| present | Glenn wishes Monica liked to hike. (but she doesn't) Mary Nell wishes she were taller. (but she isn't) MN wishes she weren’t so short. (but she is) Leif wishes he could speak Japanese fluently. (but he can't)
| past tense verb
BE = were |
| past | MN wishes she had learned Spanish when she was young. (but she didn't) Anne wishes she hadn’t been out of the office when the President called her yesterday. (but she was) Emily wishes she could have taken ballet lessons last year when her friend took them. (but she couldn't) | past perfect |
| future | MN wishes her husband would take her dancing tonight. (he might, but he might not) Gwyneth wishes she would get an A in Statistics. (she might, but she doesn't know yet) Sigurd wishes he could study Spanish in Costa Rica next summer. (but he believes he can't)* Haakon wishes his friend were coming to Seattle during the quarter break. (but he isn't) | would + simp. verb could + simp. verb were + verb-ing |
WISH + WOULD
| Use wish ... would to express dissatisfaction or irritation because somebody keeps on doing something that you don't like or an unpleasant situation persists.
| Carl wishes Mary Nell wouldn’t go shopping so often. (Mary Nell has a habit of going shopping a lot.) Jon wishes Melinda wouldn’t leave her toys in the living room. (Melinda often leaves her toys in the living room.) I wish you would stop making that noise. It is annoying me. Jeremy wishes it would stop raining so he could play basketball. |
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