1. WE WOULD LIKE SOMETHING TO BE DIFFERENT !! We wish …
Carmen Torres

2. Wish - structure I WISH + SIMPLE PAST I WISH + PAST PERFECT
OUR REGRET REFERS TO PRESENT
OUR REGRET REFERS TO PAST
I WISH + SIMPLE PAST
I WISH + PAST PERFECT

3. Wish - structure I WISH + SIMPLE PAST OUR REGRET REFERS TO PRESENT
I am very lazy I wish I wasn’t lazy
You are not here I wish you were here
He doesn’t love me I wish he loved me
The verb changes into the opposite
I WISH + SIMPLE PAST

4. Wish - structure I WISH + PAST PERFECT OUR REGRET REFERS TO PAST
I didn’t work hard You weren’t there
I wish I had worked hard
I wish you had been there
I WISH + PAST PERFECT

5. Some practice FACT (regret) WISH I'm fat I wish I wasn't fat
I don't have any friends
I wish some friends
I didn't work for the exam
I wish for the exam
I can't swim
I wish swim
He doesn't help me
I wish me
I've lost my pen
I wish my pen

6. Some practice FACT (regret) WISH I'm fat I wish I wasn't fat
I don't have any friends
I wish I had some friends
I didn't work for the exam
I wish I had worked for the exam
I can't swim
I wish I could swim
He doesn't help me
I wish he helped me
I've lost my pen
I wish I hadn’t lost my pen

7. I WISH + subject (never I) + WOULD/ WOULDN'T + INFINITIVE
Wish - structure
COMPLAINING ABOUT ANNOYING HABITS
You are always late
I wish you wouldn’t be late
I WISH + subject (never I) + WOULD/ WOULDN'T + INFINITIVE

8. Wish - structure COMPLAINING ABOUT ANNOYING HABITS
FACT (annoying habit)
WISH
You always cry
I wish you wouldn't cry
He is usually rude to his brother
I wish to his brother
She always bites her nails
I wish her nails
You never tidy your room
I wish your room
He sings in the bathroom
I wish in the bathroom
He never writes letters
I wish letters

9. Wish - structure COMPLAINING ABOUT ANNOYING HABITS
FACT (annoying habit)
WISH
You always cry
I wish you wouldn't cry
He is usually rude to his brother
I wish he wouldn’t be rude to his brother
She always bites her nails
I wish she wouldn’t bite her nails
You never tidy your room
I wish you would tidy your room
He sings in the bathroom
I wish you wouldn’t sing in the bathroom
He never writes letters
I wish you would write letters

10. If only- structure If only can be more emphatic than I wish.
The verb forms are the same as the patterns with wish.
If only I had more money (but I haven’t)
If only I was going on holiday with you!
If only you were here (but you’re not)
If only the sun would come out…
If only I’d listened to you (but I didn’t)