VOCABULARY. WISH

1. WISH + infinitive

w = want (very formal tense)

Ex. I wish to speak with you, please.

w object + infinitive

   Ex. She does not wish their documents to put away in the drawer.

2. I WISH YOU…

w  wish + two objects (fixed expressions of good wishes)

   Ex. We wish you a Merry Christmas.

3. WISH + that + clause: meaning

w wish = regreat that things are not different in impossible, unlikely or unreal situations (= if)

   Ex. I wish (that) I’d studied Physics rather than Economics.

w Nevertheless, HOPE is used for wishes that seem possible in the future.

   Ex. I hope you have a nice birthday.

4. WISH + that + clause: tenses

w  wish + tense (for present or future meaning)

   Ex. We wish tomorrow was/were bank holiday.

w wish + past perfect (for past meaning)

   Ex. I wish Sarah hadn’t gone to the party.

5. WISH + would

w would = will (for insistence, refusal, willingness, unwillingness to do sth)

   Ex. We wish you would go to Paris in Christmas time.

w = regret, dissatisfaction, irritation

   Ex. I wish he would be in silence.

w wish + sth that could instist or be willing to do things

   Ex. You wish it would stop snowing.

w = order or critical request

   Ex. I wish Peter wouldn’t play video games too often.

6. WISH without would

w wish + sentences that don’t talk about willingness, unwillingness, insistence or refusal

   Ex. She wishes she could overcome her fears.

         I hope they don’t have an accident.

THE MUSIC CORNER

Robbie Williams ft Gary Barlow - Shame (2010)

Robbie Williams ft Gary Barlow - Shame (2010)

Well, there’s three versions of this story mine, yours and then the truth

And we can put it down to circumstance, our childhood, then our youth

Out of some sentimental gain I wanted you to feel my pain,

But it came back return to sender

I read your mind and tried to call,

My tears could fill the Albert Hall,

Is this the sound of sweet surrender?

What a shame we never listened

I told you through the television

And all that went away was the price we paid

People spend a lifetime this way

Oh what a shame

So I got busy throwing everybody underneath the bus

And with your poster 30 foot high at the back of Toys-R-Us

I wrote a letter in my mind

But the words were so unkind

About a man I can’t remember

I don’t recall the reason why,

I must have meant them at the time,

Is this the sound of sweet surrender?

What a shame we never listened…

And that’s how they stay

Oh what a shame

Words come easy, when they’re true (x2)

So I got busy throwing everybody underneath the bus

And with your poster 30 foot high at the back of Toys-R-Us

Now we can put it down to circumstance, our childhood then our youth.

What a shame we never listened…

People spend a lifetime this way

Oh what a shame

Such a shame, what a shame

Oh such a shame, what a shame

Beautiful shame, real shame, and stuff double shame

(shame, shame, shame)

TALES. British Council. My secret team

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories/my-secret-team

Can you keep a secret? I had to for a long, long time. My family were all Boxton Town fans, but I supported a different team – Boxton Rovers.

It was very hard being different. I had to be very good at pretending when both teams played each other.

I couldn’t cheer when my team scored. I had to go to the bathroom and celebrate there.

I couldn’t be sad when the other team scored.

I could only have my team’s posters on my bedroom wall when I was alone.

If someone came to my room, I had to be quick to change how it looked.

I had to have a secret wardrobe too. I hid my favourite team’s clothes behind the other team’s.

Birthdays were terrible too. I always got football gifts for the wrong team. But then my life changed.

A billionaire bought both clubs in my town and made one bid team – Boxton United.

Now I can relax and enjoy all the matches with my family. I go to the bathroom a lot less now too.