Hopes and Regrets

Review the grammar practice and do the writing exercises to help improve writing skills.

Hopes and Regrets

Wish/If Only

  • To talk about things you want to be different in the past or present.
  • Present wishes = Wish/If only + past simple/past continuous
  • Past regrets = Wish/If only + past perfect
  • Ability/possibility = Wish/If only + could

Gerunds or Infinitives

  • Depending on the verb, add -ing (gerund) or to + infinitive

Writing essays

Include:

  • Introduction
  • 2 main paragraphs
  • Conclusion
  • Formal style

Examples

I wish I could stay at home today.
If only she had completed her university degree.
He denied stealing the money.

Practise

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