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Wishes and regrets - Coggle Diagram
Wishes and regrets
UNREAL STRUCTURES
WISH EXPRESSIONS
I Wish
If only
I´d rather
I´d prefer if
When you are expressing a unreal situation.
For example: I wish I had never met that jerk.
WISH OR HOPE?
Wish - Pessimistic Hope - Optimistic
Use "hope" when you want something to happen or when you want something to be true about the past
BACKSHIFTING
You use it on unreal structures
Is a verb that is expressed further in the past than it actually means
Example:
Are visiting - present Were visiting - Past
We use "wish" when you...
Wish somebody something
I wish you luck
Express regrets
I wish you didn´t live so far
I wish i had studied harder when i was at college
Wish/if only + would
I wish it would stop raining