REGRET

EXPRESSING REGRET

I wish or If only

both expressions can be used with PAST SIMPLE or PAST PERFECT when we'd like to change something from the past or even in the present, but it can't be.

Structure

I wish + subject + verb tense + complement

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct form of REGRET

"My mom works very hard"

• I wish my mom didn't work so hard

• I wish my mom isn't working very hard.

• I wish my mom don't worked very hard.

• I wish my mom wasn't working so hard.

Poll

Choose the correct form of REGRET...

"I got a tattoo"

• I wish I haven't got a tattoo.

• I wish I hasn't get a tattoo.

• I wish I hadn't got a tattoo.

• I wish I hadn't gotten a tattoo.

About I WISH

• It is used with PAST SIMPLE for the things in the present we'd like to change.

• It can also be used with PAST CONTINUOUS to talk about something is going happen and we regret, and as with Second Conditional we often use WERE instead of WAS for subjects I, he, she and it.

• Finally, I WISH is used with PAST PERFECT to talk about something in the past we regret doing or not doing.

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence....

"I wish I ____________ more because my exam results were terrible!"

• had study

• had studied

• have studied

• were studying

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence....

"I wish I ____________ cosmetic surgery now. I don't look any better, and it was really painful."

• hasn't had

• had done

• have had

• hadn't had

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence....

"I wish I ____________ cosmetic surgery now. I don't look any better, and it was really painful."

• hasn't had

• had done

• have had

• hadn't had

About IF ONLY

• Used in the same way as I WISH with the grammar tenses.

• Even though they mean the same. There is a small difference... often we use IF ONLY when we are thinking of something specific