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Cards (30)
- Wish:
- S + wish +S + past perfect (wish in the past)
- Example: I wish I had learned French
- S + wish +S + past perfect (wish in the present)
- Example: I wish I ate more vegetables
- Unreal clause + S + would + verb Inf. + Gerund:
- Used to express annoyance
- Example: If only he would stop talking about that
- Back Shifting:
- Superpast = past
- Past = present
- Present = future
- Will = Would
- Can = Could
- Should = Should've
- Might = Might have
- If Only:
- If ony + could + past simple (present)
- Example: If only I lived in a big city
- Use past continuous after "If Only"
- If ony + could + infinitive
- Example: If only I could fly
- Regrets:
- S + regret + gerund
- Example: He regrets eating spicy food
- Hope:
- S + hope + present simple
- Example: I hope that it rains today
- Modal verbs:
- Can: Ability / Permission
- Should: Advice
- Might: Possibility
- Must: Have to / Strong advice, almost sure in something
- May: Permission / Probabilities
- Ought to: Should but stronger
- Bound to: Going to
- Will / Want: Willingness
- Pick up: to flirt and get with someone or to collect someone
- Break up with: to end something
- Get over: to surpass something
- Get away: to escape or go away
- Brought about: it caused something
- Get down to: to finally start something
- Get around to/get around/get round: to finally start something that you've been avoiding for a long time
- Give up on: to surrender
- Turned down: to decline something
- Get along: to have a friendly relationship
- Go over: to review something
- Get ahead: to be more advanced, ahead of the rest
- Call off: to stop something
- Get across: to make other people understand
- Run out of: to finish something
- Came across: to seem or give the appearance of something
- Bring up: to mention a subject
- Get at: to fight with someone or criticize someone
- Set up: to arrange something
- Bring down: to make someone sad
- Get on well/get along: to have a good relationship
- Get off on: to enjoy something
- Get by: to cope