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• I WISH 

• 1.wish and regrets
• 2.wish and regrets
• I WISH 
• I WISH  

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Talk about:

• If a genie came out of a bottle and granted you three wishes, what would you wish for?
• A famous singer you wish you had seen in concert.
• Something you wish the Town Council did to improve your town.
• A foreign language you wish you could speak apart from English.
• Something you wish a member of your family wouldn’t do.
• Something you wish had never been discovered or invented.
• A very expensive possession you wish you had.
• A quality you wish you had.
• A famous person you wish you could meet.
• A sport you wish you were very good at.
• An aspect of your personality you wish you could change.
• Something you wish people in Spain wouldn’t do.
• Something you wish you could understand about people’s behaviour.
• Something you wish you had learnt to do but still can’t do.
• Something you wish you hadn’t bought.
• A present you wish you had been offered at Christmas.
• A present you wish you had not given at Christmas.
• Somebody you wish you could see more often.
• Something you wish you hadn’t done this week.
• The number of brothers or sisters you wish you had had.
• When you wish you had been born.
• A country you wish you had been born in.
• A country / a city / a town you wish you lived in.
• What you wish Spanish television programmes were like.
• What you wish Spanish television programmes wouldn’t be like.
• Something you could say to an important person in politics.
• The mistakes you made when you were young that you wish you hadn’t made.
• Something you wish you knew how to do.

I wish / If only

Exercise 1 – Complete the statements

Exercise 2 – Complete the rules

Exercise 3 – Select the best form of the verb to complete the sentence.

Wishes about the past

wish + past perfect is used 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)
• I wish I had studied harder at school. (I was lazy at school)

Wish + would

wish + would + bare infinitive is used to express impatience, annoyance or dissatisfaction with a present action.

• I wish you would stop
• You are smoking at the moment and it is annoying me.
• I wish it would stop
• I’m impatient because it is raining and I want to go outside.
• I wish she’d be
• I am annoyed because she is speaking.

Wish and hope

To express that you want something to happen in the future (not wanting a situation to be different, and not implying impatience or annoyance) hope is used instead of wish.

• I hope it’s sunny tomorrow.
• “I wish it was sunny tomorrow” is not correct.
• I hope she passes her exam next week.
• “I wish she were passing her exam next week” is not correct.
• I hope the plane doesn’t crash tomorrow.
• “I wish the plane wouldn’t crash tomorrow” is not correct.

Wish and want

wish + infinitive or wish + object + infinitive is used to mean want in a formal situation.

• I wish to leave (+ infinitive)
• I wish to speak to your supervisor please. (+ infinitive)
• I do not wish my name to appear on the list. (+ object + infinitive)

Wish in fixed expressions

I/we wish you… is used in fixed expressions.

• I wish you a happy birthday.
• We wish you good luck in your new job.