Unit 9

Grammar:                                                         How to Use 'Wish'

I.            . Wishes:

1.      First step Distinguish between Wishes about the present and  Wishes  about the past:

  • We look at the verb in the source sentence, if it is in the simple present then we change it to the simple past and if it is in the past we change it to the past perfect

A.    Present wish :

Form: Wish + (that) + past simple:

It is a situation in the present that we don’t like or we like to have it the other way.

Tom lives far from school so he usually arrives late.

Tom: I wish I didn’t live far from the school. If only I didn’t live far from the school.

Source sentence: I don’t play sports , I am fat.

Target sentence: If only I played sports / I wish I played sports

B.     Past wish/ Wishes about the past:

Form: Wish + (that) + past perfect:

We can use 'wish' with the past perfect to talk about regrets from the past. These are

things that have already happened but we wish they'd happened in a different way.

This use of 'wish' is very similar to the third conditional.

• I wish that I had studied harder at school. (I didn't study hard at school, and

now I'm sorry about it.)

• I wish that I hadn't eaten so much yesterday! (But I did eat a lot yesterday.

Now I think it wasn't a good idea.)

• I wish that the train had been on time. (But unfortunately the train was late,

and so I missed my interview.)

 

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