Hope and wish (English exercise n°33827 - Please quote this number when contacting us)Other English exercises on the same topicHope and wish WISH I° WISH et le présent Quand on dit ' I wish ' on exprime un souhait mais l'on pense qu'il ne peut se réaliser ou qu'il est peu probable qu'il se réalise. Betty wishes she had an adding machine Betty regrette de ne pas avoir de calculette mais elle sait qu'elle devra finir son interrogation sans machine. dans la proposition qui suit le verbe wish on emploie le prétérit Mary wishes she were a princess pour le verbe 'be' on ne met pas 'was' mais le subjonctif were remarque: quand on utilise le verbe ' hope ' on pense que ce que l'on espère est réalisable. I hope you have a happy birthday 2° WISH et le passé c'est une forme que l'on utilise pour parler d'événements que l'on aurait voulu différents. Mais c'est le passé et on ne peut pas le changer. He wishes he hadn't crashed his lorry dans ce cas le verbe wish est suivi du past perfect ( had ou had not + participe passé ) 3° Utilisation de WISH pour dire que l'on souhaiterait que quelque chose change I wish it would stop raining! Hélas la pluie n'a pas l'air de vouloir s'arrêter le verbe wish est alors suivi du conditionnel ( would ) English exercise "" created by lili73 (16-01-2008) with The test builderClick here to see the current stats of this English test1. Mike He wishes he would havehadhad had a more comfortable car. 2. The dog next door is making too much noise. I wish it kepthad keptwould keep quiet 3. It was supposed to be a secret. I wish you hadn't toldwouldn't telldidn't tell him. 4. I live in a small house. I wish I had livedlivedwould live in a big one 5. I never listened to the teacher when I was at school. I wish I had paidpaidwould pay more attention. 6. This exercise is very boring. I wish the teacher would givehad givengave us more interesting things to do. 7. All my friends are very rich. I wish I had beenwould bewere rich. 8. The litte girl is hungry. She wishes she would eatatehad eaten a cake. 9. I don't know where I am. I wish I wouldn't losedidn't losehadn't lost my way. 10. I love California. I wish I had beenwerewould be there right now. End of the learn English: Hope and wish (22.06.2008 15:35)A free English exercise to learn English.