Wishes / if only ...

Wishes / if only ...

We can use I wish or if only to express a wish.

Wish and ‘If only’ are both used to talk about regrets – things that we would like to change either about the past or the present.

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• We use past tense modals would and could to talk about wishes for the future:

- I wish you would put those shelves up soon.

- Tom wishes his neighbors wouldn't make so much noise.

- I don’t like my work. I wish I could get a better job.

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•  We use past tense forms to talk about wishes for the present:

- I wish I lived in a big city. It's so boring in the countryside.

- We all wish we had more money, don't we? 

- If only I was taller, I might be better at basketball. 

- These seats are very uncomfortable. I wish we were travelling first class.

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• We use the past perfect to talk about wishes for the past:

- I wish I had worked harder when I was at school.

- Mary wishes she had listened to what her mother told her.

- I wish I hadn't spent so much money last month.

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بقلم أيوب البوقي

أيوب البوقي من المغرب، احب أن أضع كل ما أعرف من معلومات حول الحاسوب ولاأبخل به عليكم، وخطرت لي فكرة عمل مدونة تضم كل المجالات التعليمية للكومبيوتر التي أستطيع إفادتكم بها، فأرجوا ان لاتبخلوا علي أيضا بمتابعتكم لمواضيعي كما ان تعليقاتكم تهمني وتزيد من عطائي لكم إخوتي الكرام وأي استفسار ان موجود وشكرا

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