Will vs Would – How to use them appropriately

Understanding the subtle difference between these two auxiliary verbs and putting them to use at the right place will make us better speakers.

In English there is a significant difference between the uses of would and will. Knowing when to use the terms correctly is an important part of mastering the English language.

Will and would are both types of auxiliary verbs that are known as modal verbs. Other modal verbs include: could, shall, might, may, can, ought to and must. Modal verbs don’t really have any meaning on their own, but act as helpers to give further meaning to other verbs.

Will is a definite statement, which means that you use it when you are certain that the future action is going to take place. For example: “I will go and collect the mail in the morning”. When you use will you or the subject executing the future action is committed to it being carried out.

The modal verb will can be used to talk about quick decisions, promises, offers and a likely prediction. For example: “I think I will take the bus instead of walking.” instant decision; “I’ll get the dog washed tomorrow.” promise; “I will help you with your homework after dinner.” offers and “I’ll bet she spent a lot of money on that dress.” likely predictions.

Will is also used as a first conditional, which is used for cause and effect in situations that are not changeable. For example: “If it rains, you will get wet,” or “If you are late to work, you will get in trouble.”

Would is an English modal verb and has many different uses, which include: invitations, requests, asking permission, talking about preferences and making arrangements. For example: “Would you like to come to the party on Saturday?” is an invitation; “Would you be able to post this parcel for me?” is a request; “Would I be able to leave early today?” is asking permission; “Would you like steak or chicken for dinner?” or “I would prefer to eat ice cream” are both examples of talking about preferences and “Would Friday at 8pm suit you?” or “Saturday at 6pm would suit me.” are ways to make arrangements using would.

Would is also used in second and third conditional statements, which are used to talk about imaginary or unlikely situations. For example: “If I knew where he lived, I would visit him,” Is a second conditional statement. An example of a third conditional statement is thus: “If I had known about the party earlier, I would have gone.” This is used to express an imaginary situation that took place in the past.

Summary:
1.Would and will are both auxiliary modal verbs.
2.Will is used to talk about definite future actions.
3.Will is used to talk about: quick decisions, promises, offers and a likely prediction
4.Would is used to talk about: invitations, requests, asking permission, talking about preferences and making arrangements.
Both will and would can be used in conditional statements.

Source: http://www.differencebetween.net/language/difference-between-would-and-will/

Session #12, 21-Dec-2010

Role takers:

Session Theme – Action
Toastmaster – Srirama

Prepared speaker 1 – Satendra
Speech evaluator – Harsha Konduri

Prepared speaker 2 – Sandeepkumar
Speech evaluator – Anu Kumar

Prepared speaker 3 – Ramkumar Swaminathan
Speech evaluator – Sivan

Prepared speaker 4 – Thomas
Speech evaluator – Kini

General Evaluator – Kinni

Ah-Counter – Manasvi

Grammarian – Sneha Laxman

Session #11, 08-Dec-2010

Role takers:

Session Theme – New Year
Toastmaster – Anu Kumar

Prepared speaker 1 – Manoj Muthavarapu
Speech evaluator – Saransh Sanklecha

Prepared speaker 2 – Sivan
Speech evaluator – Harsha Konduri

General Evaluator – Ramkumar Swaminathan

Timer – Bhuvanesh

Ah-Counter – Eswar

Grammarian – Sneha Laxman

Best Speaker – Sivan

Best Table Topics Speaker – Eswar

Session #10, 25-Nov-2010

Role takers:

Session Theme – Celebration
Toastmaster – Sivan

Prepared speaker 1 – Sneha Laxman
Speech evaluator – Anu Kumar

Prepared speaker 2 – Harsha Konduri
Speech evaluator – Anand Morab

General Evaluator – Eswar

Timer – Sneha Laxman

Ah-Counter – Harsha

Best Speaker – Sneha Laxman

Best Table Topics Speaker – Sneha Laxman

Session #9, 18-Nov-2010

Role takers:

Session Theme – Holidays
Toastmaster – Hitesh Jhamb

Prepared speaker 1 – Anand Morab
Speech evaluator – Thomas (Caterpillar)

Prepared speaker 2 – Srirama Rallabandi
Speech evaluator – Bhuvanesh Mirdha

Table Topics Master – Sneha Laxman

General Evaluator – Reena Gujral

Timer – Sandeep Kumar

Ah-Counter – Ramkumar Swaminathan

Grammarian – Manoj Muthavarapu

Best Speaker – Anand Morab

Session #8, 10-Nov-2010

Role takers:

Toastmaster – Ramkumar Swaminathan

Best Table Topics Speaker – Sneha Laxman

Session #7, 13-Oct-2010

Role takers:

Session Theme – Gandhi
Toastmaster – Ramkumar Swaminathan

Prepared speaker 1 – Saransh Sanklecha
Speech evaluator – Mathew Emmanuel

Prepared speaker 2 – Ravi K. Ujji (Caterpiller)
Speech evaluator – Vinayak V. Kini

Table Topics Master – Jagadeesh Yerrapati

General Evaluator – Vinayak V. Kini

Session #6, 22-Sep-2010

Role takers:
Seargent at Arms/ MC – G V S Prasad

Prepared speaker 1 – Anand Morab
Speech title – Pathological learner
Speech evaluator – Harsha Konduri

Prepared speaker 2 – Thomas R. George
Speech title – Heroes
Speech evaluator – Mathew Emmanuel

Table Topics Master – Srirama Rallabandi

Grammarian – Divya Begur

General Evaluator – Vinayak V. Kini

Speech Summary – Anand Morab a.k.a Pathological Learner

In this ice breaker speech, Anand spoke about his life, work and passions. From humble beginnings in his childhood days, Anand moved to the urban city atmosphere for school. He truly learnt to be more expressive and gained leadership skills while he was working as a service engineer with an engineering equipment company. He then made a switch to the IT landscape, which in those days was considered as “greener pastures”. Anand is a “learning freak”. He is passionate about learning about new software tools and is well qualified with tools like Photoshop, 3d Software, virtual 3d. He also knows iPhone programming. He has completed courses in emotional counseling, learning difficulty diploma, Landmark Education curriculum for living, 7 habits of highly effective people etc. Since he only learns for the sake of it and most of the times does not adopt them in his life, he is a “pathological learner”!