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use wish (that) + subject + had (not) + past participle. Examples: I wish I had gone to Australia last year. (Now you regret you didn’t go to Australia last year.) James wishes he had studied harder. (Now you wish you studied more before.) The students wish their teacher hadn’t given them homework.
We use past simple and continuous to talk about wishes for the present: I don't like this place. I wish I lived somewhere more interesting. These seats are very uncomfortable. I wish we were travelling first class. I wish I was taller. John wishes he wasn't so busy. I'm freezing. If only it wasn't so cold.
The phrase I wish can be used to talk about the past, present or future. But what verb form should follow it? Helen takes us back in time to answer that question. Watch the video and complete...
Wishes about the past. 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 use of 'wish' is very similar to the third conditional. I wish that I had studied harder at school.
Regrets, wishes and assumptions about the past. 2 / 20. Recursos. Transcripción. Aquí puedes ver cómo expresar arrepentimiento, deseos o suposiciones en el pasado (en inglés): Regret = arrepentimiento - remordimiento. Wishes = deseos. Assumptions = supuestos - suposiciones. Expresar arrepentimiento, deseos o suposiciones en el pasado.
Talking about the past. I wish I’d studied harder when I was at school. He didn’t study harder when he was at school. I wish I hadn’t eaten all that chocolate. I feel sick. If only I’d known you were coming. Both wish and if only are followed by the past perfect tense when we talk about past regrets. Wish/if only and would.
WISH. wish / if only + past perfect subjunctive. This pattern is used to express wishes or regrets about the past: I wish I had never told him my secret. (I'm sorry that I told him my secret) Santiago wishes he hadn't spent so much money last night.
