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WISHES/ HAD BETTER WOULD RATHER/ PREFER UNREAL PAST - Coggle Diagram
WISHES/ HAD BETTER
WOULD RATHER/ PREFER
UNREAL PAST
Whishes
1️⃣
WISH + SIMPLE PAST/CONTINOUS
we want sth in the present or future
to be different.
we want to be doing a different activity
in the present or future.
2️⃣
WISH + PAST PERFECT
we want to be able to change a situation
in the past.
I wish I hadn't texted her.
3️⃣
WISH + SUBJECT + WOULD +BF
I wish the lesson would end
I wish you would listen to me
I wish you wouldn't borrow my clothes
Wish = normal
If only = stronger, more dramatic
Whish
vs
hope
WISH (PAST TENSE)
wants or regreets
Wish= want
I wish you wouldn't be...
= change sb else behavior
I wish I had a dog
HOPE (FUTURE AND PRESENT TENSE)
Present tense: focused in aspirations
Hope = future wish
I hope so
I hope to find love
I hope you enjoy the show.
Unreal
situations
Had bettter
+ BF
It would have been better if
.. +PP
It would have been better if you had
presented your writing on time.
WOULD RATHER
Would rather + BF =(present/future)
I would rather wash the dishes later
would rather + present perfect
presebt perfect with modals
= about the past
would rather + BF + than + BF
WOULD RATHER + PAST TENSE
Talking about other person
Past perfect (past)
PREFER
Prefer + gerund + to + gerund
Prefer + to + BF + rather than +BF
Prefer + noun + to + noun
Would prefer + to + BF + rather than +BF
you prefer the fisrt one
Unreal
past
SIMPLE PAST (PRESENT)
2° conditional
Supppose/supposing
Wish/if only
Would rather/ would sooner
As if/as though
It's (about/high) time
PAST PERFECT (PAST)
3° conditional
Suppose/supposing
Wish/if only
Would rather/ would sooner
As if/ as though
Should/
had better/
must
1️⃣
COULD
= just a suggestion
2️⃣
SHOULD/OUGHT TO
= advice
You ought to/should get a hair cut
I should have told the truth
3️⃣
HAD BETTER
+ BF = have a consequence
desperate hope (crazy)
You had better come here.
warm people (ultimatum)
You had better watch the way you talk to me in tje future.
4️⃣
MUST
= stronger