... tenses respectively For more on each type of tense, see the individual entry in the glossary Some authorities consider verbs formed with the conditional auxiliary verbs as one or ... should, and would as simply the past or perfect forms of the verbs can, may, shall, and will Conditional: I wish she would answer me Past Tense: Little did he realize that in twenty years he would ... authorities consider verbs formed with the conditional auxiliary verbs as one or several conditional tenses to show actions that could occur, might occur, should occur, would occur, could have occurred,...