Practice expressing regret
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| Do you know how to express regret in English using "I wish"? |
| Welcome to Three Step English Practice by EnglishClass101.com. In this lesson, you will practice how to express regret in English. |
| Let’s look at the main dialogue. |
| Two people are having a conversation. |
| My mom never lets me play video games at home. What’s your favorite game? |
| Actually, I like sports better. Baseball, soccer... I like all the team sports. |
| I like fishing though. I wish we were fishing right now. |
| In this conversation, this character |
| Says "I wish we were fishing right now." By using the phrase "I wish," in combination with the noun "we" followed by the past tense verb phrase "WERE fishing right now," he is expressing regret that they did not end up fishing, and are instead doing a different activity. |
| Let’s practice with this grammar more in this lesson. |
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