EASY English Grammar Lesson! | HAVE or HAD + V3?

(Silly voice) Hello!

I wish I had a body like Captain America.

There's no way that worked

Hey, what's up?

Who are you?

I’m your wish fairy.

You wished for Captain America's body. So.

- Oh, because you're a wish fairy. - Because I’m a wish fairy!

Exactly.

So can I keep this?

Yes. But.

But what?

You’re an English teacher, ne?

Yeah

Okay, so you have to teach the grammar of wishes.hopes, and regrets!

Why?

It's kind of our, like, religion.

you are spreading the word of the fairy.

- Because you're a wish fairy! - Because I’m a wish fairy!

Exactly.

Okay.

Okay. now go.

Teach the lesson.

Today I'm going to teach you how to use

wishes, hopes and regrets in English.

Okay, think of something

from your past which happened, and you feel bad about that.

For example.

You get a bad haircut.

You feel bad about that

How can you express that?

Well, this feeling of something bad that happened is called “Regret”.

And the verb after REGRET will be in the ING form.

Like this.

I REGRET GETTING this haircut.

It looks so stupid.

Yes, this happened in the past.

But this is your feeling now, right?

So for that reason, “I regret...” right now.

Oh, I feel so hungry.

I REGRET not EATING breakfast.

This time you feel bad about something that didn't happen.

You didn't eat breakfast.

You feel bad about it.

You regret not eating breakfast.

So just remember, you feel bad.

Regret didn't happen.

Not the verb ING.

I regret not eating breakfast.

I'm so stupid.

and very useful.

You can use this when you want to say,

I don't have this experience and I feel bad about that.

You're going to use this form.

For example.

This girl went to London last year.

She wanted to go on the London Eye, but she didn't do it.

She doesn't have that experience.

So she uses this grammar form.

I regret not having gone.

specifically, she's saying I don't have

this experience and I feel bad.

Therefore

NOT + HAVE + V3

However, honestly, don't go on the London Eye

It's like £30

You see rooftops which are all gray,

and there are so many better places in London which are cheaper or free

Primrose Hill!

Go to Primrose Hill.

It's free. It's a park. It's beautiful, it's lovely.

You can see everything over London

and it's free and it's near Camden.

You want to go to Camden?

Go to Primrose Hill.

Okay.

Now, in the comments or in your notes, practice this.

You're going to write two regrets from your life

or from this week, whenever one is positive.

So you did something, and that was a bad decision.

One of them will be negative.

You didn't do something in the past, and now you feel bad about it.

Practice with those forms. Okay.

Next hopes and wishes.

They're basically the exact same thing.

But there is a difference.

Okay.

This is the story.

She wants to play Cupid with him and her best friend.

She says, well, I really want you to like my friend.

She's very pretty.

And I want you two to get married and have lots of babies.

This situation is possible.

It can happen in the future.

But this she'll use hope.

The next verb is just present.

I hope you like my friend.

She's really pretty.

What about continuous?

What are you doing?

I hope you're not eating my pizza.

present continuous is here. And here.

This puts emphasis on NOW

For this situation right now.

Don't use simple.

Remember continuous forms

talk about THAT specific time, right?

I hope you're not eating my pizza.

Remember that present continuous is also good to talk about the future.

for example, tomorrow there's a barbecue happening.

She wants to see her friend Maria

at this barbecue, but she doesn't know.

Is Maria going? I don't know, no one knows.

But she hopes.

She dreams.

So she says this with present continuous.

Because it's the future.

I hope Maria is going to the barbecue tomorrow.

So so hope with present continuous can be about now

I hope you're not eating my pizza or the future.

I hope Maria is going to the barbecue tomorrow.

But I hope Maria

will go to the barbecue tomorrow, that's fine.

That's okay.

But it sounds weird if it's not contrasting something.

For example, if he says I don't think she'll come.

This is contrasting this.

Now it's okay.

So in regular conversation if you say I hope bla bla bla will happen,

it sounds weird without some contradiction.

Do you see what I mean?

Oh my God, it's practice time again.

This time in the comments or in your notes.

Right.

Two hopes that you have right.

One in positive, one in negative.

I hope this happens.

I hope this doesn't happen right now.

I hope this isn't happening right now.

I hope this other thing is happening right now.

Think of your own examples.

Write them in the comments or in your notes.

But if you write them in the comments, I can give you feedback.

I can correct you. also.

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Okay.

Wishes though those are different.

Think Aladdin.

Genie wish. Fairies.

These are for things not possible.

For example.

Right now I'm in London.

But if I imagine I'm in a different place,

like.

I am on a beach now.

This is not real.

This is real right now I'm in London,

but I want this. so?

How can I say I want this situation to be real right now?

Well, it's not real.

So I use I wish, remember, hope it can happen.

Wish it's just imaginary.

I wish I.

Was.

Change the NOW verb.

To a PAST verb: “I wish I AM”?

