OBJECTIVE

TO TALK ABOUT IMAGINARY SITUATIONS AND

PRESENT WISHES, USING WISH .
UNIT 8
WHAT IF
Imaginary Situations
YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR REALITY

USING WISHES

YOU CAN WISH

FOR A DIFFERENT
REALITY IN THE
PRESENT
I WISH I didn’t feel sick

-Am I talking about the past,

present or future? present
- Do I feel sick? yes
- How do I want to feel? I want to feel well, healthy.
 I wish I had a car to go to work

Does she have a car?

NO

Does she want to have a car?

YES

Reality She doesn´t have a car.

Wish She wishes, She had a car.

She wants her reality to be different

We use Present Wishes

 I wish I had a car to go to work

I wish + simple past

Paul wishes He didn´t have an exam today

Simple present + Simple past

I WISH SOMETHING FOR THE PRESENT

 REALITY PRESENT WISHES
YOU WANT TO CHANGE
YOUR REALITY IN
I have to take the PRESENT I wish+ simple past
bus every morning.
I wish I
USING WISH had a car.
We use WISH + simple past to express
that we want a situation in the present to
be different.
 WISHES AND IMAGINARY SITUATIONS

WE USE WERE NOT WAS FOR ALL THE PERSONS

I were
WE CAN USE WAS BUT IS MORE
COMMON IN SPEAKING
You were

He were

She were

It were

We were

They were
REAL SITUATION OPPOSITE IMAGINARY SITUATION
(Simple Present) (WISH)
SIMPLE PRESENT SIMPLE PAST

I am short. I WISH, I were taller . / I weren’t short.

She doesn’t have a car. SHE WISHES, She had a car.

HE WISHES, He could play the guitar.

Paul can’t play the guitar.

My parents don’t have free time. THEY WISH, They had free time.

My friends have an exam today. THEY WISH, They didn’t have an exam.