Showing posts with label Wishes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wishes. Show all posts

Friday, 20 December 2013

WISH, HOPE, WAIT, EXPECT, LOOK FORWARD TO - ADVANCED 1


Expect  - means you think or believe that something is probably going to happen for sure,
For example:  I'm expecting an important phone call.

Look forward to – means that you feel excited or very pleased about something that is going to happen,
For example:  I'm looking forward to Jaime's party.

Hope – means that you want something to happen and you have a good reason to think that it might happen,
For example: I hope it doesn't rain.

Wish – means that it is impossible or almost impossible that something happens. You feel sorry or sad about a situation that exists at the moment of speaking.
For example: I wish I were 20 years younger.

Wait – means that you are staying in a place without doing so much, until someone comes or something happens. It is more a physical action.

For example: We waited 20 minutes for the bus.


Exercises to practise:
Quiz 1
Quiz 2
Quiz 3

Saturday, 19 February 2011

WISHES - INTERMEDIATE 2

Sentences to practise the use of wish. By clicking on the button you will see whether you were right or not. www.better-english.com.