Clauses after wish Mnh sau wish 1 Ao

Clauses after wish (Mệnh đề sau wish) 1. Ao ước ở tương lai (Future wish) • S + wish + S + would/could + V (bareinfinitive) • Ex: I wish I would be an astronaut in the future. • I wish I would take the trip with you next Sunday.

Clauses after wish (Mệnh đề sau wish) 2. Ao ước ở hiện tại (Present wish) • S + wish + S + V (Past Simple/Past Subjunctive) • Past subjunctive (Quá khứ giả định): hình thức giống thì Past Simple nhưng với động từ be phải đổi thành were cho tất cả các ngôi • Ex: I wish I were rich. (But I am poor now) • I can’t swim. I wish I could swim. • We wish we didn’t have to go to class today. (We have to go to class)

Clauses after wish (Mệnh đề sau wish) 3. Ao ước ở quá khứ (Past Wish) • S + wish + S + Past Perfect • could have + past participle • I wish I hadn’t failed my exam. (I failed my exam) • She wishes she had enough money to buy the house. (She didn’t have enough money to buy it) • She wishes she could have been there. (She couldn’t be there)

Give the correct forms of the verbs in the parentheses 1. She wishes her father (be) here now to help her. 2. I wish you (not give) them my phone number yesterday. 3. I wish they (visit) us when they were in town. 4. I wish someone (give) me a job next month. 5. We wish we (understand) all the teacher’s explanation yesterday. 6. I wish I (can take) the trip to Hanoi with her next summer. 7. He missed an exciting football match on TV last night. He wishes he (watch) it. 8. I wish I (have) more time to do this job.

Sentence rewriting 1. What a pity you failed your driving test! I wish …………………………………… 2. I’m sorry I missed your birthday party. I wish …………………………………… 3. He is sorry now that he didn’t invite Molly to his party. He wishes ………………………………… 4. Maria says she’d like to have been put in a higher class. Maria wishes ………………………………… 5. I’m sorry that I didn’t finish my homework last night. I wish ……………………………………