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    5B. Unreal Uses of Past Tenses PDF

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    This document summarizes different ways to express wishes or hypothetical situations in the past, including using "wish" with the past simple or past perfect tenses, "if only" with the past simple or past perfect, "would rather" with subjects and infinitives, and "it's (high) time" with subjects and past tenses or infinitives to refer to things that need to be done now or soon. Key rules are mentioned like using "were" instead of "was" after "I/he/she/it" and only using "would rather" with the same subject and infinitive without "to".

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    This document summarizes different ways to express wishes or hypothetical situations in the past, including using "wish" with the past simple or past perfect tenses, "if only" with the past simple or past perfect, "would rather" with subjects and infinitives, and "it's (high) time" with subjects and past tenses or infinitives to refer to things that need to be done now or soon. Key rules are mentioned like using "were" instead of "was" after "I/he/she/it" and only using "would rather" with the same subject and infinitive without "to".

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    This document summarizes different ways to express wishes or hypothetical situations in the past, including using "wish" with the past simple or past perfect tenses, "if only" with the past simple or past perfect, "would rather" with subjects and infinitives, and "it's (high) time" with subjects and past tenses or infinitives to refer to things that need to be done now or soon. Key rules are mentioned like using "were" instead of "was" after "I/he/she/it" and only using "would rather" with the same subject and infinitive without "to".

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    5B. Unreal Uses of Past Tenses PDF

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    Mary Bonastre
    This document summarizes different ways to express wishes or hypothetical situations in the past, including using "wish" with the past simple or past perfect tenses, "if only" with the past simple or past perfect, "would rather" with subjects and infinitives, and "it's (high) time" with subjects and past tenses or infinitives to refer to things that need to be done now or soon. Key rules are mentioned like using "were" instead of "was" after "I/he/she/it" and only using "would rather" with the same subject and infinitive without "to".

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    wish + past simple

    - Present / Future
    - Impossible or unlikely
    - WERE instead of WAS for I/he/she/it
    wish + past perfect
    - Past
    - Regrets
    If only + past simple /
    past perfect
    More empathic than whish
    WERE instead of WAS for I/he/she/it
    Things that annoy us: If only + person/thing + would + infinitive
    would rather + subject + past
    tense
    To express a preference
    would rather + infinitive
    without to
    - Only with the same subject
    It’s (high) time + subject +
    past simple
    Something which has to be done now or in the near future
    It’s time + to + infinitive
    - No subject

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