If you could have three wishes that would

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 • If you could have three wishes that would come true, what would

• If you could have three wishes that would come true, what would they be? (No, you can’t wish for more wishes) • What do you wish you could change about the world? • What do you wish you could do after this class? • What do you wish you could eat right now? • What do you wish would happen today? • Is there anything you wish your teachers would stop doing? • Do you ever wish you could travel back in time? • What do you wish you had right now?

Hypothetical Past Situations • Wish/if only + had + past participle = Used to

Hypothetical Past Situations • Wish/if only + had + past participle = Used to express wishes, regrets and criticisms of the past. Ex. If only I had studied more, I would have passed the exam! Ex. I wish you had listened to me, you wouldn’t be in this mess now. • Should + have + past participle = used to express regret and criticisms of the past. Ex. We should have brought an umbrela with us. It’s pouring with rain!

 • Third conditional (if + had past participle + would/might/could + have past

• Third conditional (if + had past participle + would/might/could + have past participle) = Used to speculate about hypothetical pasts. Ex. If you had practised more, you might not have failed your driving test. Ex. If it hadn’t been for the traffic, we would have got here on time. (because of the traffic, we arrived late) • Omit if and begin with had in the third conditional for a more formal variation Ex. Had she known about his criminal past, she never would have employed him. • Mixed conditionals (if + had past participle + would infinitive) = how a different situation in the past would affect the present. Ex. I wouldn´t be so tired if I hadn´t stayed up to watch that film last night.

Use the following stuctures to express how we would like to change the past.

Use the following stuctures to express how we would like to change the past. Would like/love/prefer to + have + past participle Would have liked/loved/preferred to + infinitive Ex. I would have preffered her to have stayed. Would rather/sooner + have past participle Ex. We ended up sleeping in this awful hotel but I’d sooner have slept in a tent. If the subject of would rather/sooner if not the same as the subject of the verb that follows, the past perfect is used. Ex. I would rather you hadn’t said anything to Sarah.