WISH SENTENCE

Ms. HOANG ANH

 1.PRESENT WISH:
S + WISH (ES) + S + V2/ VED
S + W I S H ( E S ) + S + D I D N ’ T + VO
(BE: WERE)
• 1. I don’t study well
•  I wish I STUDIED WELL
• 2. She does the housework carelessly.
• I wish SHE DID THE HOUSEWORK CAREFULLY
• 3.My sister is not a good student.
•  I wish MY SISTER WERE A GOOD STUDENT
• 4. We can’t help you.
•  I wish WE COULD HELP YOU
 2 .F UT U R E W I S H :
S + W I S H ( ES ) + S + W O U L D + VO

• 1.I won’t come to the party tonight.

•  I wish I WOULD come to the party tonight

• 2. They will be late for the meeting.

• I wish they WOULD NOT be late for the

meeting.
 3 . PA S T W I S H : K H Ô N G C Ó T H Ự C Ở Q U Á K H Ứ
S + WISH (ED) +S + HAD + V3/VED

•
1.I
got bad mark yesterday.
• I wish HAD GOT good mark yesterday / HAD NOT
GOT bad mark yesterday

• 2. I wasn’t be at the conference last Saturday.

•  I wish I HAD BEEN at the conference last Saturday.
 F I L L I N T H E BL A N K S W IT H T H E C O RR EC T
F O R M O F T H E W O R D ( S) IN B RA C K E TS.
1.I wish I could (can) speak English perfectly but I can’t.
2.I wish I didn’t have (not/ have) to do this exercise.
3.I wish I knew (know) how to swim.
4.I wish the weather were (be) better today.
5.I wish you liked (like) my painting. What a pity you don’t.
6.I wish I didn’t have to (not/ must) work on Saturday.
7.I wish you wouldn’t come (not come) here late as usual.
8.I wish I knew (know) everything in the world.
FI L L I N T H E B L A N K S W I T H “ WO U L D ”/
“ W O U L D N ’T ”/ “ CO U L D ” / “ C O U L D N ’T ”

1. I wish Andreas could help me sometimes.

2. If only I could have a holiday!
3. Gavin wishes he could visit his uncle in Paris.
4. I wish I could win the prize.
5. I wish they would stop shouting.
6. Judith wishes she could go to London.
7. If only the baby would be quiet for a moment.
8. If only you could get the job you want!
9. If only you wouldn’t be so lazy.
10.I wish you wouldn’t look at me like that.
* O T H E R R E L AT E D F O R M S :
I F O N LY S B W O U L D D O / C O U L D D O / D I D / H A D D O N E S T H . ( F O R E M P H A S I S )
IT’S TIME/ IT’S HIGH TIME SB DID STH. (SIMILAR TO A SECOND CONDITIONA
I ’ D R AT H E R S B D I D S T H . ( S I M I L A R T O A S E C O N D C O N D I T I O N A L )

1.It would be nice to be able to play the piano.

è I wish I could play the piano.
2. Please stop eating in the classroom.
è I’d rather you stopped in the classroom.
3. I think we should leave now.
è I think it’s time we left now..
* O T H E R R E L AT E D F O R M S :
I F O N LY S B W O U L D D O / C O U L D D O / D I D / H A D D O N E S T H . ( F O R E M P H A S I S )
IT’S TIME/ IT’S HIGH TIME SB DID STH. (SIMILAR TO A SECOND CONDITIONA
I ’ D R AT H E R S B D I D S T H . ( S I M I L A R T O A S E C O N D C O N D I T I O N A L )

What a pity my husband isn’t at home now.

4.

è If only my husband were at home now.

5. It’s a shame that we cannot speak French.
è We wish we could speak French.
6. Don’t shout all the time.
è I wish you would stop shouting shouting.
 PRACTICE
• 1. I’m sorry I can’t speak English perfectly.
• I wish I could speak English perfectly.
• 2. They are sorry they won’t attend this course.
• They wish they would attend this course.
• 3. I’m sorry he doesn’t win the first prize.
• I wish he won the first prize.
• 4. They work slowly.
• I wish they didn’t work slowly/ they worked fast/ quickly.
 PRACTICE
• 5. We live in the countryside. It is so boring there.

• We wish we lived in the city/ we didn’t live in the countryside.

• 6. I looked everywhere for the key.

• I wish I could find the key/ I found the key.

• 7. My little brother always make noise when he comes back home.

• I wish my little brother wouldn’t make noise/ didn’t make noise when he comes
back home.
 PRACTICE
• 8. I don’t know anyone in this class.
• I wish I knew someone in this class.

• 9. The dictionary is very expensive.

•  I wish the dictionary were not expensive. (were

cheaper)
• 10. It’s a pity that my room is too small!

•  I wish my room were not too small. (were bigger)

 PRACTICE
• 11.
She isn’t here.
•  She wishes she were here.

• 12. The students never go abroad.

•  The students wish they could sometime go abroad.

• 13. They cannot eat seafood.

•  They wish they could eat seafood.

 PRACTICE
• 14Their team don’t play very well.
•  They wish their team played beter. (also wouldn’t play badly)
• 15Lien never goes on a camping trip.
•  Lien wishes she sometime went on a camping trip.
• 16It’s very cold in the winter here.
•  I wish it were not very cold in the winter here.