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עמוד:9
In the Past There are two things that happened in Esperanza's life that she regrets that . She regrets that her parents named her £ 1 ^^?/ 7 ^ and she regrets she never knew her great-grandmother . Esperanza wishes these things in her life had been different . Wish sentences 3 ^ used to express the idea or feeling that we ^ unhappy or dissatisfied with a past situation and are said or written : wish + had + V 3 Examples : Esperanza wishes she had known her great-grandmother . She wishes her parents hadn't named her Esperanza . 3 With a partner , discuss events that have happened in your life that you wish had happened differently . Then write sentences describing 3-4 of these events . Example : I wleh I had learned how to play the p iano when I was a child . Answer on Student Work Page 2 . 4 Ten years ago , when Peter was 16 , he and his parents moved from France to England . Peter is looking back over his family ' s first few years in England . He has some regrets . Complete the passage with the correct form of the verb , using the words in brackets . Peter wishes he hadn ' t changed ( not change ) his name from Pierre to Peter when his family moved from France . Peter also wishes that he and his parents ( continue ) speaking French together after they moved to England . Peter wishes that his father _ _ ( not work ) so many hours a day and _ _ ( spend ) more time with him when he was a teenager starting life in a new country . However , Peter wishes he _ ( make ) more of an effort to understand how difficult it was for his parents right after the move . He wishes he _ _ ( be ) more patient and more helpful during those first few years . Today , Peter is a businessman . When he is traveling in Europe , Peter wishes he _ ( not be ) so embarrassed when meeting clients in Paris , especially when they find out he was born there . He also wishes his work colleagues ( call ) him by his " real" name , and not by his nickname , Pete . Peter wishes he _ _ ( can ) turn back the clock and do things again — this time , better . More practice on Student Work Page 2 . e following sentence starters can help you : I wish I had known ... . I wish I had seen ... . I wish I had thoug ht of ... . I wish I had spoken to ... I wish I hadn ' t ... .
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