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okay let's practice with this I wish that were
true I wish it means I I don't believe that's
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true but I wish that were true you're the best
player on the team I wish I wish I were I wish
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I were the best player on the team but I'm not
so I wish that were true but I don't believe
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that true you're the best student in the class
I wish I wish that were true so wish usually
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means to be sorry that something is not true it's
not true I wish it were she wishes she could go
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to the concert so this insinuates that she can't
go to the concert she wishes she could go to the
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concert but she can't go to the concert I wish I
like children now this might ins uate that I don't
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like children I wish I did I wish I like children
but I don't I wish our daughter studied more now
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maybe the the parents think our daughter doesn't
study enough our daughter doesn't study enough
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I wish our daughter studied more all right notice
that's a past tense verb right there studied more
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however when wish is used with a B verb am is
R you need to use were for example I wish you
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were here this means you you were not here I
wish you were here he or we we wish we were in
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Hawaii ah we wish we were in Hawaii that means
we are not in Hawaii we wish we were in Hawaii
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he wishes he were tall he's not tall but he wishes
he were tall now let's practice with that pattern
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so I'm going to say you are not here and then you
fill in the blank I wish you were here I wish you
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were here all right so you fill in the blank there
I'll make a statement like this she cannot go to
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school she wishes she could go to
school she wishes she could go to
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school she cannot go to school they will not call
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us we wish they would call us we wish they would
call us they will not call us we don't have more
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time I wish we had more time
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did I change that I have a I here and
a Wii here oh well we wish we had more
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time I do not save my
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money they wish I didn't spend my money
on cars they wish I didn't spend my money
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on cars I don't have any money left
I spent it all on cars he is not back
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home he wishes he were back
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home my doorbell is ringing I'm
going to pause this video right
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here all right I'm back I wish my
doorbell hadn't rung all right I
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I don't even know where I am I'm just I
just jumped in this ch Shar just now he
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wishes he were back home all right
let's just move on it is not your
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birthday don't you wish it were
your birthday of course you wish
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it were your birthday that would
be great I cannot tell you the
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news I wish I could tell you the news is wish I
could tell you the news she doesn't call me very
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often I wished she called me more
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often she doesn't live close to their
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house they wish she lived closer to their house
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all right let's change it up a little bit
here now I will say you don't love me and
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then you say I wish you love me you don't love
me I wish you love me I'm not married I wish I
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were married so that that's how we do it I'm not
married I wish I were married my mother isn't
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here I wish my mother were here
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my mother isn't here I wish my mother
were here my neighbors make a lot of
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noise I wish my neighbors didn't make
so much noise my neighbors make a lot of
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noise I wish my neighbors didn't make so much
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noise he won't move his
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car I wish he would move his car he won't
move his car I wish he would move his
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car she can't stay here
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tonight I wish she could stay here
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tonight she drives too fast
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I wish she didn't drive so fast try
that again she drives so she drives too
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fast I wish she didn't drive so
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fast they come home
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late I wish they didn't come home so
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late try it again they come home late
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I wish they didn't come home so
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late I don't have enough
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money I wish I had enough money I wish I
had more money you could say that too some
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of these sentences there's more than one way to
say it right for example our house is too small
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I wish our house were
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bigger or you could say I wish we had a bigger
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house or you could say I wish we lived in a bigger
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house all right so there's different
ways to say it right we did it we had
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a little bit of a practice session I
hope it was good for you keep moving
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forward one step at a time and
I will see you in the next step
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