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wish sentenses · wish + past simple to express that we want a situation in the present (or future) to be different. examples: · i wish i ate more vegetables. (i don’t eat more vegetables.) · he wishes he had a new house. (he does not have a new house.) · they wish it was august. (it isn’t august.) · i wish i had a bigger car. (because my car is too small). · i wish it was the summer holidays (but it isn’t – i’m still at school). · wish + past continuous to express that we want to be doing a different activity in the present (or the future). examples: · i wish i was playing badminton now. (i’m studying english.) · i wish it weren’t raining now. (it is raining now.) · i wish you were coming to my party next week. (you are not coming to …

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r wish when it is a more formal version of want: i wish to visit you in the summer, if possible. not: i wish (that) i visit you in the summer … we can use an object (underlined), before the to-infinitive: i did not wish my family to know about sara, so i told them nothing. when we use an object after wish, we must also use a verb in the to-infinitive form. alternatively, we can say want or (more politely) would like: we wish to have a table near the window, please. (or we would like a table near the window, please.) not: we wish a table near the window … · wish + indirect object + direct object we use wish with two objects, an indirect object + a direct object (underlined), for expressions of good wishes and hopes that good things will happen to people: (io = …

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s coming. i would have invited jane. (i didn’t know it and did not invite jane.) i wish i hadn’t said that. i can see i’ve upset you. sorry. (i did say it; it would have been better if i had not said it.) · wish + would we can use wish + would if we are annoyed about something that is or is not happening, or about something that will or will not happen: i wish you’d stop making so much noise! (you are making a noise; it would be better if you didn’t.) i wish you wouldn’t come through the kitchen with your dirty boots on. (you do come through the kitchen; it would be better if you didn’t.) in informal situations, we can use wish in the continuous form like this: he’s embarrassing everyone. i’m just wishing he would go away! warning: we use hope, not wish, …

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ish + 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 smoking. you are smoking at the moment and it is annoying me. · i wish it would stop raining. i’m impatient because it is raining and i want to go outside. · i wish she’d be quiet. i am annoyed because she is speaking. · wish and hope to express that you want something to happen in the future (not …

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don't like the noise.) · i wish that you wouldn't smoke so much! (you do smoke a lot and i don't like it. i want you to change this.) · i wish that you wouldn't work late so often. · i wish that it would stop raining! we don't usually use 'would' when there's no feeling that we want somebody to change their behaviour. · not: i wish that tomorrow would be a holiday. (instead: i wish that tomorrow was a holiday.) · not: i wish that i would work harder. (it's strange to use 'wish' + 'would' about yourself, as you can change your behaviour if you don't like it!) · wish + (that) + past perfect: we can use 'wish' with the past perfect to talk about regrets from the past. these are things that have already happened but we wish they'd happened in a different way. this …

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wish sentenses · wish + past simple to express that we want a situation in the present (or future) to be different. examples: · i wish i ate more vegetables. (i don’t eat more vegetables.) · he wishes he had a new house. (he does not have a new house.) · they wish it was august. (it isn’t august.) · i wish i had a bigger car. (because my car is too small). · i wish it was the summer holidays (but it isn’t – i’m still at school). · wish + past continuous to express that we want to be doing a different activity in the present (or the future). examples: · i wish i was playing badminton now. …

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