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UNREAL USES OF THE PAST TENSES UNIT 3C. WISH CONSTRUCTIONS WISH+ NOUN PHRASE I wish you every success in the future I wish a pleasant stay I hope you.

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1 UNREAL USES OF THE PAST TENSES UNIT 3C

2 WISH CONSTRUCTIONS WISH+ NOUN PHRASE I wish you every success in the future I wish a pleasant stay I hope you have a pleasant stay

3 WISH WISH+PAST SIMPLE M: we regret something, something is not as we would like it (present/future) Do you wish you lived near the sea? Jack´s going on a trip to Mexico soon. I wish I was going too

4 WISH WISH+PAST PERFECT M: We regret something in the past It was a stupid thing to say. I wish I hadn´t said it

5 WISH WISH+WOULD Wish….would.( dif. Subjects) M: Used to complain about sth which is annoying us ( actions and not states) I wish Sara would do something instead of just sitting and doing nothing I wish Sara were more hard-working

6  Same uses as wish. More emphatic  If only I could turn back time If only

7 IT´S TIME It´S time to go It´s time for John to go It´s time for him to go

8 IT´S TIME IT´S TIME +PAST SIMPLE  It´s time we went home. It´s getting late ( the meaning is present)  It´s time the children were in bed.It´s long after their bedtime( complaint) IT´S HIGH TIME/IT´S ABOUT TIME… makes the criticism stronger.  Jake is a great talker. But it´s about time he did something instead of just talking

9 I´d rather I´d rather make dinner now( same subject) I´d rather you made dinner now ( i´d prefer that) I´d rather you didn´t tell anyone what I said.


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