WISH LIST

WISH+WOULD (complaints)

I wish there wouldn’t be exams to test my English knowledge

I wish exams wouldn’t exist
I wish people wouldn’t leave/abandon their pets
I wish my university would finish the renovation
I wish people would smell well/ wouldn’t stink when using public tranport
I wish my son wouldn’t waste so much water when having a shower
I wish people would stop criticizing one another
I wish tomorrow would be Friday
I wish there wouldn’t be wars in the world
I wish a lot of young people would be more realistic/down-to-earth
I wish public transport would be free

WISH+PAST SIMPLE (2nd Conditional)

I wish I could learn English without studying+
I wish I woke up with the first alarm in the morning
I wish I could be on the sun on the beach right now instead of being in English class
I wish I had more free time for myself/me
I wish I won the lottery
I wish I didn’t have to get up so early
I wish I wasn’t so tired
I wish I had less beer belly/I was slimmer, thinner
I wish I didn’t have to work at the weekend
I wish I could get my driving licence
I wish I read/could read more

WISH+PAST PERFECT (3rd Conditional, regrets) = regret doing/ regret having done

I wish I hadn’t met my flatmate (=I regret meeting/having met my flatmate)

I wish I had studied more English when I was younger
I wish I hadn’t left/given up my university studies
I wish I hadn’t started smoking
I wish I hadn’t got married so soon/at such an early age
I wish we hadn’t voted twice in so little time