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Present Wish and Past Wish

Present Wish and Past Wish

 PRESENT WISH

 We use present wish to express hopes for things we want to change at present situations, but these things are impossible to change.

 I wish/if only + subject + simple past
Present Wish
Meaning
I Wish I were a millionaire
If only I were a millionaire
 I don't have a million dollars. I am not a millionaire. I can't be a millionaire.

PAST WISH

We use a past wish to express regret.

I wish/if only + subject+had + past participle


Past Wish
Meaning
I wish I had revised my lessons
If only I had revised my lessons
I failed in the exam because I didn't revise my lessons.

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