WISHES AND REGRETS
Wanting to change the present
Regretting the past
PRESENT SITUATIONS
PAST SITUATION
Days are so short in winter .
I wish days were longer.
Very few people came to my party.
I wish more people had come.
She’s sorry she never wins a match .
She wishes she won a single match.
John failed his driving test.
Tom wishes he had passed his
driving test.
He works very little.
I wish he worked harder.
I got ill after eating lobster .
I wish I hadn’t eaten lobster.
WISHES AND REGRETS
Don’t touch my CDs, will you?
I wish you didn’t touch my CDs.
She’s sad because she lives alone.
She wishes she didn’t live alone.
What a pity I can’t speak English!
I wish I could speak English.
I read less than I’d like.
I wish I read more.
WISHES AND REGRETS
He’d like to give up smoking but he can.
He wishes he could give up smoking.
I get up very early. I hate it.
I wish I didn’t get up very early
Why do you spend money on stupid things?
I wish you didn’t spend money on stupid things.
I’d like to have a better car.
I wish I had a better car.
I don’t like living in a big city.
I wished I lived in a small city.
We don’t see each other very often.
I wish we could see each other more often.
WISHES AND REGRETS
I lent John my tennis racket and he broke it.
I wish I hadn’t lent it to him.
I got sunburnt because I didn’t use sun cream.
I wish I had used sun cream.
Mary’s wedding was a disaster because it
rained heavily.
She wished it hadn’t rained
The plane was delayed because there was a strike at the airport.
I wished there hadn’t been a strike.
WISHES AND REGRETS
He drank too much at the party.
He wishes she hadn’t drunk too much at the party.
She had her hair cut really short.
She wishes she hadn’t had her hair cut really short.
I did what they told me to.
I wish I hadn’t done what they told me to.
She never locked her car, and one day it was robbed.
She wishes she had locked her car.
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