Second Conditional I wish

I wish... Watch the video about expressing regrets in English. You can watch the whole video, it is useful, but for our piece of grammar, you need only first 80 seconds.I wish...We use wish + past simple when we want to say that we would like a present situation to be different.I wish we still had that cake. (Unfortunately, we don't. Somebody probably ate it.)We can use were for the verb to be for all the subject pronouns.I wish he were here.I wish I could be there with you. (I can't).I wish she didn't put on so much make-up (but she does).Then practice the exercises. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. 1. I wish I knew (know) how to play soccer.2. I wish we didn't have (not have) any homework tonight.3. I wish I were (be) taller.4. I wish I went (go) to a different school.5. I wish my mom weren't (not be) so strict.6. I wish I spoke (speak) fluent English. Match the wishes Match the sentences on the right with the rewritten sentences expressed as a wish. 1. Life is so complicated. 1. I wish life weren't so complicated. 2. I don't enjoy sports. 2. I wish I enjoyed sports. 3. I can't cook. 3. I wish I could cook. 4. Students can't go to school. 4. I wish students could go to school. 5. I'm not good at art. 5. I wish I were good at art. 6. My computer doesn't work. 6. I wish my computer would work. 7. I don't understand this exercise. 7. I wish I would understand this exercise. 8. He never talks to me. 8. I wish he talked to me.