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Wishes and hypotheses
Wishes and hypotheses Wishes We use past tense forms to talk about wishes: We use past tense modals would and could to talk about wishes for the future : I don’t like my work. I wish I could get a better job. That’s a dreadful noise. I wish it would stop. I always have to get home early. I wish my parents would let me stay out later. We use past tense forms to talk about wishes for the present : I don’t like this place. I wish I lived in somewhere more interesting. These seats are very uncomfortable. I wish we were travelling first class. Everyone wishes they had more free time. John wishes he wasn’t so busy. I wish it wasn’t so cold. We use the past perfect to talk about wishes for the past : I wish I had worked harder when I was at school. Mary wishes she had listened to what her mother told her. I wish I hadn’t spent so much money last month. Hypotheses (things that we imagine) When we are talking about hypotheses: ...
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Clause, phrase and sentence The basic unit of English grammar is the clause : [An unlucky student almost lost a 17th century violin worth almost £200,000] [when he left it in the waiting room of a London station.] [William Brown inherited the 1698 Stradivarius violin from his mother] [and had just had it valued by a London dealer at £180,000.] Clauses are made up of phrases : [An unlucky student] + [almost lost] + [a 17th century violin worth almost £200,000] [when] + [he] + [left] + [it] + [in the waiting room of a London station.] [William Brown] + [inherited] + [the 1698 Stradivarius violin] + [from his mother] [and] [had just had it valued] + [by a London dealer] + [at £180,000.] We can join two or more clauses together to make sentences . An unlucky student almost lost a 17th century violin worth almost £200,000 when he left it in the waiting room of a London station. William Brown inherited the 1698 Stradivarius violin from his mother and h...


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