Relier Pairs WISHES AND PREFENCESVersion en ligne GRAMMAR par Mariela Cedeño Franco 1 for other peolple´s wishes, we must use: 2 Talk about past when we say that we are sorry that something did or dind´t happen. 3 to complain about situation that annoys us 4 Would prefer + full infinitive we use with: 5 We can use ______ instead of was after wish/If only. 6 To talk about general preferences, we use: 7 Prefer + full infinitive we use with: 8 To express our own wishes or other people´s wishes, we can use: 9 To talk about what someone wants in a particular situation, we use: 10 Prefer + noun/gerund we use with: 11 Would rather + bare infinitive we use with: 12 Talk about present or future when we say that something is NOT how we want it to be. Wish/If only + Past simple WISH OR IF ONLY WISH ( + rather than + bare infinitive ) ( + rather than + bare infinitive ) ( + than + bare infinitive) ( + to + noun/gerund) WERE Would prefer + full infinitive Would rather + bare infinitive Wish/If only + Past Perfect Simple Prefer + noun/gerund Prefer + full infinitive We use wish/If only + Would