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WISH + SIMPLE PAST TO EXPRESS PRESENT REGRETS
USAGE: We use wish + simple past to say that we would like things to be different than they are .
Note that the subjunctives I were and he/she/it were are possible after wish, especially in a formal style.
PRACTICE: Complete the sentences below using the cues given:
a) I live in London (and I hate London). I wish _____________________ (live) somewhere else.
b) It’s so cold! (And I hate the cold weather)
I wish _________________________________________ (be warmer).
c)I don’t know anything about cars (and my car has just broken down).
I wish _________________________(know) something about cars.
d) I have to work tomorrow (but I’d like to stay in bed).
I wish _____________________________ (tomorrow).
e) She doesn’t have a dictionary (and she needs one). _____________________________________________________
f) I’m not lying on a beautiful sunny beach (and that’s a pity).
_____________________________________________________
g) I’m a “little” overweight (but I’d like to be thinner)
_____________________________________________
h) I don’t have enough free time to go to the gym. ____________________________ more free time to work out.
g) I can’t speak French fluently. ____________________________________________
h) I can’t spend as much as I want. ___________________________________ have to pay bills.
i) I have to help with the housework and I hate it. ___________________________________________________
Expressing present regrets using WISH + PAST SIMPLE.
Miranda is not so happy:
She lives in a tiny apartment (she likes houses).
She doesn’t have a pool (she loves swimming).
She is a bit short (she would like to be taller).
She can’t dance the Tango (she loves it).
LESSON PLAN
Level: Intermediate # of students: 8 Overall goal: By the end of the lesson students will be able to express present regrets using WISH + PAST SIMPLE. Material: happiness questionnaire; pix: Miranda, house, pool, tall girl, tango; masking tape; worksheets for practice, slips with “my regrets”.
|Stage |Procedure |Objective |Time |
|Warm-up |1. T: Are you a happy person? Why? |To start with fun; to set the theme. |5’ |
| |2. Hand out questionnaire: | | |
| |How happy are you? Ss compare answers. | |10’ |
| |3. T elicits the answers. | | |
| | | | |
| |T puts up pictures of a sad person on the | | |
| |board and elicits the reasons why the person | | |
|Lead-in |is unhappy based on the prompts. |To peak Ss’ interest in the topic; |10’ |
| |Ss are invited to the board to write ...
