ENGLISH

SPEAKING
Giving your opinion. Justifying your opinion.

You can use the following phrases:

The main reason why I agree is...

It might be controvesial, but I tend to believe that....
I am inclined to believe(think that...
DOn't get me wrong but I need to say that...
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GRAMMAR
Uses of WISH and IF ONLY

WISH or IF ONLY + PAST TENSE

To say that we would like a present situation to be different

Examples:
I wish I had a warmer jacket. (The one I have isn't warm enough)
If only it was the summer holidays! (but it isn't I'm still at school)

IF ONLY/WISH + WOULD+INFINITIVE

When:

We want something to happen: I wish my car would start. (but I can't make it start)

We want someone to start doing something they don't do:

If only you'd listen to me. (but you don't listen to me)

We want someone to stop doing something that annoys us:

If only my dad wouldn't phone me every five minutes!
I wish my dad wouldn't phone me every five minutes!

I WISH / IF ONLY + PAST PERFECT

To talk about things we are unhappy about which happened in the past
He wishes he had studied harder when he was at school

WE USE HOPE WHEN WE WANT

SOMETHING TO HAPPEN OR TO BE TRUE

we usually have a good reason to think it might be:

I hope you have a good holiday

She hopes the students get a good grade in their exams.