Nooo!! “I wish I WAS on a beach.”

Yes, I know what you're thinking.

The correct grammar should be.

I wish I were on a beach.

However, the majority of the time you'll hear this

Correct grammar: Yes. Traditionally “I wish I WERE...” “I wish he she WERE...”

However, I'm teaching you real English.

This is what you hear.

I wish I was on a beach right now.

It's so cold.

So if you see wish with a past tense verb you're talking about now.

But in an imaginary way.

Okay.

So last night I slept late.

I don't feel good about it.

What can I say?

I'm so tired.

I regret sleeping late.

I want to change the past.

How can I use that?

Now I cannot change the past.

But I can wish for a different past.

That's okay.

So to say this to express it, I wish I didn't sleep late.

Nope, nope.

Remember I said a wish with a past

verb you're talking about now, right?

So how do we change a past verb?

You already know it. I'm sure.

To wish for a different past.

Very easy.

Change the PAST verb to a PAST PERFECT

HAD or HADN’T + a V3

In this case, “SLEPT”

I wish I hadn’t... (Negative!)

Slept late.

But we need a positive example, too!

Just so you see the difference.

So another example.

You meet someone at a party and you fall in love.

Oh, it's so cute.

But there's a problem.

Her best friend is sick.

And now it's time to go home.

So they can't fall in love anymore.

They are both thinking, wow, I wish we met earlier.

I said, the correct way

to wish for a past situation is with.

HAD + V3 or HADN’T + V3

However, to be honest, if you just said

“I wish we met earlier” (For the past) mostly is fine.

Again, I'm here to teach you real English, not textbook English.

You just have to know from context.

and finally.

You can use these in a short answer like this.

Oh. Are you going on holiday soon?

I really hope so.

Or. Are you going on holiday soon?

I wish Do you notice the difference now?

I hope so is more optimistic.

It says it can happen and I want it.

I wish

you're giving the feeling of it probably can't happen, but yes, I want it.

Okay, now you practice, write in the comments or in your notes.

Your own hopes.

Wishes and regrets.

What do you regret doing or not doing?

What do you hope is going to happen?

And what do you wish hadn't happened?

Or is happening right now?

Let me know in the comments and I'll give you correction.

And ...what was the next line?

Never mind.

Okay, so

3 ... 2 ... 1 and I'll see you in the next class. Bye.

Okay. I think that was good.

I think that was good.

Was that good? Was that all right?

Oh! You’re done! Good!

Yeah. Okay.

So I can keep this now, right? We're done?

Now, you have to give five wishes.

I'll be a wish fairy too?

Is this where wish fairies come from!?

Uhh, you’ll find out!

I'll “find out”? That sounds promising!

And who's this guy I'm supposed to give wishes to?

Oh that guy!

Him? He looks like a dork!

Look at his hair.

Wait, sorry. Are there rules to follow is a wish fairy?

Or do I just invent my own rules as I go?

What?

And what's inside a wish fairy? I've always wondered this.

Is it juice?

You're going to be great. Bye.

What do you- Where are you taking me?

No, no, nooooooOOOOOO!

She looks hot!

What?

No, I'd love to get lunch with you.

I just have a lot of work to finish

Dan, conference room B, 5 minutes!

Better be ready with a killer presentation.

What? No, no, no. I'm listening.

I just have this presentation that's due in 5 minutes,

No, I haven't even really started it.

I wish I had, like, a week to finish it.

Hey Dan, you’ve got another week to finish this

Okay, That was weird.

I have another week to finish it.

Yeah, I'll meet you for lunch, then

see you soon. Bye. Love you.

I love you. Bye bye. Bye. Bye bye.

Dan! I’m still waiting on that Pensky file.

I'm on it.

I it's.

It's in one of these papers here somewhere.

I think

Damn well better be!

I wish I had a wish fairy.

Whoa!

Who are you?

Who is she? She's amazing.

Oh, I’m your wish fairy!

A wish fairy?

I must be working too hard.

Is a wish fairy like a genie?

Kind of.

So I get, like, three wishes?

No, you get five! With a wish fairy...

Five wishes! Which makes us better than genies, really!

So why me?

Because you said “I wish I had a wish fairy.”

So now I'm assigned to you.

But remember only five.

And then my fairy juice runs out.

Okay.

I wish I

had coffee.

Cool.

Think bigger, Dan! You’ve got wishes!

Real wishes.

Now we gotta meet your fiancee for lunch

and she's not going to be happy if you’re late again!

Wait, how did you know all that?

Wish, fairy, Dan! I know everything!

Wait, you're coming in?

How can I even explain you?

She can't see me. Only you can see me.

I think! I might be wrong about that.

I'm not sure.

...and they have all the flowers that we wanted and the cake’s ready, too!

All you need to do is call the band, make sure that they can come.

And did you learn the dance moves yet?

Right!

The dance.

Dan, I sent you those a month ago.

Are you okay?

You seem a little off.

