I wish....
1. We can use wish + infinitive to mean want. 'Wish' is more formal.
I wish to see the manager, please.
2. We can also use wish to express regrets - to say that we would like things to be different. We use a past tense with a present meaning in this case.
I wish + subject + past tense
I wish I was better-looking.
I wish I spoke French.
I wish I had a yacht.
I wish it wasn't raining.
In formal style, we can use were instead of was after I wish.
I wish I
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The town is located about thirty miles east of Sacramento. Sightings of wild deer, turkeys, and coyotes, are not uncommon. There are many other w
Keeping down dreams is of great fun, but one thing I couldnt figure out at first was why I couldnt see my future clearly in my dreams or every time when I woke up all the secrets were gone with the dreams? Are they top secrets?
But one day I happened to read an article, it said life without suspenses was out of expectations. I began to think of it, and I came to realize it is true, we should let nature take its course.
But I also have been told everything happens for a reason. So I guess if my d
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In the loving memory of Kiwi_John, the late ESL Admin. To all previous ESL Admins; Cobra, Teabag and Chuck and to all my former chatter friends in ESL Room (now known as 1997 Chat Room); Snjura, Shrek, Tito, Shu_Man, Maria_fer, Bajo, Tiffita, Lolly, Aurora, Little Ngoh, Tristan, Maru and the rest (forgive me for I am unable to remember all your nicks).
People always asked me how do I came to know about this si
Boys and girls, gather around and let’s continue my story. Yeah, where are we now? Oh, still on the second day, I remember it now. [I am quite in an old granny of 99 or 111 years old mood the time being, lol~]
A string of naughty tears came out on the sly quietly, can you imagine my mood at that time? How I missed the lovely past but anyway I could no longer go back. Then I began to cry out, later cry loud, just like a baby, and I didn’t even notice the kid had come back from class and was behin
In Mickey’s simple mind, happiness can be defined as a feeling named content. For everyone, the content feeling contains different content. Ok, I appreciate the original content, which relates to your natural need. For instance, when you feel hungry, there is food for you; when you feel lonely, there is someone who can touch your heart around you; when you make any progress, there is applause and encouragement; when you…
With the rapid development of our society, our life is becoming more colorf
Colorful Spring
So many people regard spring as their favorite, and Mickey is among them as well. It is the beginning of a new year, the world just come to life from the cold winter. People take off the heavy coats and walk out of house to breath fresh air and bath alive sunshine while the plants and animals come out in a hurry in case of being late to say hello to Miss Spring. My simple way to greet and embrace the sweet girl is to play a swing among the colorful flowers with my friends, sing
I had a good sleep last night and got up late this morning, because the sun had a leave. The face of sky was grey, then turned into black, soon he began to cry, harder and harder, just like I did yesterday.
I felt bored in the rainy day without Kaixin around me, he went to school after breakfast. At the beginning when he left, I picked up a novel to read. But the rain was too noisy. Then I paced to the doorway, sat down and watched the rain. Suddenly a fun idea occurred to me. I stood up and ca
“Dates No Cooking?” Dealing With Broken English
I’m working at a construction site. Babu, is a site supervisor. He came from southern Asia. At the beginning, and as a new comer, I never noticed that we need to adapt our English, until I started to communicate with him, and other construction workers. This is the story about it.
One day I asked him about the dates which grew in front of our office.
Me: Those dates, can we pick them from the tree and eat?
Babu: Can sir, but now how eating? After cook
The Fact
There was a joke about the sun. It was said that two persons were arguing about the sun. The first said, "This is the sun." The second said, "No, this is not the sun." Suddenly a man appeared and they asked him whether that yellow ball above was the sun or not. His answer was, " I am not from this country." If the truth, the fact are in front of you, surrender.
Dear Mickey,
Hello! How are you recently? I hope everything is nice with you.
I know now you must be curious who am I, but I won’t tell you at the moment, I will tell you at the end of this letter. Why? It is all because of you! I am a special person to you, so if I tell you who am I, hmmm, according to what I have known about you, you will keep asking me questions about me and never focus on what I want to tell you. So please be patient and read my letter first, ok? Now let’s get down to business
It seems that I cannot stop writing at the moment. I guess I was bitten by the writing bug. I just want to keep on writing and so afraid that one of these days the so called "writer's block" will hit my head hard, and I cannot even write a simple sentence.
However, I am not good in what people call "creative writing". There are a few ideas running through my mind, but I cannot seem be able to put a few coherent sentences. So, I decided for the moment, I will write my experiences such as my workin
the same
......1. We always use the before same.
................A. Give me the same again, please.
.................... (NOT Give me same again, please.)
................B. I want the same shirt as my friend’s.
.................... (NOT I want a same shirt like my friend.)
......2. We use the same … as before a noun or pronoun.
................Her hair’s the same colour as her mother’s.
................(NOT Her hair’s the same colour like her mother’s.)
......3. We use the same … that be
Dear friends,
Thanks so much for reading and commenting on my humble blogs, I am so encouraged. I appreciate any of your attention on my blogs.
I like to read the blogs here, and they bring me a lot of inspirations, as well as knowledge and happiness. And I often envy you guys who write very nice blogs with elegant English. To be honest, my writing sucks. Every time in an English exam, when it comes to the number of words, it is my nightmare. Just like squeezing toothpaste out of a tube, I have a
The next day I woke up even earlier than the first day, you know, as an old granny [99 or 111 years old one],I didnt need to sleep much. I dressed myself up, headed to the laker step by step, hard but fun as i was counting my steps accurately, I felt lucky and grateful because at such an age, I was still healthy and brainy, what's more, an obedient and lovely kid was with me. Life treated the old granny tenderly.
Couple of minutes later, I arrived at the laker and sat on a swing. It was so quiet,
Dear English Club Teachers,
I am planning an extra activity for my teenage students in which I need other teachers' participation.
The idea is to help...
Our students exchange letters through us.I mean in an indirect way,so that we could moderate their mails and try to help them.
My students loved the idea and they have already prepared their letters and are waiting impatiently to communicate with their friends abroad!I would email the the letters to anyone who is ready to participate immediately.I
Just finished watching a movie called Margaret, or rather my husband watched it till the end. I could not have the patiance watching this movie. It can be a great film, but Anna Paquin has a way to curb my enthusiasm by yelling persistently in the entire movie.
Something that I will never approve or get used to when watching western movies is when the children are yelling at their mothers. Being an Asian and grew up in a conservative family, we were taught to respect the elders and not to raise o
In the dream, I was an old granny. How old? Hmmm, I guess I was 99 years old or 111 years old [I like the two numbers], Because I walked very slowly. How slowly? Hmmm, once a time I felt hungry, and the kid was out. It took me a long time to go out of my studyroom to get the food which was ready in the kitchen. Poor granny!
Ok, let's get down to business. Let me tell you what I did on the first day. [lol, it seems I am more like a storyteller, other than a blogger =)]
On the first day I woke up ea
My dear sister noaslpls has encouraged me to try to write a blog. As I dont know what to write and where to start, she advised me to start writing from things I like, say my pet Barfi. However, on second thoughts, I find myself not good at depicting. My brain doesnt serve me in that way well. lol... But I am into dreaming, so now I start my blog from a dream.
Every time when the summer/winter holidays come, the first thing I do is to visit my grandparents. And in the beginning of this winter hol
