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I Wish: If Only

The document discusses ways to express wishes in English using phrases like 'I wish', 'If only', and 'I wish would'. It provides examples of using these phrases to express wishes about the past, present, and future as well as complaints and regrets.

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I Wish: If Only

The document discusses ways to express wishes in English using phrases like 'I wish', 'If only', and 'I wish would'. It provides examples of using these phrases to express wishes about the past, present, and future as well as complaints and regrets.

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OJALÁ

I WISH
IF ONLY
To express a wish

I WISH + SIMPLE PAST


in the present or in the future

I WISH + PAST PERFECT


To express regret about the past

I WISH + WOULD
To complain about a behaviour
or annoying situation in the present
I wish I had a warmer
jacket.
(This one doesn’t keep me warm)
If only it was
summer holidays.
(But it isn’t- I’m still working)
I wish I lived in a
bigger house with a
swimming pool
I wish I met ...
If only I had known
the answer
I wish I hadn’t eaten
so much yesterday
I wish I had
remembered your
birthday
If only my mum wouldn’t
phone me every 5
minutes
.
I wish my neighbour
wouldn’t play the piano
at 3 o’clock in the
morning
I wish it wouldn’t be so
windy in zaragoza
I’d like to be in New York now…….…..

I wish…… .…..
I wish I was in new york now
I wish I were in new york now
What a pity I didn’t remember to
take the camera

I wish…… .…..
I wish I had remembered
to take the camera
I should have learnt German at school!

If only…… .…..
If only I had learnt german
at school!!!
I would like to play
basketball, but I’m too
short
I wish I was taller
to play basket
sHe shouts so much, and it’s so annoying!
I wish she wouldn’t
shout so much

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