5.I'd hate to be a model.
Is it I would hate?
What's the difference between I'd hate and I hate?
6. All you do is stand around for ages.
Shouldn't it be standing, since it is behind the word is?
Can it be "All you do is standing around for ages."?
What's the difference?
Although the past tense of will is would, in this case would is not in the past tense. It indicates conditionality: if I was a model I would dislike the work.
It is still the form of the so-called 'past' tense. I prefer to think of it as a 'distancing' tense; it can distance in time, directness or reality. In this sentence it is distancing in reality.
It is still the form of the so-called 'past' tense. I prefer to think of it as a 'distancing' tense; it can distance in time, directness or reality. In this sentence it is distancing in reality.