WISH CLAUSES
Wish y if only pueden usarse de la misma forma. If only con frecuencia se usa para dar más énfasis al
deseo o lamento.
FORMA
|
USO
|
EJEMPLOS
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Wish + would / Could + Verb
|
Normalmente hace referencia al
futuro. Queja sobre el presente o deseo de cambio. |
- I wish he could be here tomorrow.
- I wish she wouldn’t drive so fast. - I wish it would stop raining. |
Wish + past simple
|
Lamento sobre una situación
presente.
|
- I wish I knew her phone number.
(I’m sorry I don’t know her number)
- I wish Peter were / was here now. (Both forms are possible) |
Wish + past perfect
|
Lamento sobre una situación
pasada.
|
-I wish I hadn’t spent all my
money.
(I’m sorry I spent all my money) - If only I hadn’t eaten so much cake. (I really feel ill because I ate too much cake.) |
And some exercises:
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/if.htm
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences
http://speakspeak.com/english-grammar-exercises/upper-intermediate/zero-first-second-third-conditionals
