Three Step English for Intermediate Learners - Practice #19 - Expressing Regret - Recap

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0:00.7	Do you know how to express regret in English using I Wish?
0:04.8	Welcome to three-step English practice by English Class 101.com.
0:09.8	In this lesson, you'll practice how to express regret in English.
0:15.3	Let's look at the main dialogue.
0:18.2	Two people are having a conversation. My mom never lets me play video games at home.
0:23.6	What's your favorite game?
0:24.6	Actually, I like sports better.
0:27.6	Baseball, soccer, I like all the team sports.
0:30.6	I like fishing, though.
0:32.6	I wish we were fishing right now.
0:34.6	In this conversation, this character says, I wish we were fishing right now.
0:40.3	By using the phrase, I wish, in combination with the noun we, followed by the past tense
0:46.3	verb phrase, were fishing right now, he is expressing regret that they did not end up fishing
0:53.3	and are instead doing a different activity.
0:56.0	Let's practice with this grammar more in this lesson.

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