Make A Wish

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English File: Upper Intermediate, 4th Edition. Pp. 50 – 51 & 141
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TASK: What wish you will post on this Pinterest
board?

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TASK: Read the WhatsApp chat between
friends and tell us, which thing sounds the
most annoying to you?

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 “I WISH I COULD EAT AS MUCH AS I LIKED
WITHOUT PUTTING ON WEIGHT”

“I WISH MY BOYFRIEND WOULDN’T FALL

ASLEEP EVERYTIME I WANT TO TALK TO HIM”

Pronunciation:
WISH: /wɪʃ/

WOULD: /wʊd/

WOULDN’T: /ˈwʊdənt/

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 “I wish I could eat as much as “I wish my boyfriend wouldn’t fall
I liked without putting on asleep every time I want to talk to
weight” him”

Meaning Something unlikely or impossible. Something that annoys you or you want to stop
happening or not happen.

Form Past simple for present and future wishes Past simple for present and future wishes.

Pronunciation Wish: /wɪʃ/ Would: /wʊd/

Wouldn’t: /ˈwʊdənt/

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Task: Write sentences using I wish + past simple for 1-3 and I wish…would/wouldn’t
for 4-7.

For example.

• I’d like to be taller. I wish I was taller.

• It annoys me that you don’t put away your clothes. I wish you would put away your clothes.

Things I’d like to be different:

1. I’d like to be fitter.

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2. I’d like for my sister to not share a room with me.

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3. I’d like to be able to dance.

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It annoys me that…

4. Shop assistants aren’t more polite.

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5. You turn the heat up all the time.

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6. My brother doesn’t tidy up his room.

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7. It doesn’t stop raining.

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Adapted from English File: Upper Intermediate, 4th Edition, p. 141

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Task: Write sentences using I wish + past simple for 1-3 and I wish…would/wouldn’t
for 4-7.

Things I’d like to be different:

1. I’d like to be fitter.

I wish I was fitter.

2. I’d like for my sister to not share a room with me.

I wish I didn’t have to share a room with my sister.

3. I’d like to be able to dance.

I wish I could dance/ I wish I was able to dance.

It annoys me that…

4. Shop assistants aren’t more polite.

I wish shop assistants would be more polite.

5. You turn the heat up all the time.

I wish you wouldn’t turn up the heat all the time.

6. My brother doesn’t tidy up his room.

I wish my brother would tidy up his room.

7. It doesn’t stop raining.

I wish it would stop raining.

Adapted from English File: Upper Intermediate, 4th Edition, p. 141

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 Task: Make A Wish

Make 3 wishes to your partner (2 things you want people to stop doing and 1
wish about yourself) and your partner will grant one wish true.

E.g.
• I wish people would stop chewing so loudly.
• I wish people would stop being mean to each other.
• I wish I could win a lottery.

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Adapted from English File: Upper Intermediate, 4th Edition, p. 51
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