Uses Wishes with Tenses

Using wishes in english, using wishes with past tense, using wishes with present tense, using wishes with future tense;

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!