Wishes & Verb Tenses

How do we use the grammar form "wish"?

Wishes is used to state the desire of a situation to be different. Wishes can be used to used in the past, present and future.

Rules for wishes:

The verb tense is different then the time.

Past Tense - uses the Past Perfect Verb Tense

Examples:

• I wish I had studied for my test last night.
• I wish my car hadn't broken down.

Present Tense - uses the Past Tense (were is used for all subjects, was is not used).

Examples:

• I wish it weren't raining all day.
• I wish I were rich.

Future Tense - after wish would is used.

Examples:

• I wish it would stop raining.
• I wish the people next door would lower there radio.

Modal Verbs and Wishes - When verbs are used with wishes the sentence structure is Modal Verb + Have + V3/Past Participle

• Main Verb Tenses
• Verb Groups
• Auxiliary Verbs
• Verb Tense "to be"
• Verb Tense "to be" Chart
• Future Verb Tenses
• The Difference between ESL and EFL
• Modal Verbs
• Modal Verb Rules
• Verb Tense "Can"
• Verb Tense "Could"
• Verb Tense "Could" Structure
• "Wishes" & Verb Tenses
• Verb Tense "Have"
• Present Verb Tenses
• Past Verb Tenses
• Adjectives