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HOPE

WISH + PAST CONTINUOUS

IT’S (ABOUT) TIME

WISH + (THAT) + PAST SIMPLE

WISH + (THAT) + WOULD

It's (about) time + past expresses that something should be done and that it is already a bit late

It's generally used about other people who are doing (or not doing) something that we don't like and we want that person to change. It's not usually used about ourselves, or about something which nobody can change.

To express that you want something to happen in the future (not wanting a situation to be different, and not implying impatience or annoyance)

We can use 'wish' to talk about something that we would like to be different in the present or the future. It's used for things which are impossible or very unlikely.

is used to express that we want to be doing a different action in the present (or future).