English lesson, Wishes and regrets

In this English lesson, you will learn 4 structures to express wishes and regrets. wish + past simple to describe a situation in the present that we would like to be different. We use the past simple form, but our regret is in the present. Example: I wish I had more friends. wish + someone, something + would + base form of verb we want someone to change their behaviour or we want something to happen Example: I wish you would listen. wish + past perfect to describe a past situation that