Listen for wishes

I wish I had an umbrella​.

Do you ever wish you could fly?

I wish I didn't have to work tomorrow, but unfortunately I do.​

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remember about wishes is that a wish implies that the opposite of the wish is true.

listen for wishes

I wish I had time to help.

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I wish I did not have time to help.

example

• An affirmative wish implies a

negative reality.

• A negative wish implies an

affirmative reality.

Point

I wish he were at home. *

​[he is not at home]

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I wish he had been at home.

[he was not at home]​

example

A past tense verb implies a present reality.

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A past perfect tense verb implies a past reality.

Point

​*Remember that were is used instead of was in wishes. I wish I were going.