| Want | would like + noun / to base verb; short form 'd | I'd like a coffee, please. / I'd like to book a table. |
| Question and offer | Would + subject + V; no do | Would you like some cake? |
| B1Form | subject + would / 'd + V; negative wouldn't | She would help. / I wouldn't go. |
| B1Polite request | Would you…? asks politely for help | Would you pass the salt, please? |
| B1Imagined situation | with if: if + past simple, would + base verb | I would buy a boat. / If I had more time, I would learn Italian. |
| B1Past habit | repeated actions; the sentence needs a past time frame | When I was a child, we would play outside every day. |
| B1Trap | used to for a past state: live, be, have, know | When I was young, I used to live in Paris. |