2. We use wish + past simple when we want
a situation or thing in the present to be
different or to change .
He wishes that he were rich .
I wish I didn’t have to get up so early .
Other variations :
• I wish he was writing for me .
• I wish I could help her .
Wish ‘1’
4. I’m fat I wish I wasn’t fat
I don’t have
any friends
I wish I had
some friends
I can’t swim I wish I could swim
5. Wish ‘2’
We use wish + past perfect to express a
wish about the past
They wish that they had studied
harder when they were young .
( they didn’t study )
I wish I hadn’t married him .
( I married him )
7. I’ve lost my pen
I wish I hadn’t
lost my pen
I didn’t go to the
party
I wish I had gone
to the party
I didn’t work for
the exam
I wish I had
worked for the
exam
8. Wish ‘3’
We use wish + would to say that you want
another person to do ( or not to do )
somthing ; often because you are annoyed
or to complain about a thing or a situation
.
I wish you wouldn’t be so rude .
I wish my mother would let me go out till
late
notice that in these situations the subject of
9.
10. You always bite
your nails
I wish you
wouldn’t bite your
nailsYou treat me like
a child
I wish you wouldn’t
treat me like a
childHe doesn’t
understand what
you meant
He wishes he would
understand what you
meant
You never listen to meI wish you would
listen to me
11.
12. I’d like to
buy that car
but I don’t
have so
much money
I wish I
had more
money !
22. Oh ; no !
….
I didn’t
bring the
washing in !
I wish I had
brough the
washing in !
23. Why doesn’t
my husband
wash his
own shirts ?
wish he would wash
his own shirts
Also …I wish he washed his
own shirts …although the
privious option would be more
common
26. • Two things you wish you had /hadn’t done when
you were younger .
• Two possessions you wish you had which would
improve your life .
• Two things you wish you can do but you can’t.
• Two things you wish your partner/ brother /
sister / parents / friend . Etc ; would do or
wouldn’t because they annoyed you .
