Wish and Hope

I hope for something possible. Hope + present tense

I hope a get an A in this class.

Wish and Hope

I wish for something that is not likely.Wish + subjunctive

I wish I had a million dollars.I wish I were thinner.

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Exercise 18I wish + subjunctive

1. I wish I were younger.I wish I had been born 100 years

ago.I wish I were as smart as Bill Gates.I wish I were as rich as Bill Gates.

2. I wish I knew how to sky dive.I wish I knew how to use the

computer well.I wish I knew how to save more

money.I wish I knew how to make clothes

patterns.

3. I wish I didn’t have to go to school.

I wish I didn’t have to grade papers.I wish didn’t have to work.I wish I didn’t have to do

housework.I wish I didn’t have to be poor.

4. I wish I had a new car.I wish I had a Lambourghini.

I wish I had my own house free and clear (no mortgage).

I wish I had a million dollars.

I wish I didn’t have any bad habits.I wish I didn’t have to take the final

exam.I wish I didn’t have arthritis.

I wish I didn’t have to get up early in the morning.

5. I wish I could win the lottery.I wish I could fly.

I wish I could retire and work part time.

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Exercise 20Wishing about something in the past

1. I wish I had had children when I was younger.

I wish I had come to the U.S. when I was younger.

I wish I had graduated from college when I was younger.

2. I wish I had studied Spanish when I was younger.

I wish I had studied philosophy when I was younger.

3. My family wishes I had gotten married.

My family wishes I had never left them.

4. I wish I had known how to use a gun before I came to Oakland.

6. I wish I had never started smoking.