TENSE TUESDAY: 'WISH' AND 'IF ONLY' TO EXPRESS REGRET
15 / 12 / 2015
TENSE TUESDAY: 'WISH' AND 'IF ONLY' TO EXPRESS REGRET: meaning and examples
Hello readers! Welcome to The Daily Vitamin and Tense Tuesday.
Today we are looking at the words WISH and IF ONLY and how we use these words to express regret.
We use the construction WISH/IF ONLY PAST PERFECT (had past participle).
Example 1: I wish I hadn't lost my keys.
Example 2: If only I hadn't lost my keys.
Example 3: I wish I had brought my umbrella; this rain is horrible.
Example 4: If only I had brought my umbrella.
Do you have any regrets that you would like to express? Use WISH/IF ONLY PAST PERFECT to express them. Hopefully you don't need this construction too often!
That's all for today. Thanks for reading! Have a great day.
Today we are looking at the words WISH and IF ONLY and how we use these words to express regret.
We use the construction WISH/IF ONLY PAST PERFECT (had past participle).
Example 1: I wish I hadn't lost my keys.
Example 2: If only I hadn't lost my keys.
Example 3: I wish I had brought my umbrella; this rain is horrible.
Example 4: If only I had brought my umbrella.
Do you have any regrets that you would like to express? Use WISH/IF ONLY PAST PERFECT to express them. Hopefully you don't need this construction too often!
That's all for today. Thanks for reading! Have a great day.
