This document discusses the difference between using hope and wish. Hope is used for things that are possible or likely to happen, while wish is used for impossible or unlikely things. For present hopes, simple present verbs are used after hope. For past hopes, past tense verbs are used after hope. For future hopes, modal auxiliaries like will or can are used. For present and future wishes, modal verbs like would or could are used or the simple past tense. For past wishes, had + past participle or could have + past participle are used.

1. Hope and Wish
Present, past and future

2. Hope and Wish
 The verb hope when something is very possible.
 The verb wish about impossible things or things that
are not likely to happen (things that you don't really
expect to happen.)
 I hope I can learn English well.
 I wish I could speak German, Russian and
Japanese.
 We hope you get better soon.
 I wish I could travel all over the world for one year.

3. Present
Hope Wish
1. Hope/present
I hope he's all right.
I hope he knows where the
clinic is.
I hope he's having a good time
in Florida.
I hope he likes Italian food.
1. Wish/past
I wish I knew how to speak
Japanese.
2. Wish/past progressive
They wish it weren’t raining
now.
3. Wish/ could + base verb
I wish I could type
*We use were for all subjects when we
use wish

4. Past
Hope Wish
1. Hope/past
I hope she found the
restaurant.
I hope he passed his class last
semester.
We don’t often use hope to talk about
something in the past. It is not very
common.
1. Wish/had + p.p.
I wish I had passed the test
I wish she had given me her
phone number.
2. Wish/could + have + p.p.
My friend wishes she could
have gone to the movie with
us.

5. Future
Hope Wish
1. Hope/present
I hope he has a good time in
Florida next month.
She hopes he passes the test.
2. Hope/will + base verb
I hope he'll have a good time in
Florida next month.
I hope you will be my
roommate next year.
1. Wish/would + base verb
I wish he would quit smoking
soon.
2. Wish/were going to + b. v
I wish you were going to
graduate with the rest of your
classmates tomorrow.
3. Wish/could + base verb
They wish we could be there
next month.

6. Hope and Wish
 Hope: Present and future hopes are expressed by
using present or future verbs or modal auxiliaries
such as can in the dependent clause. Hope goes
together with helping verbs such as will or can or to
be.
 I hope…
 Wish: Present and future wishes are expresed by
using would, could, or the simple past tense. (In
formal English, were is used for all forms of of the
verb be. Use of that is optional in these sentences)
Wish goes with helping verbs such as would, could
or past tense forms of other verbs.
 I wish…

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