PRESENT SITUATION (wish / If only + past)
I wish I weren´t lazy.
I'd like to be taller...
I wish I were taller.
You talk too much.
I wish you would stop talking.
I never learned how to swim.
I wish I had learned how to swim.
She has very little time to study.
She wishes she had more time to study.
She's not saving money for her future because she can't.
She wishes she could save money (but she can't(
He never pays when we eat out.
I wish he would pay sometimes.
She never finished college.
She wishes she had finished college.
They don't know how to drive.
They wish they knew how to drive.
People don't care about climate change.
I wish people cared about climate change.
(Someone chewing with an open mouth)
I wish he would eat with her / his mouth closed.
We didn't lock our home and we got robbed.
We wish we had locked the doors.
I can´t travel abroad because I don't have a passport.
I wish I had a passport.
REGRET: I didn't study so I failed...
I wish I had studied :(
He keeps sending me messages all day long.
I wish he would stop messaging me.
I didn't take my tickets to the concert. I couldn't get in.
If only I had checked I had the tickets with me.
It's too cold.
I wish it were hot.
I regret not saying "sorry" before he left.
I wish I had said "sorry" before he left.
My neighbor's cat keeps sneaking into my house.
I wish his owner would watch his cat.
I didn't try on the shoes I bought. They are too tight.
If only I had tried on the shoes.