Hamed Hashemian CELTA holder Guided Discovery (WISH)

1. WISH
GUIDED DISCOVERY HAMED HASHEMIAN
Look at the following sentences and answer the questions.
1.Are the sentences about the past or the present?
2.In sentence [a], does she have free time?
3.In sentence [b], does she live very far away?
4.In sentence [c], is she very busy with her work?
5.In sentence [d], do they have enough money? Can they move?
6.What word is in bold?
7.which tense is underlined?
Function/Use
Complete the rule by circling the correct word in bold:
“We use wish to express our wishes about the past/present, future or generally.
Furthermore, the structure or tense which is used after wish is past
simple/present simple when expressing present or future wish.”
Form
Complete the pattern with the missing words:
[positive] ……………. + wish + ……………. + ……………………
[negative] …………… + wish + subject + …………….. + base form of the verb
a) “I wish I had more free time.”
b) “She wishes she didn’t live so far away.”
c) “I wish I weren’t so busy with my work.”
d) “We wish we could afford to move.”
Subject(3) Past form
didn’t