Wishes and wish/if only + Pa.P.

S
*
*
I wish I'd travelled more when I was young
If only I'd booked tickets two weeks ago

Regrets
regret + clause/regret + -ing
* I regret that I didn't tell her how I felt
* I regret not studying harder when I was at school

Third conditional: If + Pa.P.S, + would/could have + Vpp

* I would have invited her to the party if I'd seen her
* If I'd thought of it before, I could have booked a table

To talk about plans that didn't come true, we can use: (F.Pa)
* I was going to go but in the end, I was too busy
* I would've liked to train to be a doctor (would have + past participle)

State
Things that didn't happen

be
* He's tupid(always)
* H's being stupid (temporaly behaving)

verbs
have
* I have a flat (possecion
* He's having a coffe (other use))
see
* I see what you mean (perception, indertand)
* I'm seeing the doctor tomorrow (meet/ have a relationsship
look
* it looks delicious (aparience)
* He's looking at the wall (phrasal verbs)

small/taste
* She smells nice /this taste nice (quality)
* I'm smelling the cookies / she's tasting the soup (using mouth/nose)
For: Not actions, I mean verbs like jump, run are active verbs, in state verbs you can't use (to be) think/feel
* I think you are right (opinion)/I feel the same (opinion)
some examples of state verbs are verbs of * She's thinking about the homework (using your mind/experience emotions)
* appearing (e.g. appear, seem, look)
* thinking (e.g. doubt, feel, gather, know, mean, remember, forget, think, understand, expect, imagine)
* feeling/emotions (e.g. dislike, hate, love, want, wish, prefer) I love you
* sensing (e.g. hear, see, smell, taste, sound) / I hear the music
* belongings (e.g. belong, need, owe, have, own)
Other state verbs are not normally used in the continuous, except when they describe a mental or physical action or process

Preparatory it
* describe a state rather than an action
* We do not usually use state verbs in the continuous form, e.g like, love, hate, think, believe, know, want, need

appearing appear, seem, look

thinking doubt, feel, gather, know, mean
feeling dislike, hate, love, want, wish, prefer
sensing hear, see, smell, taste, sound
owing belong, need, owe, own
* We use when we want to be polite promise, agree, deny, depend, fit, mean, involve, matter
** Do you know..
** Can you tell me
** Could I ask you what__ like?
** Could you tell me
** Is it OK if,

go-do
** I'd like to know
* Can you tell me where the nearest bank is?
* Do you know whether/if this bus goes to Oxford? (if always next + sentence)

* To emphasise what we're saying and make a point more strongly, we can add an appropriate form of do
** I do wish you could stay a bit longer

play
** They did enjoy themselves very much
* We can also add an emphasising word: so + adjective/adverb, so + much/many, such(a/an) + noun. We use such a/an with countable nouns and such with uncountable
** I was so pleased to meet your sister
** They are such a nice couple
** It was such lovely weather

for- sport
go (ing)
go running
go horse-riding
go swimming
play (group)
play basketball
* Place (go)
**
**
I sometimes go Bowling
I like going Ice Skating

Indirect
* Event (go to)
play tennis
** I often go to an exhibition

since
** I love going to a concert
do (alone)
do judo ** I go to a walk
do yoga * Person in event (go on)
do aerobics ** I go on a guided walk

questions
For: with a period of time (for three weeks, for a month, for four hours, for days)
How long I've been waiting for my exam results for three weeks
Since: with a point of time (since 2012, since last week)
We've been living in this flat since last year

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