The document discusses the use of the verb "wish" with past tense to express desires that are contrary to present reality. It provides examples of common wishes like winning the lottery or meeting a celebrity. It explains that wish sentences must be the opposite of reality and describes how to conjugate the verbs "to be", "can", and "will" after "wish". It then provides a practice activity where the reader writes wish sentences based on given prompts.

1. Use of wish with past tense By Profr. Jose M. Jaramillo S. September, 2007 I wish I had my own apartment!

2. Most common wishes people have: win the lottery buy a house near the beach meet their favorite actor have a lot of money have a sport car finish a career have a big house don’t work travel around the world

3. The verb wish The verb wish is followed by an 'unreal' past tense when we want to talk about situations in the present that we are not happy about and we can not change:

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8. WRITE DOWN THE SENTENCE, A WISH. A. MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS TOO DIRTY. ____________________________________________________________________ B. IT’S TOO HOT IN THE CLASSROOM. ____________________________________________________________________ C. THE CLASSES ARE VERY BORING. ____________________________________________________________________ D. I HAVE A MEXICAN TEACHER. ____________________________________________________________________ E. THE CAADI IS NOT BIG ENOUGH. ____________________________________________________________________ F. MY FATHER WORKS IN THE U. S.A. ____________________________________________________________________ G. WE CAN’T UNDERSTAND MATH. ____________________________________________________________________ H. MY HOUSE IS NOT COMFORTABLE ENOUGH. ____________________________________________________________________ I. I DON’T HAVE MANY FRIENDS. ____________________________________________________________________

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