PEDRO VICENTE MALDONADO EDUCATIVE UNIT

NAME: ……………………………………………….. CLASS: 1 BGU ….

DATE: ……………………………………… TEACHER: Lic. Sara Ñauñay G.

WEEK 10

TOPIC: the use of WISH + Past simple and Past continuous.

We use the verb wish or the phrase if only to talk about things which we want but which are
not possible: I wish I could see you next week. If only we could stop for a drink. I wish we had a
bigger house.

Wishes about the present and future.

1. wish + past simple is used to express that we want a situation in the present (or future)
to be different.
o I wish I spoke Italian. (I don’t speak Italian)
o I wish I had a big car. (I don’t have a big car)
o I wish I were on a beach. (I’m in the office)
o I wish it were the weekend. (It’s only Wednesday)
2. wish + past continuous is used to express that we want to be doing a different action in
the present (or future).

o I wish I were lying on a beach now. (I’m sitting in the office)

o I wish it weren’t raining. (It is raining)

o I wish you weren’t leaving tomorrow. (You are leaving tomorrow)

 3 I wish I was on a beach.

 I wish it was the weekend.
 I wish I was lying on a beach now.
 I wish it wasn’t raining.
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