HOPE and WISH…. Explained! 🔥 (Essential B2 Grammar Lesson)
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📚 ► Download The Worksheet » https://bit.ly/greg-wish-vs-hope 🧞♂️ Learn the difference between HOPE and WISH, and how to use them to talk about your regrets and wildest dreams!!! 👓 Watch with subtitles 👓 🎁 [Learn With Me + 30% DISCOUNT] 🎁 Are you currently stuck at the "Intermediate barrier"? In my DAILY QUICK FIX course, I personally give you daily lessons that will help you finally speak Advanced English. 👉🏼 https://learn.englishwithgreg.com/courses/dqf Use code YOUTUBE to get 30% OFF your first month inside! * * * ⭐️ [WATCH NEXT] 🎥 🔥 Essential B2 Grammar (Playlist) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYCXLjOiLD_BZH7Eza4Q6DHDSOg2jmUrG 🎥 ALL 12 Verb Tenses in English… EXPLAINED! 🔥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGb4qwKV-to&list=PLYCXLjOiLD_CXCb7g89rBSq4dULfDI6H6 * * * ► CHAPTERS: 00:00 Intro 00:28 Difference between HOPE and WISH 01:30 Free Exam Preparation Questions 02:09 Hope + Present Tense 03:57 Hope v Hope that 04:59 Hope + Future Tense 06:13 Hope + Past Tense 07:21 Wish + Present Situations 09:26 Wish + Could 10:23 Wish + Future Situations 11:55 Wish + Past Situations 13:41 Wish v Hope Exam Exercises * * * TRANSCRIPT: I hope to pass the test. I hope I passed the test. I hope that I passed the test. They all sound okay, right? But are they all correct? Well, in this lesson, I'm going to tell you the difference between hope and wish, I'm going to teach you how to use these verbs in the past, present, and future, and I'm going to answer that question. Are you ready? Can you see the difference in the meaning of hope and wish here? I hope I get a promotion this year. The boss said he's delighted with my work. I wish I could get a promotion, but I've only been working here for two months. Well, we use hope for something that we want or desire, but for something that is very likely or possible. Happy boss = promotion this year. It's possible. We also use wish for things we want or desire. But here's the important difference. We use it for things that are very unlikely or impossible, like a promotion after two months? Not very likely. Now, as you'll see in the rest of this video, there are many ways to use wish and hope depending on the tense, so watch carefully. And when you've finished the video, download the exam prep PDF where you get three exercises of a B2/C1 level to test your knowledge of hope and wish in all the tenses that we're going to look at in this lesson. It's free and you can download it by clicking the link in the description. So the different tenses we're going to look at today are hope in the present, hope in the future, hope in the past, and wish in the present, wish in the future, and wish in the past. There's a lot to cover, so I'll keep it brief. Let's go. Hope, with the present simple tense, refers to something we want in the present or in the future. For example, I hope you have your passport with you. This is referring to hope and a present situation, having the passport. I hope now you have your passport with you.Now. Okay, look at this sentence. I hope it doesn't rain later. Again, we're using the present tense with hope. I hope it doesn't rain. But we're clearly talking about the future, later. That's fine. It's possible that it won't rain later, so we can use this structure. I hope the train arrives on time. Again, we're talking about a future event that is very possible, so we can use this I hope + present simple structure. Now, in those two examples, we're talking about different subjects. I hope you have your passport. I hope it doesn't rain later. But if we're using the same subject, we can also use the structure, hope + the infinitive. The students hope to finish their project by next week. She hopes to get the job. In those situations, we're talking about the same subject. The students hope that the students finish the project. She hopes that she gets the job. When that happens, it's really common to use the structure, hope + to do something. Before we continue, let me answer a very common question. Is it, I hope? Or, I hope that? Well, in all of those, hope + present tense situations that we have just looked at, we don't have to use the word that, but we can if we want to. It sounds more formal when we use that, so we tend to use it in formal situations or written English, but in everyday conversational English because it's quicker to not use that. [Due to character restrictions, the rest of the transcript is unavailable]... * * * ► Thanks, as always, for your LIKES, COMMENTS and SHARES!! 🙏 🔴 SUBSCRIBE to if you want to learn advanced English grammar and pronunciation and master English conversation! Your British English Teacher, ~ Greg 😀 #EnglishWithGreg #LearnEnglish #EnglishGrammar #GrammarLessons #B2 #C1 #ESL
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