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    The document discusses wishes, regrets, and bucket lists. It provides examples of situations where characters wish circumstances were different, such as a boy wishing he was taller to ride a rollercoaster or wishing he had a bigger car to fit a box. It then focuses on using grammar structures like "I wish" and "if only" to talk about wishes and regrets in the past, present and future. Examples are given of expressing wishes and regrets about past actions using "I wish I had" and "if only." The document concludes by asking the reader to think of items on their own bucket list.

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    The document discusses wishes, regrets, and bucket lists. It provides examples of situations where characters wish circumstances were different, such as a boy wishing he was taller to ride a rollercoaster or wishing he had a bigger car to fit a box. It then focuses on using grammar structures like "I wish" and "if only" to talk about wishes and regrets in the past, present and future. Examples are given of expressing wishes and regrets about past actions using "I wish I had" and "if only." The document concludes by asking the reader to think of items on their own bucket list.

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    The document discusses wishes, regrets, and bucket lists. It provides examples of situations where characters wish circumstances were different, such as a boy wishing he was taller to ride a rollercoaster or wishing he had a bigger car to fit a box. It then focuses on using grammar structures like "I wish" and "if only" to talk about wishes and regrets in the past, present and future. Examples are given of expressing wishes and regrets about past actions using "I wish I had" and "if only." The document concludes by asking the reader to think of items on their own bucket list.

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    WISHES

    AND
    REGRETS
    I wish….
    If only …
    Let’s look at the following
    pictures and analyze the
    situations
    Is he tall enough for the Does the box fit his small
    rollercoaster? car?

    • Luis wishes he were taller!! • If only he had a big car!!

    We are referring to situations that are not


    possible in the present, but you wish them to
    be true
    Objective

    Describe the things you regret


    from the past and your wishes
    about the past/present/future.
    Grammar Focus

    I wish I knew her name. If only I knew her When we regret something that happened in
    name. (= I don’t know her name and I regret the past, we use the structure I wish / If only +
    this.) past perfect.
    • After I wish and if only, we use a past tense (I • I wish you had called me yesterday. If only
    knew) to refer to an imaginary or hypothetical you had called me yesterday. (= you didn’t
    situation in the present. The meaning is not call me yesterday and I regret this)
    past. • I wish I hadn’t gone out last night.
    • If only I had a bigger house. (I don’t have a • If only you had come to my party last
    big house now) weekend.
    • I wish you weren’t so angry all the time. • Do you wish you hadn’t told him?
    • Do you wish you lived in another country?
    Use of didn’t for the negative

    I wish I didn’t have to work tomorrow, but I have


    to go to the office.

    Mary and Raul wish they didn’t smoke that much.


    They smoke a package of cigarettes every day.
    I wish I were rich. (But I’m not
    loaded)

    Use the past of


    the to be verb Diego wishes he were taller
    (were) for all the (But he’s 1.50 meters)
    pronouns:

    We wish we were on vacation.


    (But we won’t be on vacation
    until next year).
    I wish you weren’t so
    unpunctual. (But you are
    unpunctual)
    Kira wishes she weren’t at
    school right now. (But she is
    there now)
    Use weren’t for They wish their
    the negative: plane weren’t delayed. (But
    the flight was cancelled).
    Bear in mind:
    Use the past I wish I had If only I had
    given you a given you a
    perfect to better better
    express regrets present. present.

    If
    I wish
    only she had
    you had
    told me
    arrived on
    about the
    time.
    news before.
    MY
    BUCKET
    LIST
    W H AT I S A B U C K E T
    LIST? HAVE YOU EVER
    MADE ONE?
    1. "I would really like to go up the Empire State
    building."

    The following 2. "I’ve always dreamed of writing a novel."

    statements are part 3. "One of my ambitions is to be an extra in a movie."


    of someone’s
    bucket list. Analyze 4. "I really want to swim with sharks."

    the way they’ve


    been written. 5. "I hope I get to hold a koala."

    6. "I really wish I could learn to play an instrument,


    but I don’t think I have any musical talent."
    WISHES AND HOPES
    Look at the situations below.
    Write sentences about them using ‘wish + could + infinitive’.
    You’re going to play a game.
    You will have 3 minutes to write
    What’s on down six bucket list items.
    your bucket
    list?

    Then listen to your teacher.

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