Lesson 77: Unit 131 - Wishes About The Present
Learn how to express wishes about situations that are different from reality in the present, using the construction "I wish + Past Simple".
About this lesson
In this lesson you will learn how to express wishes and regrets about the present in English. You will work with the construction "I wish..." with the Past Simple to talk about things you would like to be different now. You will read and discuss an amusing tale about a farmer, his wife and three wasted magic wishes. Practise using the phrases naturally in everyday situations and conversations.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Understand and use the construction 'I wish + Past Simple' for wishes about the present.
- Distinguish the real situation (Fact) from the unreal one (Wish).
- Use 'were' correctly after 'I wish' in the first and third person.
- Recognise and use the key words and expressions from the text of the tale.
- Transform real sentences into wishes following a given model.
Lesson vocabulary
- wish I wish I had a lot of money.
- once upon a time Once upon a time there was a farmer.
- a great deal of She spent a great deal of time wishing for things she didn't have.
- to spend time doing something She spent her time wishing for things.
- magician One day a magician appeared.
- whatever Whatever she wished for would be given to her.
- to find something difficult They found it very difficult to decide what to wish for.
- matter They discussed the matter for a long time.
- to waste Now you have wasted one of the wishes.
- to argue about He and his wife began to argue about it.
- rude words They both became angry and said rude words.
- to pull off The farmer tried to pull the sausages off his nose.
- neither of them Neither of them could remove them.
- in spite of In spite of the arguments they had, the woman loved her husband.
- except She got nothing from her wishes except a few sausages.
In other languages: Български