English Course: Progressive Conditional

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Subject + would be + 1 + ing go went gone
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
I would be going I would not be going Would I be going ?
You would be going You would not be going Would you be going ?
He would be going He would not be going Would he be going ?
She would be going She would not be going Would she be going ?
It would be going It would not be going Would it be going ?
We would be going We would not be going Would we be going ?
You would be going You would not be going Would you be going ?
They would be going They would not be going Would they be going ?
Affirmative Subject + would be + 1 + ing
I would be going to New York Yo estaría yendo a New York
He would be going to New York El estaría yendo a New York
Negative Subject + wouldn't(would not) be + 1 + ing
I wouldn't be going to New York Yo no estaría yendo a New York
He wouldn't be going to New York El no estaría yendo a New York
Interrogative Would + subject + be 1 + ing + ?
Would I be going to New York ? ¿Estaría yo yendo a New York ?
Would he be going to New York ? ¿Estaría él yendo a New York ?

Uses of the Progressive Conditional

Incomplete or continuous events or situations, probably as a result of an unreal condition.

I would be working in New York by now if I spoke American English.

Comments about a situation that is not real at the moment and could never be real.

If I were you, I would give up smoking. (but I could never be you). (but I don't speak American English at all, so I am not working in New York).

Mabel would be living with Fernando if she wasn't living with her parents. (but Mabel is living with her parents, so she's not living with him).

I wouldn't be eating this horrible cake if I wasn't extremely hungry. (but I'm starvng now, so I'm eating it).

Usual expressions of the continuous conditional

If I had... I would... I wouldn't... if I had...