Wish Flashcards
WISH
when is used?
Is used to express that we would like something/ someone to be different in the present or the in future, or to have been different in the past.
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present/ future wish
structure:
wish + (that) + simple past
I wish I had a car. (but I don’t have a car now)
I wish I didn’t have to work tomorrow.(but I have to work)
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The past subjunctive of verb to be is … for all the subjects.
were.
I wish I were rich.
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It’s possible to use “could” with “wish” to talk about….
ability and possibility.
I wish I coud play the piano. ( but I can’t)
I wish my brother could go to the party with me this weekend. ( but he can’t)
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To express a desire about something that is possible in the future, we use ….
hope
I hope that you pass your exam.
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…… is used to talk about other people who are doing (or not doing) something that we don’t like and we want that person to change/ stop. It express annoyance (aborrecimento)
wish + (that) + would
I wish that the neighbors wouldn’t make so much noise!
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we can use ….. to talk about regrets from the past. These are thing that have alreasy happened but we wish they’d happened in a different way.
wish+ (that) + past perfect (had + past participle)
I wish I had met you before. (but I didn’t)
I wish the plane had landed on time. (but it didn’t)
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I’m always so busy. I wish that I …. more free time.
had
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I hate travelling on buses. I wish I ….. a car
had
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It’s a pity you’re so far away. I wish yoU ….. here with me now.
were
wish
I wish that I ….. more at school. I’d probably have a better job now.
had studied
wish
It’s so cold outside. I wish I… go to school today.
didn’t have to
wish
Andrew says he wishes he ….. smoking; he smokes twenty a day.
could stop
wish
I wish we…. to Malta for our holidays. Greece would have been better, I think.
hadn’t gone
I wish there ….. some way we could meet more often. We hardly see each other.
was/were
