer
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Would you go to Madrid?
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Yes I would
No, I would not
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Yes I would go to Madrid
No, I would not go to Madrid
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Would he go to Madrid?
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Yes he would
No, he would not
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Yes he would go to Madrid
No, he would not go to Madrid
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