In the present In the present and in the pastand in the past

Wishes about the present and future

• We use Wish(wishes)+ Past Simple to express that we want a situation in the present (or future) to be different.

I wish I spoke Italian.(I don’t speak Italian.)

She wishes she was on a beach.(She’s in the office.)

I wish I had a big car.(I don’t have a big car.)

Expressing wishes

Wishes about the past

• We use wish+ Past Perfect to express a regret, or that we want a situation in the past to be different.

•I wish I hadn’t eaten so much.(I ate a lot.)

•I wish they’d come on holiday with us.(They didn’t come on holiday with us.)

I wish I had studied harder at school.(I was lazy at school.)

Some practice:Fact• I don’t have any

friends.• I didn’t work for the

exam.• He can’t swim.• He doesn’t help me.• I’ve lost my pen.

Wish• I wish I had some

friends.• I wish…………………….for the exam.• He wishes……….swim.• I wish……………..me.• I wish……………..my

pen.

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