اللغة الإنجليزية فصل ثاني

Unit9                 

 

Unreal past forms for past regrets

• We use wish or If only + Past Perfect to express regrets about the past.

        We might use it to reflect on past actions if we are trying to improve our work or our behaviour.
 

• The tense of the verb after wish is more in the past than the action it is describing.

       I wish I had done more work for my exam. 

          (I didn't do much work for my exam.)

        I wish I hadn’t bought these shoes. They hurt my feet. 

        We're late. If only we'd caught the earlier bus.

Unreal past forms for present wishes

• We use wish or If only + Past Simple to express wishes about the present that are impossible or unlikely to happen.

         I wish I knew the answer.

         I wish we lived in a bigger flat.

• With the verb to be, both was and were can be used with I, he, she and it.
    He wishes he was/were taller.
    If only we were older.

     

 

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