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ENGLISH GRAMMAR IN USE FOR INTERMEDIATE

41. WISH

You can say 'I wish yous luck /all the best /a happy birthday' etc.:

· I wish you lot all the best in the future.

· I saw Mark before the exam and he wished me luck .

We say 'wish somebody something' ( luck /a happy birthday etc.). But yous cannot say 'I wish that something happens'. Nosotros use hope in this situation. For example:

· I'one thousand sorry you're non well. I promise yous feel better soon. (not I wish you feel)

Compare I wish and I hope :

I wish you a pleasant stay here.

I hope you lot accept a pleasant stay here. (non I wish you accept)

We too use wish to say that we regret something, that something is not as we would similar it.

When we use wish in this way, nosotros utilise the past ( knew/lived etc.), but the meaning is present:

· I wish I knew what to do about the problem. (I don't know and I regret this)

· I wish y'all didn't have to go so shortly. (yous take to go)

· Do you wish yous lived near the sea? (you don't live nearly the sea)

· Jack's going on a trip to Mexico soon. I wish I was going besides. (I'm non going)

To say that we regret something in the past, we apply wish+ had ... (had known /had said ) etc.:

· I wish I'd known nearly the party. I would have gone if I'd known. (I didn't know)

· Information technology was a stupid thing to say. I wish I hadn't said it. (I said it)

For more examples, see Units 39 and 40.

I wish I could ( do something)= I regret that I cannot do it:

· I'grand sad I have to go. I wish I could stay longer. (just I can't)

· I've met that man before. I wish I could call up his name. (but I tin can't)

I wish I could take (done something)= I regret that I could not exercise it:

· I hear the political party was cracking. I wish I could have gone . (but I couldn't go)

You can say 'I wish (somebody) would (practice something)'. For instance:

It'south been raining all 24-hour interval. Tanya doesn't like it. She says:

I wish it would stop raining.

Tanya would like the pelting to stop, merely this will probably non happen.

We use I wish ... would when nosotros would like something to happen

or change. Usually, the speaker doesn't expect this to happen.

We often use I wish ... would to complain nigh a situation:

· The telephone has been ringing for five minutes. I wish somebody would answer information technology.

· I wish you' d do (= you would do) something instead of simply sitting and doing aught.

Y'all can utilise I wish ... wouldn't ... to mutter about things that people do repeatedly:

· I wish you wouldn't continue interrupting me. (= please don't interrupt me)

We utilize I wish ... would ... to say that we want something to happen. Only we practise not use I wish ... would ... to say how we would like things to be. Compare:

· I wish Sarah would come. (= I want her to come)

but I wish Sarah was (or were ) hither now. (not I wish Sarah would exist)

· I wish somebody would purchase me a motorcar.

simply I wish I had a machine. (not /wish I would have)

EXERCISES

41.one

Put in wish(ed) or hope(d) .

1	I ___wish_____ you a pleasant stay here.
two	Savor your holiday. I _____ you lot have a neat time.
3	Farewell. I ______ you all the best.
four	We said farewell to each other and ________ each other luck.
five	We're going to have a picnic tomorrow, so I ______________ the conditions is prissy.
6	I _____ y'all luck in your new job. I __________ it works out well for you.

41.2

What do you say in these situations? Write sentences with I wish ... would ....

one	It's raining. You desire to go out, but non in the rain. You say: ___I wish it would stop raining____
2	You're waiting for Jane. She's tardily and you're getting impatient. Y'all say to yourself: I wish __________________________________
iii	You're looking for a job- so far without success. Nobody volition give you a task. You say: I wish somebody ______________
iv	Yous can hear a baby crying. It's been crying for a long time and yous're trying to study. You say: _______________________________
5	Brian has been wearing the aforementioned clothes for years. You call up he needs some new apparel. You lot say to Brian: _______________________

For the following situations, write sentences with I wish ... wouldn't ....

Your friend drives very fast. Y'all don't like this.

You say to your friend: I wish you __________________________________

Joe leaves the door open up all the fourth dimension. This annoys you lot.

You say to Joe: _____________________________________________________

viii

A lot of people drop litter in the street. You don't like this.

Yous say: I wish people ______________________________________________

41.3

Are these sentences right or wrong? Correct them where necessary.

1	I wish Sarah would exist hither now.	____ I wish Sarah were here now. _____________
ii	I wish you would listen to me.	________________________________________
3	I wish I would take more free fourth dimension.	________________________________________
4	I wish our flat would be a flake bigger.	________________________________________
v	I wish the atmospheric condition would change.	________________________________________
6	I wish you wouldn't complain all the time.	________________________________________
7	I wish everything wouldn't be and then expensive.	________________________________________

41.4

Put the verb into the correct form.

1	It was a stupid thing to say. I ________ hadn't said _______1t. (I /not /say)
ii	I'm fed up with this rain. I wish _____ it would terminate _________. (it /stop)
3	It's a difficult question. I wish ____________the answer. (I /know)
iv	I should take listened to you. I wish _________ your advice. (I /take)
v	You're lucky to be going away. I wish _________ with yous. (I /can /come up)
6	I have no energy at the moment. I wish _________ so tired. (I /not /exist)
seven	Aren't they ready yet? I wish __________. (they /hurry up)
viii	It would be dainty to stay here longer. I wish _________ to go now. (we /not /have)
nine	When we were in London last year, we didn't have time to run across all the things nosotros wanted to see. I wish __________ longer. (we /tin /stay)
10	Information technology'southward freezing today. I wish ______________ and then cold. I hate cold weather. (it /not /be)
eleven	Joe nevertheless doesn't know what he wants to practise. I wish ___________. (he /decide)
12	I really didn't enjoy the party. I wish ___________. (we /not /become)

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