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    #Hypothetically Speaking

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    The document discusses various hypothetical conditional structures in English including: 1) Using "wish" with different tenses to talk about present/future desires or regrets in the past. 2) Using "it's (high) time" with the past simple tense to discuss that an action is overdue. 3) Using "would rather" and "would sooner" with different tenses to talk about preferences in present/future or wanting different past actions. 4) Using "would prefer" to indicate conditional preference or comparing two options. 5) Using "as if" and "as though" with different verb tenses to indicate likelihood or unlikelihood of a situation.

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    The document discusses various hypothetical conditional structures in English including: 1) Using "wish" with different tenses to talk about present/future desires or regrets in the past. 2) Using "it's (high) time" with the past simple tense to discuss that an action is overdue. 3) Using "would rather" and "would sooner" with different tenses to talk about preferences in present/future or wanting different past actions. 4) Using "would prefer" to indicate conditional preference or comparing two options. 5) Using "as if" and "as though" with different verb tenses to indicate likelihood or unlikelihood of a situation.

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    The document discusses various hypothetical conditional structures in English including: 1) Using "wish" with different tenses to talk about present/future desires or regrets in the past. 2) Using "it's (high) time" with the past simple tense to discuss that an action is overdue. 3) Using "would rather" and "would sooner" with different tenses to talk about preferences in present/future or wanting different past actions. 4) Using "would prefer" to indicate conditional preference or comparing two options. 5) Using "as if" and "as though" with different verb tenses to indicate likelihood or unlikelihood of a situation.

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    The document discusses various hypothetical conditional structures in English including: 1) Using "wish" with different tenses to talk about present/future desires or regrets in the past. 2) Using "it's (high) time" with the past simple tense to discuss that an action is overdue. 3) Using "would rather" and "would sooner" with different tenses to talk about preferences in present/future or wanting different past actions. 4) Using "would prefer" to indicate conditional preference or comparing two options. 5) Using "as if" and "as though" with different verb tenses to indicate likelihood or unlikelihood of a situation.

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    HYPOTHETICAL MEANING

    1. WISH & IF ONLY

    😊 WISH + PAST SIMPLE / CONTINUOUS – TO TALK ABOUT THE PRESENT/


    FUTURE

    e.g. I wish I had a motorbike.

    I wish I was going on holiday with you.

    😊WISH+ WOULD/ COULD + INFINITIVE – TO TALK ABOUT GENERAL WISHES


    FOR THE FUTURE/ AN ANNOYING HABIT

    e.g. I wish the sun would shine.

    I wish my sister would stop smoking.

    😊WISH/IF ONLY + PAST PERFECT – TO TALK ABOUT REGRETS (PAST)

    e.g. If only/ I wish I had never met her!

    2. IT’S (HIGH/ ABOUT) TIME + PAST SIMPLE

    e.g. It’s time we left. / It’s high time you started revising for the exam.

    3. WOULD RATHER /WOULD SOONER

    😊WOULD RATHER/ WOULD SOONER + INFINITVE – TO TALK ABOUT OUR OR


    OTHER PEOPLE’S PREFERENCES IN THE PRESENT/ FUTURE

    e.g. I’d rather go to the concert than to the opera.

    They’d rather go home. (same sbj- they prefer, they go home)

    😊WOULD RATHER/ WOULD SOONER + PAST SIMPLE – TO TALK ABOUT WHAT


    WE WANT SOMEONE / SOMETHING ELSE TO DO IN THE PRESENT/ FUTURE

    e.g. I’d rather you didn’t tell anyone about this. (different subjects – I prefer, you
    don’t tell)
    😊 WOULD RATHER/ WOULD SOONER + PAST PERFECT – TO TALK ABOUT WHAT
    WE WANTED TO HAPPEN IN THE PAST

    e.g. I’d rather you hadn’t told her that. (different subjects – I prefer, you told her)

    4. WOULD PREFER

    😊 PART OF TYPE 2 CONDITIONAL => I’d prefer it if you didn’t go.

    😊 I’d prefer tea TO coffee.

    5. AS IF/ AS THOUGH

    😊 AS IF / AS THOUGH + PRESENT TENSE – SITUATION LIKELY TO BE TRUE

    e.g. You look as if you are hungry.

    😊 AS IF/ AS THOUGH + PAST TENSE – SITUATION IS UNLIKELY TO HAPPEN


    /HAVE HAPPENED

    e.g. He talks as if he knew all about it.

    He looks as if he had seen a ghost.

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