How to Use Wishes with Tenses, Example Sentences

How to Use Wishes with Tenses, Example Sentences

Wishes with Present

We use wish with Past Tense forms simple
and continuous to express regret about present situations.

Examples;

• I wish I was rich.
• I wish I was going with my father.
• The boys wish they could go to Paris.
• He wishes he were here now.

Wishes with Future

We use wish with would  to say how we would like somebody to behave in the future.

Examples;

• That’s a dreadful noise. I wish it would stop.
• I wish Samuel would call me back.
• I wish you wouldn’t smoke in classroom.

Wishes with Past

We use wish with Past Perfect when we have regrets about the past;

Examples;

• I wish I hadn’t taken my father’s advice.
• I wish she had passed her driving test.
• I wish you hadn’t been angry with me!