Present and future wishes + Past regrets

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

V4 - Today's planning

•  20 minutes of reading
• LessonUp and Focus: 8.2 p.118
• My English Lab: 8.1 & 8.2

Learning goal:

"I can talk about present or future wishes and past regrets and use phrases with I wish, it’s time and I‘d rather."

Which sentences refer to the present and which to the future?

1. ‘If only we could go somewhere exciting for a change.’

2. ‘I think it’s time we did something cultural.’

3. ‘I wish you all realised how much I look forward to

doing nothing for two weeks.’

4. ‘I’d rather we went to the same campsite we went

to last year.'

Complete the second sentence so it has a similar meaning to the first. 

1: It isn’t summer.
2: I wish it .......

1: We always go to the mountains, but I prefer the sea.
2: I’d rather we.......

1: I ought to learn how to ski.
2: It’s time I.....

1: I can’t drive
2: I wish I .......

1: I really need to plan my next holiday.
2: It’s high time I.....

1: It’s raining.
2: If only it ......

Choose the correct option to explain the meaning of the following extracts.

‘If only I’d worn more sunscreen.’

1. Ellie wore enough sunscreen.
2. Ellie didn’t wear enough sunscreen.

I wish I hadn’t forgotten my camera.’

1. Ben had his camera with him.
2. Ben didn’t have his camera with him.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

I wish I ___
(go) on holiday with my friends last summer

If only I ______ (revise) more for my last English test.

Focus workbook

In your notebook:

>> Ex. 6, ex. 8 & ex. 9 on p.118 

Finished? 

>> My English Lab: 8.1 & 8.2