English · Education and Career Choices
Expressing wish and desire — I wish / I'd like
A wish that is not true, and a desire that is possible
6 minutes
The academic content is in Arabic, as at the BAC and as in the app.
What the syllabus expects from you
- Expressing wish and desire (I wish/I'd like) about study/career choices
The method
- 'I wish' + past simple for a present wish that is not true; 'I'd like' for a polite desire
The common mistakes
- Using 'I wish' + present tense instead of past simple
From the lesson
Read what this student wrote in her diary.
The vocabulary
- I wish I could ... (أتمنى لو أستطيع)
- I'd like to ... (أود أن)
What is not on the syllabus
- 2nd conditional (previous concept)
- warnings with unless (next concept)