1. WISHES ABOUT THE PRESENT
When you are talking about your present
situation
When something is passing in present but you
want it to be different in the future
wish + past simple or continuous. wish + would/could + infinitive.
Examples
I am not rich. I wish I were rich I wish you would remember me
I have no time. I wish I had some time I wish I wouldn-t be so optimist
We are not leaving this city. I wish we were
leaving this city
I wish my mother would last forever.
WISHES ABOUT THE FUTURE
When you want or not something to pass in the future
Structure Wish + past tenses
Examples
I wish I didn-t have to grow I wish he didn-t have to play soccer like that
I wish we didn-t have to go to school He wishes I didn-t knew it
WISHES ABOUT THE PAST
Structure Wish + past perfect
EXAMPLES
I wish you hadn-t maked that way I wish you had loved me more
I wish we haven’t loved he so much We wish you had had a really good day
WISHES USING WOULD
When we want to complain about a bad habit Structure
EXAMPLES Wish + would
- I wish the police would do something
- I wish we wouldn’t do bad things
always
- I wish the people wouldn’t be that bad
with each other
