Zusammenfassung der Ressource
UNIT 28 (Part II) - Wish
- You can use this structure when you would like things to be different from the way they actually are
- Which are the
main rules?
- If the clauses refers to the PAST, the PAST PERFECT form of the verb is used
- Examples
- John didn't study so much in high school
- I wish that John had studied harder in high school
- We ate much things yesterday
- I wish we hadn't eaten much things yesterday
- I read few books when I was a teenager
- I wish I hadn't read many books when I was a teeenager
- If the clauses refers to the PRESENT, the SIMPLE PAST form of the verb is used
- Examples
- I am ill today
- I wish I were not ill today
- I am at work
- I wish I were not at work
- I don't have a car
- I wish I had a car
- If the clauses referes to a LATER TIME, the word WOULD/COULD is used before the verb
- Examples
- I can't play the piano
- I wish I could play the piano
- I can't afford to go on holiday
- I wish I could afford to go on holiday
- I won't study these subjects
- I wish I would study these subjects