Expressing

Expressing Wishes
Wishes &
& Regrets
Regrets
By
By
Rodrigo
Rodrigo Gutierrez
Gutierrez CC
Look at the different life
decisions that people make.
• Buying a house.
Choose the ones that you
have made in your life
• Choosing a carrer.
1. Were the decisions • Buying a new cellphone.
you made easy or
difficult to make? • Changing carrers.
2. Are you happy with • Changing neighborhood.
your decisions?
3. What other kinds of • Starting a family.
life decisions do
people make? • Getting married.
• Choosing a degree.
• Saving some money.
Tell the class what you
discussed. • Buying a motorcycle or
car.
Complete the following
chart
INFINITIVE PAST PARTICIPLE

WIN

GO

BUY
CHOOSE

CHANGE

START

WORK
 INFINITIVE PAST PARTICIPLE

STUDY

LIVE

CLEAN

EAT

DRINK

WRITE

SEE
 To talk about regrets or speculate about
things that happened or didn´t happen we
use...
should have
subject Verb in past Complement
particple
shouldn´t have

Situations:

I didn´t work hard I should´ve worked hard.

She lost lots of time. She shouldn´t have lost time.

I didn´t go to the party. I should´ve gone to the party.

I spent all my money. I shouldn´t have spent all my money.

Ought to have
Oughtn’t to have More formal
I ought to have saved more money for retirement.
I oughtn’t to have cheated on her so many times.

Now is your turn, write and tell sentences using

OUGHT TO HAVE / OUGHTN’T TO HAVE
Wish+subject+had+past participle
We use them with past perfect to express past
wishes and very often also to express regrets:

He wishes he had won the scholarship.

I wish I hadn’t wasted so much money in that
present.

Now is your turn, write and tell sentences using

Wish
Let’s practice

1. I (ought / work)______________________harder. I wouldn’t have been sacked.

2. We’re realley wet. We (should / bring)______________________ our umbrella.
3. The boss didn’t look happy. We(ought / be)____________________ on time for that
meeting.
4. I didn’t know that she’s a terrible gossip. I (wish / tell)____________________ her.
5. Jose is still not good at his job. I (ought / hire) __________________________ him.
6. Sara failed her courses. She (wishes / study)___________________________ harder.
7. I (should / have)_______________________________ so much to drink last night. I
feel terrible.
A good place to live?
Describe your country
 It’s time to talk about the
following:
• Make a note of 3 reasons why people emigrate.
Share your ideas with the class.

• What is the Word for coming into a country to make

a new life there?

• Choose a country a describe it for next class.

Thanks
Thanks