So one of the biggest mistakes that I hear my intermediate and advanced
leaders make has to do with the verbs WISH and HOPE. Now of course these two
verbs are quite confusing because the meanings are quite similar and their
grammatical structures change depending on the situation we're useing those
verbs. So in this lesson we're gonna talk about the different ways and different
reasons for use in WISH and HOPE. But if we're just meeting for the first time, hi
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we're gonna start today's lesson with a quick test. On my computer I have five
sentences to show you, each sentence includes one mistake with hope or wish
your job is to find the mistake. Okay you ready?
You have 20 seconds let's go!
So how did you do? Did you find all the mistakes? Well let's go and check out the
answers. So as you can see each sentence included one mistake the mistake was
either to do with the grammatical structure following WISH and HOPE or as
in number five the sentence used the wrong verb entirely. So from now on in
this lesson we're gonna go over each of these sentences one by one showing you
when to use the correct verb and how to use it correctly. So let's get to it!
So let's take a look at WISH first. now wish is a very complicated verb and it
can be used in lots and lots of different ways but in this lesson we're
gonna look at the three most common ways to use wish. So the first way which was
sentence number one in the test is, I wish he wouldn't smoke in my house. So as
you can see here we use wish plus would plus the bare infinitive when we want to
show that we are angry annoyed or when we are complaining we use this when we
want someone to stop doing something but we don't really believe that they
actually will do that. Here are some more examples, I wish he would drive more
safely. I wish it would stop raining. I wish she would listen to me better. So
again in all of those sentences I just showed you the speaker, me, I'm either
complaining, showing that I'm angry or showing that I'm annoyed. So this is a
very common use of wish and of course when you're speaking you want to use
contractions so the pronoun usually contracts with would to become something
like this I wish he'd stop smoking in my house.
I wish you'd listen to me better. Using contractions like that will help you
sound a lot more natural when you're speaking. So before you continue if you
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make similar content. The next very common use of wish is to talk about a
present or future situation that you want to be different but you understand
that it can't be to make this we use WISH plus the past
simple for example I wish I spoke French. Do I speak French no? Do I want to? yes
but I don't think that's gonna happen very soon so I use WISH. Of course spoke
is the past tense of speak so even though we're talking about the present
or future we use the past tense in this grammatical structure. English is quite
interesting when we're talking about things in a hypothetical way like this
then we typically use the past tense to express ourselves. Okay so more examples
I wish I were taller or I wish I was taller. The be verb in this grammatical
structure can take two forms were or was, both are correct! And in a negative
sentence, I wish I didn't have to go to work today. So remember we use this wish
when we're talking about something that we want to change in the present or the
future but we understand that it can't change. And the next common use of wish
is to talk about the past. We usually use this wish when we want to talk about our
regrets in life. For example, I wish I had saved more money when I was younger. To
make this we use WISH plus the past perfect. Remember the past perfect is had
plus the past participle verb and again we use this when we talk about our
regrets, things that you hope you could change in the past but you can't because
you can't change the past. Some more examples, I wish I had studied harder at
school or I wish I hadn't eaten so much food last night. Again to make yourself
sound much more natural here you can use a contraction so something like this "I
wish I'd studied harder at school" or "she wishes she'd saved more money" So that's
we're done now let's take a look at HOPE. And like wish HOPE can be used in many
different situations but mostly we use hope to talk about something that we
expect to happen or that something that we want to happen in the future and HOPE
can be used in two ways grammatically speaking. The first one is with
the full infinitive which is "to" plus a verb. For example, I hope to see you soon
or I hope to visit again next year.But more commonly we use hope with the
present tense which has a future meaning or with "will". For example, I hope you pass
your IELTS test or I hope she'll like the flowers. Both of these sentences have
the same meaning, they're talking about something that you want to happen in the
future and it's different than wish because you actually think it can happen.
It's not hypothetical. And HOPE can also be used to show
politeness, especially when you're asking for help. So here are some examples, I was
hoping that you can help me with my test or I was hoping that you could lend me
some money ok so those were the main differences between hope and wish. Now
let's take another quick test to check what you've learned in this lesson. Again
I'm gonna show you 5 sentences all of which include one mistake your job is to
find the mistake and correct it. Again you have 20 seconds so let's get to it!
So how did you do on the test did you get all the answers
correct. Well I really hope so and I also hope that you've learned a lot in this
lesson. If you liked this video be sure to give it a thumbs up and subscribe to
this channel. Ok that's it from me today I'll be back next week with another
English lesson for you so until then see you!
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