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Topic: Hope/ Wish |
27 February 2003 |
Hope and wish are used to express your expectation.
Their meanings and usage are slightly different though. When you want something,
which is possible or probable to happen, we use hope.
For example:
I hope I will get a good job after I graduate.
She hopes her father gets better soon.
We all hope that our school team will win the game.
They hope the test results won't be too bad.
We use wish with something, which is not true.
We would like something to happen but it's rather unlikely that it will be so.
Since it's not true, we use past tense or more past with wish.
Example:
I wish I had an umbrella.
If I did, I wouldn't get wet. (I don't have an umbrella with me right now.
I wish I knew that you were coming.
I would have cooked for you. (I don't know you were coming.)
I wish I were free. I would like to go with you.
(I'm not free; therefore, I can't go.)
He wishes he could take back what he had said.
(It's impossible to turn back time.)
We wish we wouldn't have to work on Saturdays. (But we do.)
* Like in untrue conditions, we use were with every subject.
Note :
Hope = possible to happen
(used with normal tenses depending on the time frame)
Wish = unlikely to happen
(used with past tense or more past)
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Exercise: Hope and Wish |
| Directions : Complete the sentences with the appropriate word. |
 1.I _______ today were Friday. |
| 2.We _______ we could afford a vacation abroad. |
| 3.I _______ that one day you will understand. |
| 4.He _______ he had more time for his daughter. |
| 5.We _______ that Jane will do well in her exams. |
| 6.We all _______ we didnt have to work hard. |
| 7.I _______ I will see you soon. |
| 8.I _______ I could be there right now. |
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