Yeah, I'm good. I'm fine. Really.

You're not having second thoughts, are you?

are you?

I mean, it's natural to have second thoughts, but

are you regretting us getting engaged?

What? No, no, not at all.

So you don't regret taking that terrible job that you hate?

not at all.

It moved me closer to you.

Do you regret getting that terrible haircut?

- Which one?

- That one, Dan!

You don't regret not sleeping with more than one girl in your life?

I have slept with more than one girl.

I have.

And it was.

It was pretty.

They liked it. A lot.

I don't want you going into this marriage with any regrets.

Honestly, I do not have any regrets.

It's just been a very weird day.

I don't know.

Maybe this weekend you should get out of town.

Call your friend Steve.

You guys can do something fun together.

then on Monday, we can start a life together

and start on the same page of each other.

Okay, I got to go.

- I love you. - I love you, too.

Hey, Steve!

It's Dan from work.

Yeah, that one

good to hear from you too, man!

Hey, so I'm actually getting married on Monday.

Oh, yeah.

And I was wondering if you were free this weekend.

No, no, I'm totally cool, man.

I get it.

Yeah, it's late.

Late

Yeah, I'll see you next time at the work at the work... time.

When we’re at work

Yep! Bye!

See bye, bye!

You don't have any friends, do you?

I kind of lost touch once I moved to New York for Alena.

So invite them! Come on! This is your stag party!

- “Stag party”? - “Bachelor party”. Sorry.

In England we call them “Stag parties”.

Oh, so you're British.

I was British.

Oh. Wait.

So when we die, we all become wish fairies?

Never mind that.

You can do whatever you want.

You literally have a wish fairy!

Come on, make a wish!

Okay.

I...

wish...

that...

I was going to Vegas this weekend.

Are we going to gamble?

No, I don't gamble.

But you want to go to Vegas?

That's what you wanna do? Fine!

Why are we driving?

You had a wish.

We could be there already.

We don't have to travel by car.

It's amazing. Look at it.

It's so beautiful!

I wish for the craziest night a guy could have in Vegas.

Oh ho! This should be fun!

Oh, man.

What happened last night?

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Did I marry an Amy Winehouse impersonator last night?

Dude, I'm so hungover.

I don't remember a thing about last night

although that kind of does sound familiar

Oh, no, this can't be happening.

I'm getting married on Monday.

Do you regret it?

Yeah, I do.

Well, then it's a good thing you've got a wish, fairy.

- Make a wish. - Oh, my God. You're right!

I wish I hadn't married that Amy Winehouse impersonator last night.

Great.

It’s not working dude!

Why isn’t it working?

I don't know! I'm sorry!

I don't think fairies are supposed to drink.

I remember she said something.

She lives at Circus Circus

I could ask her for an annulment, right?

Yeah. Let’s go!

We need to get an annulment.

Please?

if you don't mind.

Why?

I'm supposed to get married on Monday,

And this is way out of character for me.

Are you okay?

I'm just messing with you.

Dan, chill out.

We got “married” last night.

It's part of the “Superstar package”.

Marry a celebrity. Take a few photos.

It's not a legal marriage.

Oh, thank God.

Who's the cute fairy?

Wait, you can see him?

kind of hard not to notice a guy in a fairy costume.

How you doing, gorgeous?

Okay.

Let's just get the car and get the hell out of here.

I don't know what I'm going to tell Alena

It's fine.

It was a crazy weekend in Vegas.

It's normal to see Bachelor Party

On my own. With a fairy

There's nothing normal about that.

If we find an.

No no no no no no no.

What now?

Great.

Just great.

You're a fairy.

How can you not fix this?

I don't have any more fairy juice, Dan!

Five.

- I told you five wishes! - Then what?

POOF! Your magical fairy juice just runs out!?

Yes, Dan! That's how all of this works.

Okay, Hold on.

I may know a way around that. Come here.

I believe in you.

What's this?

In Peter Pan, when they clap the fairies all get helped.

I'm not Tinkerbell.

You're a fairy.

And I believe in you, man.

Yeah, I'm a fairy.

But that's not how any of this works.

Damn it!

Why can't any of this just be easy for me?

At least I'm not married.

I do not want to be married.

I don't want to be married.

I have to tell Alena!

I don't want to be married. And,

I don't want to work at my job.

I hate it there.

I do regret taking my job.

Oh, I get it now. Oh.

I thought you ran out of fairy juice.

There’s no “Fairy juice”!

What would even be made of?

Unicorn spit?

- Hey! - Hey!

Wow

So what now?

Well, I'm going to quit my job, and

I don't know, I've always wanted to work at Google.

Maybe I should learn how to code or be a YouTuber.

Then my work’s done!

See you around, Dan!

You're going to be fine. Really.

You've been, like, the best friend I've ever had.

So sad.

I know.

I'll miss you, bud.

Eh! You’ll see me again

After you die.

So we DO become fairies!