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Grammar explanation. We use wish and if only to talk about things that we would like to be different in either the present or the past. If only is usually a bit stronger than wish. In the present. We can use wish/if only + a past form to talk about a present situation we would like to be different. I wish you didn't live so far away.
I wish e if only son los elementos que te ayudan a expresar deseos en inglés, además de arrepentimientos. Gracias a su naturaleza, son muy comunes en las conversaciones del día a día, por eso aquí encontrarás sus estructuras para formar frases, cuándo usar cada uno y ejemplos útiles.
We can use "wish" and "if only" to express an unlikely or impossible desire or a regret: with the past simple to express an impossible desire in the present: "I wish I lived in the countryside." " If only I lived in the countryside." I don’t live in the countryside in the present so this desire is impossible.
Sentences with wish and if only follow the same grammar rules as if-clauses in the second and third conditional. Use wish/if only + simple past / past progressive to imagine a present situation as different to how it really is. Examples:
Wish / If only. There are 10 questions in this quiz. Read the grammar explanation below. 1. Which word completes the sentence? I wish I ____ come to the zoo with you next weekend, but I’m going to be busy.
WISH / IF ONLY. emphasis. unreal situations. IF ONLY. WISH. We can make second and third conditionals more emphatic by placing only after if: If (only) I knew the answer, I'd tell you. If (only) I had revised more, I would have done better on my exam.
We use if only to express a strong wish that things could be different. It means the same as I wish but is stronger. We use it to talk about past, present and future unreal conditions. We use if only + past verb forms to talk about a wish for the present:
