UNIT 8- LESSON A

WISHES

structure

Wish + past Simple

My WISHES

I whish I had a van “Rexton”/ I don´t have a van “Rexton” .

I wish I spoke English/ I don´t speak English.

I wish I knew Paris, I don´t Know Paris.

I wish I worked in a the multinational company.--- I don´t work in the multinational company.

IMAGINARYS WISHUse wish + past tense verb form to express a wish about a hypothetical (imaginary) situation.  The past tense verb form is called "subjunctive".

EXAMPLES

I wish I were home in my country.

I wish I could go with you.

I wish you would let me pay for dinner.

A PAST WISH ABOUT THE PASTUse wished + could/would +

have + participle  to express regret about a past action that did not happen

EXAMPLES I wished I could have gone with you. 

(remembering a lost opportunity).

I wished I had been old enough to drive. 

(remembering a wish).

COULD HAVE AND WOULD HAVE

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COULD HAVE AND WOULD HAVE.

COULD HAVE

Would have

"Could have" expresses regret over inability to do something – physical or mental. The situation is a lost opportunity.

"Would have" expresses dissatisfaction and emphasizes someone's unwillingness to do something.

EXAMPLESCOULD HAVE WOULD HAVE

I wish the store could have had that shoe is my size.

I wish you could have let me know.

 

I wish the store would have had that shoe is my size.

I wish you would have let me know.

EXAMPLES

COULD HAVE WOULD HAVE

I wish they could have driven instead of us.

  I wish my boss

could have bought us laptops instead of desktop computers

I wish they would have driven instead of us.

I wish my boss would have bought us laptops instead of desktop computers.

FINISHBy Tatiana López