As detailed above, ‘were’ can be a noun or a verb. Verb usage: John, you were the only person to see him. Verb usage: We were about to leave.

Adverb clauses are subordinate clauses that act as adverbs! The whole clause does the job of an adverb. Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.

An adverb is a word that modifies (describes) a verb (he sings loudly), an adjective (very tall), another adverb (ended too quickly), or even a whole sentence (Fortunately, I had brought an umbrella). Adverbs often end in -ly, but some (such as fast) look exactly the same as their adjective counterparts.

In the English language, the word “in” has multiple functions. It can serve as a noun, a preposition, an adverb, and an adjective. This word can be categorized as a noun, if it is used to mean a leverage or an influential ability.

In rhetoric, anthimeria or antimeria (from Greek: ἀντί, antí, ‘against, opposite’, and μέρος, méros, ‘part’), means using one part of speech as another, such as using a noun as a verb: “The little old lady turtled along the road.” In linguistics, this is called conversion; when a noun becomes a verb, it is a denominal …

Traditional grammar says “will” is a future tense auxiliary verb. Modern syntax says differently, that there is no future tense. In any case, when using the word “will” the verb that follows will always be in the present tense. The present tense verb can either be simple or progressive [run / running].

Would

• Would is the past form of will. – Peter said he would finish the work the next day. (
• Would refers to half-open or closed condition as an analogue of will. – We would go fishing at the weekend if the weather was/were good. (
• When both will and would can be used, would is more polite.
• Other typical examples with would.