Conditional sentences - wish (structures)

1. Mixed Conditionals
1) Third Second Mixed Conditionals
If + Past Perfect, + Would / Could / Might + verb
Past Condition / Present Result
Una situación pasada tiene una consecuencia en el presente (If I hadn’t passed my
driving test, I wouldn’t be driving a car). Se trata de una combinación entre el
tercer y segundo condicional.
If you had taken the course, you would know about it. (The conditions were not met
because the person did not do the course and as a result does not know about it
now.)
Este tipo de condicional refleja una situación hipotética del pasado y los efectos
reales del presente.
If we hadn't missed our flight we'd be in Spain now.
2) Second Third Mixed Conditionals
If + Past Simple, + Would have + Past Participle
Present Condition / Past Result
Una situación presente relacionada con una situación pasada (If I didn’t like
children, I would have taken a job in a primary school.) Se trata de una
combinación entre el segundo y el tercer condicional.
If I were you, I wouldn't have done that.
If I could speak Spanish, I wouldn't have needed to get the letter translated.
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WISH - If only
a. I wish I had a car.
WISH + SIMPLE PAST, to tal about imaginary situations in the present. It expresses wishes
for things to be
different in the present.
I wish I was on the beach right now.

2. b I wish I had gone to the party
WISH + PAST PERFECT, to talk about past situations that we would have liked to be
different. It expresses regrets
I wish I hadn´t spent all my money last weekend.
c. I wish my sister wouldn´t shout all the time.
WISH + would/wouldn´t + infinitive, to talk about somebody's habitual behaviour that we
want to criticize and change.
My dad smokes. I wish he wouldn´t do it.