Unit 8- Lesson A Topic: WISHES

1. Unit 8- lesson a WISHES

2. structure Wish + past Simple

3. My WISHES I whish I had a van “Rexton”/ I don´t have a van “Rexton” . I wish I spokeEnglish/ I don´t speakEnglish.

4. I wish I knew Paris, I don´t Know Paris.

5. I wish I worked in a themultinationalcompany.--- I don´t work in themultinationalcompany.

6. IMAGINARYs WISH Use wish + past tense verb form to express a wish about a hypothetical (imaginary) situation. The past tense verb form is called "subjunctive".

7. EXAMPLES I wish I were home in my country. I wish I could go with you. I wish you would let me pay for dinner.

8. A PAST WISH ABOUT THE PAST Use wished + could/would + have + participle to express regret about a past action that did not happen

9. EXAMPLES I wished I could have gone with you. (remembering a lost opportunity). I wished I had been old enough to drive. (remembering a wish).

10. COULD HAVE AND WOULD HAVE

11. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COULD HAVE AND WOULD HAVE. COULD HAVE "Would have" expresses dissatisfaction and emphasizes someone's unwillingness to do something. Would have "Could have" expresses regret over inability to do something – physical or mental. The situation is a lost opportunity.

12. EXAMPLES COULD HAVE WOULD HAVE I wish the store could have had that shoe is my size. I wish you could have let me know. I wish they could have driven instead of us. I wish my boss could have bought us laptops instead of desktop computers. I wish the store would have had that shoe is my size. I wish you would have let me know. I wish they would have driven instead of us. I wish my boss would have bought us laptops instead of desktop computers.

13. FINISH By Tatiana López