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WISH

Konstrukcje stosowane po wish wyrażają życzenia, które prawdopodobnie się nie spełnią lub o których wiadomo, że nie spełniły się w przeszłości.

Wish w zdaniach dotyczących teraźniejszości i przyszłości:

Zdania mają po czasowniku wish powtórzoną osobę, a następny czasownik występuje w formie czasu przeszłego.

a) I wish I was (were) rich.                                          Szkoda, że nie jestem bogaty.

b) I wish I knew Japanese.                                          Żałuję, że nie znam japońskiego.

c) I wish He didn’t driver do slowly.                            Szkoda, że on jeździ tak wolno.

d) I wish they could visit us tomorrow.                            Szkoda, że nie mogą nas jutro odwiedzić.

e) I wish you would change your mind.*              Byłoby dobrze, gdybyś zmienił zdanie.

f) I wish he would stop telling lies.*                            Chciałbym, żeby przestał kłamać.

*I wish + I would

To wyrażenie stosujemy, mówiąc o przyszłości, kiedy chcemy, aby coś się wydarzyło, jednakże jednocześnie nie bardzo wierzymy, że to się spełni, jak też nie mamy zbytnio wpływu na zmianę danej sytuacji. Formy tej używamy wyłącznie w odniesieniu do czynności i akcji, nie stanów.

Tej konstrukcji możemy użyć także do podkreślenia naszej irytacji, niezadowolenia wywołanego czyimś zachowaniem.

Wish w zdaniach dotyczących przeszłości:

g) I wish I had been wiser then.                                          Szkoda, że wtedy nie byłem mądrzejszy.

h) I wish I had known Italia then.                            Żałuję, że wtedy nie znałem włoskiego.

i) I wish I hadn’t sold that house.                            Szkoda, że sprzedałem ten dom.

EXERCISES

Write sentences beginning I wish ...

1. I don't know many people (and I'm lonely).

I wish I knew more people._

2. I don't have a key (and I need one). I wish ---

3. Ann isn't here (and I need to see her).

4. It's cold (and I hate cold weather).

5. I live in a big city (and I don't like it).

6. I can't go to the party (and I'd like to).

7. I have to work tomorrow (but I'd like to stay in bed).

8. I don't know anything about cars (and my car has just broken down).

9. I'm not lying on a beautiful sunny beach (and that's a pity).

Write your own sentences beginning I wish ...

1. (somewhere you'd like to be now--on the beach, in New York, in bed etc.)

I wish I ---

2. (something you'd like to have--a computer, a job, lots of money etc.)

3. (something you'd like to be able to do--sing, speak a language, fly etc.)

4. (something you'd like to be--beautiful, strong, rich etc.)

Imagine that you are in these situations. For each situation, write a sentence with I wish ...

1. You've eaten too much and now you feel sick.

You say: I wish I hadn't eaten so much._

2. There was a job advertised in the newspaper. You decided not to apply for it. Now you think that your decision was wrong.

You say: I wish I ---

3. When you were younger, you didn't learn to play a musical instrument. Now you regret this.

You say: ---

4. You've painted the gate red. Now you think that it doesn't look very nice.

You say: ---

5. You have some unexpected guests. They didn't tell you they were coming. You are very busy and you are not prepared for them.

You say (to yourself): ---

Transform the sentences using the words in bold.

If it weren’t raining, we would go to the park.                             stop
I wish……………………………………., we would go to the park.

It’s a pity we didn’t see the beginning of the film.              missed
I wish ……………………………………beginning of the film.

I don’t know many people here.               had
I wish……………………………………….here.

It’s a shame I didn’t go to school.               gone
I wish……………………………….to school.

I have found a job in UK, but I can’t speak English.               speak
I wish……………………………………because I have found a job in UK.

You didn’t study hard and you didn’t pass your exam.               study
I wish…………………………………….

You didn’t wake up because you forgot to set the alarm.               set
I wish……………………………because I wouldn’t have woken up late.

It’s a shame we didn’t go to the church.               gone
I wish …………………………………..to the church.

credits:

Język angielski kalendarz maturzysty, Gdańsk 1997

Raymond Murphy, English Grammar in Use

Wish - Konstrukcje gramatyczne http://www.angielski.nauczaj.com/konstrukcje-gramatyczne/wish.php#ixzz3VfxPyTU4

http://www.twojangielski.pl/gramatyka/konstrukcje/wish_if_only.html

KEY

2 I had a key.

3 I wish Ann was/were here.

4 I wish it wasn't/weren't (so) cold.

5 I wish I didn't live in a big city.

6 I wish I could go to the party.

7 I wish I didn't have to work tomorrow.

8 I wish I knew something about cars.

9 I wish I was/were lying on a beautiful sunny beach.

Example answers:

  1 I wish I was at home.

  2 I wish I had a big garden.

  3 I wish I could tell jokes.

  4 I wish I was taller.

2 I wish I'd/I had applied for it. or ... for the job.

3 I wish I'd/I had learned to play a musical instrument.

4 I wish I hadn't painted it red./... painted the gate red.

5 I wish they'd/they had told me they were coming. or I wish I'd/I had known they were coming.

1. it would stop raining
2. we hadn’t missed the
3. I had more friends
4. I had gone
5. I could speak
6. I had studied
7. I had set the alarm
8. we had gone