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Q2L4 - Coggle Diagram

- - - - These are followed by past simple or past continuous, though the time referred to is unreal
      - Example: It's time we left/ It's high time I was going
  - - - Notice the past verb forms after wish
      - These are wishes where you want to change a present/future state
      - Example
        
        I wish I had a motorbike( I don't have one now)
        
        I wish you weren't leaving( You are leaving)
        
        I wish I was going on holiday with you next week ( I am not going)
    - - Would is used when the speaker wants somebody or something else to change
      - Example:
        
        I wish he would change his mind and marry Jane
        
        I wish it would stop raining
      - The use with would is often used to describe an annoying habit
      - Example:I wish you wouldn't make such a mess
    - - As with present wishes, the verb form after wish is one stage further back in the past. These are wishes referring to a past event, which cannot be changed
      - Example: I wish I hadn't eaten so much
      - This use of wish is common after if only to express regrets
    - - Wishes about simple future events are expressed with hope
      - Example
        
        I hope it doesn't(won't) rain tomorrow
        
        I hope you('ll) have a lovely time in Portugal(on your holiday next week
  - - - I'd rather be a sailor than a soldier
      - I'd rather have lived in Acient Greece than Acient Rome