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Wishes and Regrets - TESOL PJ

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Created on November 25, 2024

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Wishes

& Regrets

If you had the chance to ask for three wishes to a genie, what would they be?

Personally...

I wish I could get less responsabilities. I wish I could fly. I wish I could eat Chinese food this weekend.

How do we talk about wishes and regrets? Well, there are a couple of ways!

Wishes

Wish and ‘If only’ are both used to talk about regrets – things that we would like to change either about the past or the present.

If only I could finish all my projects today.

To talk about things that we would like to change in the future or the present, we use the following structure: I wish / if only + subject + verb in past / could

I wish it could go home soon.
If only I had more money.

Regrets

When we want to express regret about a situation that happened in the past and we cannot change, we use:

I wish / If only + subject + verb in past perfect

For example:

  • I wish I hadn't procrastinated.
  • If only I had gone to bed earlier.

Express annoyance

When we want someone or something to stop doing an action that is bothering us, we use the following:

I wish / If only + subject + would + verb in infinitive

For example:

I wish you wouldn't borrow my clothes without asking.
If only the semester ended right now!
I wish you would stop making so much noise.

Exercise

Now you have to change the sentences into wishes and regrets using the structures for wishes and regrets: Wishes: I wish / if only + subject + verb in past / could Regrets: I wish / If only + subject + verb in past perfect To express annoyance: I wish / If only + subject + would + verb in infinitive

Exercise

Now you have to change the sentences into wishes and regrets using the structures for wishes and regrets: Wishes: I wish / if only + subject + verb in past / could Regrets: I wish / If only + subject + verb in past perfect To express annoyance: I wish / If only + subject + would + verb in infinitive

REFERENCES:

Test-English. (2023, February 3). Wishes and regrets - I wish/if only - Test-English. https://test-english.com/grammar-points/b1-b2/wishes-regrets/ Wishes: “wish” and “if only.” (2024, November 26). LearnEnglish. https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/b1-b2-grammar/wishes-wish-if-only Wishes and regrets: English Grammar. (n.d.). Gramática Inglesa. https://www.gramatica-inglesa.com/en/units/others/wishes-and-regrets Express wishes and regrets | English Grammar | English EFL. (n.d.). English EFL. https://www.english-efl.com/lessons/expressing-wish-regret/

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