wish / if only
wish about the present
.
Form:
1. wish / if only + simple past/could/would is used to eoress our wishes, regrets and hopes we regret past actions or we hope change in the future.
wish about the present is done only if the sentence is the present
.
Form:
1. wish / if only + simple past/could/would is used to eoress our wishes, regrets and hopes we regret past actions or we hope change in the future.
wish about the present is done only if the sentence is the present
- I
don't have a car .
I wish I had a car
.
- I
don't speak chinnese
if only I could speak
chinnese
wish about the future
form:
wish / if only +past continous/would/could is used to show ones hope or a situation will change in immediatly or in the future .
ex:
wish about the future
form:
wish / if only +past continous/would/could is used to show ones hope or a situation will change in immediatly or in the future .
ex:
- The
regime is not changing .
I wish the regime were changing
- They
are sorry that their bosse won't give them a holiday
If only their boss would give
thema holiday
wish about the past
form:
wish / if only + past perfect/could have+past participle is used to show ones sorry about pastactions and circumstances
ex:
wish about the past
form:
wish / if only + past perfect/could have+past participle is used to show ones sorry about pastactions and circumstances
ex:
- I did
not know much about how to prevent computer veruses.
- I wish I had known how
to prevent computer veruses
Tenses Change
Tenses Change
- Simple
Present.........Simple past
- Simple
Past............. Past Perfect
- Will.....................
Would
- can....................
Could
- may....................
Might
- is/are...................
was/were
- had......................
had had
- must..................must
or had to
Examples:
- I am
sorry I was rude to you.
I wish I hadn't been rude to you.
- He is shy
and clumsy.
The teacher wishes he wasn't shy and
clumsy.
Exercices
I spent my money on drugs.
If only.................................
She was overweight.
She wishes...........
Hamid was having nightmares all night long.
If only .......................................................
His family can't stop him from harming people.
I wish............................................................
It is freezingly cold.
I wish..........................................
The film was so boring.
if only.......................................
Exercices
I spent my money on drugs.
If only.................................
She was overweight.
She wishes...........
Hamid was having nightmares all night long.
If only .......................................................
His family can't stop him from harming people.
I wish............................................................
It is freezingly cold.
I wish..........................................
The film was so boring.
if only.......................................
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