WISH and HOPE UNIT 12

COMPLETE FIRST

6th GradeRS

COMPLETE FIRST

6th GradeRS

WISH, IF ONLY, AND HOPE

What does the old man see in the mirror? What is he thinking?

I WISH / IF ONLY + SImPLE PAST

• I wish I was in my twenties.
• I wish I was stroger.
• I wish I lived in the countryside.
• I wish it was summer holidays.
• I wish you were here.
• I wish I had a million dollars.

We use this structure to express a desire for a situation that does not exist right now. A wish is a desire to change a real situation into an unreal one. This unreal situation is expressed in the simple past. In a wish sentence, the simple past does not indicate past time; it only indicates that the situation is unreal.

• WERE is used for both, singular and plural subjects in a formal context.

look at the following pictures and make statements using wish + simple past

look at the following pictures and make statements using he/she wishes + simple past

look at the following pictures and make statements using he/she wishes + simple past

look at the following pictures and make statements using he/she wishes + simple past

look at the following pictures and make statements using he/she wishes + simple past

describe this picture

describe this picture

- She wishes he wouldn't watch so much football. - If only he wouldn´t watch so much football.

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I WISH / IF ONLY + would

• I wish you would stop making so much noise.
• I wish you wouldn`t come into the kitchen with your dirty boots on.
• I wish you wouldn´t keep interrupting me.
• I wish you wouldn´t complain.

This structure is used to talk about what other people do that annoys or irritates us and that we wish was different.

• I wish it would stop raining. We can also use this structure for situations.

watch the video and make sentences using wish / if only + would

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PAIR WORK

Answer these questions:

• What annoys you about living where you live?
• What annoys you most about living at home with your family?
• What annoying habits does your best friend have?
• What is the most annoying thing about your partner?
• Is there anything about your teacher that annoys you?

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do you think he has any regrets?

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do you think he has any regrets?

- He wishes he hadn't drunk so much. - He wishes he hadn't danced so much.

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I WISH / IF ONLY + PAST PERFECT

• I wish I hadn´t eaten so much.
• I wish they had come on holiday with us.
• I wish I had studied harder for my English exam.
• I wish I hadn't bought this expensive car.

We use this structure to talk about regrest from the past. These are things that have already happened but we wish they had happened in a different way.

• This structure is similar to the 3rd conditional when talking about regrets.

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Think back when you were a child

You are going to watch a video of a song "Mistakes of my youth" by the rockband Eels. In this video the singer thinks back on his childhood and all the things he did wrong. Watch the video and in your notebook, write down as many WISH/IF ONLY +PAST PERFECT sentences you van think of based on the video.

Do you have any regrets?

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HOPE + PRESENT / FUTURE TENSE

• I hope you have a good holiday.
• The teacher hopes her students will get a high grade for this school period.

We use this structure when we want something to happen or to be true.

• Think of 3 more examples using this structure about yourself.

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HOPE + infinitive

• He hopes to go into politics in the future.
• I hope to come to the party tomorrow.
• She hopes to run the marathon this year.

We use this structure when there is only one subject in the sentence.

• This structure describes a possible future situation.

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HOPE + SIMPLE PAST

• I hope you had a good flight.
• I hope Susan got the scholarship.
• I hope you found your wallet.

We use this structure when we want something to be true about the past, but we don't know if it's true.

• The speaker doesn't know the end result!

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further grammar practice

Practice Exercises

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He wishes he were on holidays.

They wish they had a car.

He wishes he was rich.

He wishes he were travelling first class.

He wishes he could fly.