Task 1. 1.) Match these sentences and with the three tenses (a,b,c) below 1. I wish I had married Dave not Barry. 2. I wish I had a flat stomach.

3.I wish my husband would help me in the house

a.) wish + someone else + would + infinitive (without to)b.) wish + past simpleC.) wish + past perfect

2. )Do we use ‘wish’ to talk about something real, or to talk about something that is not true that we want to be true?

3.)Now match the sentences above with these three uses for ‘wish’

i.) To talk about an annoying habit that someone else doesii) To talk about something you regret i.e. something you are sorry about that happened in the pastiii.) To talk about a present situation that you want to be different

Adapted from Outcomes, Upper Intermediate, 2012, Cengage Learning EMEA, Hugh Dellar & Andrew Walkley