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We can use wish + past perfect to talk about things that happened in the past and that we regret (we would have wanted them to be different). I wish I hadn’t quit my job two years ago. I wish we hadn’t wasted all that money.
- Unreal Uses of Past Tenses
It’s (high) time + subject + past simple. We can use it’s...
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- Past Unreal Situations
We use the past perfect in the if-clause of a third...
- Unreal Uses of Past Tenses
En las oraciones de past unreal (pasado irreal) la cláusula dependiente se escribe en pasado perfecto, y la cláusula principal utiliza would have, could have, should have, might have. Frecuentemente se utilizan las contracciones ‘d have o ‘ve.
3 de ago. de 2015 · We use the unreal past for three scenarios where we wish to distance ourselves from what we are talking or writing about. WISHES, HYPOTHETICAL AND IMAGINED SITUATIONS. We use certain words and expressions such as if, if only and I wish, to introduce an imaginary or hypothetical situation.
We use the past perfect in the if-clause of a third conditional sentence to talk about an imaginary or hypothetical situation in the past, and we use would have, could have or might have + past participle in the main clause to talk about the result or consequence of that imaginary situation.
Imagined, wished for or unlikely situations are considered 'unreal' time. When we are talking about these situations, we often shift the verb form backwards. For example, the present changes to the past, and the past changes to the past perfect. The tense change suggests a distance from reality.
El pasado irreal también se asocia a las oraciones que expresan deseos o arrepentimientos, usando las expresiones "if only" o "I wish". I WISH / IF ONLY + PAST SIMPLE. Ojalá nuestra ciudad tuviera mejores parques. I wish our city had better parks.
11 de feb. de 2016 · To form the past unreal conditional, use the past perfect in the if clause. Use had followed by a past participle verb to form the past perfect. In the result clause, use would have...
