Lesson 1 I wish ...
1. Complete the sentences in the table with 2. Circle the correct words to complete
the correct tense of the verbs. the rules,
CE 1. We use wish + past simple to express present /
past wants and regrets.
2. We use wish + past perfect to express present /
past wants and regrets.
3, We use wish + would when we want to do
something different / someone or something else
to do something different.
wish + past simple | wis (be)* better
wish + past perfect | wish cease
wish + n *itis more formal to use were" instead of "was
wish. You hear "was ken English
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Write sentences with | wish for photos A~C above. Do you share any of their wishes?
Read the sentences about photos D-G. Then use the words to write about their wishes and regrets.
What do they wish they had or hadn't done?VOCABULARY Accidents
Match the verbs in A with words in B to make phrases.
bed abike abus coffee gas ideas
instructions a jacket the garbage amap money
my dress a passport a plate a trafic jam
drop fall off fall out of get stuck in lose
miss misread run out of spill tear
6. Try to think of two other words that go with each of the verbs in A in Exercise 5.
7. Work in pairs. Follow the instructions.
STUDENT A: Choose items from Exercise 5 and begin a sentence with J wish | hadn't
‘STUDENT B: Finish the sentence, and begin with because now ...
I wish I hadn’t torn my jacket ‘ecalise now you'll have to get a new one.
8. (S]UISMERISTENG Have any of the things in the
photos on page 90 ever happened to you? Tell other
people what happened.
Have you ever
1. done something awful to your hait
worn the wrong
3. ruined something in the washing machine?
9. In groups of three, you have three minutes to agree on three ways of completing each sentence.
T wish other people would ...
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10. Read Judith Viorst’s poem about a young woman SAU
named Bertha. Decide how each line ends. OUR
‘Compare your ideas with other people. ey
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Twish people wouldn't
11. 432 Now listen to the poem and check your
ideas. Which of your lines were similar?
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12. Use the framework of Bertha’s Wish to write your
‘own poem. Change the words in blue.
TAKE A BRE
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think more clearly? Gently
‘massage your brain buttons
(the hollow areas under your
clavicle as shown here),
‘Acthe same time, put your
other hand on your stomach.
Whaat five things does the rapper
Skee-Lo wish in the chorus
of his 1995 hip-hop song
I Wish? Search online to
find the lyrics and watch
the clip. How many of his
wishes do you think have
come true since 1995?
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