Functions:                                                                   Expressing regret P: 145

Introduction:

A regret can be about something in present or in past.

If it is in present then we use the rule of: present wish or conditional 2

If it is in past then we use the rule of: past wish or conditional 3

Forms:

1.      Present regret

Present situation

Regret in present
  • I don’t know how to use computer .

 
  • I regret not knowing How to use computer
  • If only I knew how to use computer
  • I wish I knew how to use computer

 

2.      Past Regret

Past  situation

Regret in Past
  • I didn’t know how to use computer

 
  • I regret not knowing How to use computer
  • If only I had known how to use computer
  • I wish I had known how to use computer

 

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