Teachers

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Teachers

• Aims to learn how to express regrets in English

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• Who was your favourite teacher at primary school?
• What can you remember about him/her?
• Why did you like him/her?

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Wish

• We use WISH to express regrets (kajanje)
• WISH past tenses expresses regrets about the
  present.
• I wish I had more free time.
• Id like to have more free time at
  present.
• WISH Past Perfect expresses regrets about the
  past.
• I wish we had gone to the party last night.
• I regret we didnt go to the party last
  night.

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Should

• We use should/shouldnt infinitive to suggest
  changes in the present.
• The classes should be smaller.
• We use should/shouldnt perfect infinitive to
  suggest changes in the past.
• I shouldnt have gone to that school.

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Write sentences beginning with I wish

• I dont know many people (and Im lonely).
• I dont have a mobile phone (and I need one).
• Helen isnt here (and I need to see her).
• Its cold (and I hate cold weather).
• I live in a big city (and I dont like it).
• I cant go to the party (and Id like to).

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Write sentences beginning with I wish

• You have eaten too much and now you feel sick.
• There was a job advertised in the newspaper. You
  decided not to apply for it. Now you think that
  your decision was wrong.
• When you were younger, you never learned to play
  a musical instrument. Now you regret this.
• You painted the gate red. Now you think that red
  was the wrong colour.
• You are walking in the country. Youd like to
  take some photographs, but you didnt bring your
  camera.