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Wishes and Regrets: Wishes and Regrets
Wishes and Regrets: Wishes and Regrets
WISHES AND
AND REGRETS:
REGRETS:
WISHES AND REGRETS:
• With:
o Wish / if only
o It’s time / it’s high time/ it’s about time
o Would prefer it if/would have preferred
it if/ would prefer
o Would sooner/ would rather
Wish/ if only:
We use them with past simple and past continuous
to express present wishes:
I wish Tom was/were here now.
If only I knew someone who could help me.
All the staff wish you weren’t leaving so soon.
If only it wasn’t/weren’t raining!
Wish/ if only:
We use them with past perfect to express past
wishes and very often also to express regrets:
If only I had known you were coming.
I wish I had known you were coming.
Wish/ if only:
We use them with “would” to express future
wishes:
I wish more young people would vote, but they
won’t.
If only it would stop raining, we could go out.
It’s time/ it’s high time/ it’s
about time: