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Wishes

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Created on February 1, 2021

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Wish sentences

Wishes

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I wish If only

(Unreal Past = changing tenses backwards to past)

Rules of WISH sentences

if only/I wish + one tense back to past + positive sentence - negative sentence negative sentence - positive sentence

Changing of Tenses

Sentence

Wish sentence

  • Past Simple
  • Past Perfect
  • Past Perfect
  • Future in the Past (would + infinitive)
  • Modal verbs (could, might)
  • Present Simple
  • Past Simple
  • Present Perfect
  • Future Simple
  • Modal verbs (can, may)

Present Simple

I don't have a big house. I wish/if only I had a big house. I am very tall. I wish I weren't so tall.

Past Tense

I saw him yesterday. I wish I hadn't seen him. I didn't read that book. I wish I had read that book.

Present Perfect Simple

I have lost my wallet. I wish/if only I hadn't lost my wallet. I haven't seen that film before. I wish I had seen that film before.

Irritating/annoying situations

She is talking all the time. It is snowing non-stop. Tom doesn't write to me.

would + infinitive

Irritating/annoying situations

If only she would stop talking all the time. I wish it would stop snowing non-stop. I wish Tom would write to me.

THANKS!