Practising English

B2 Wish and If only (a summary)


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This is a follow-up from podcast 11, which was about 'wish' and 'if only' to talk about unreal or unlikely situations. I'm continuing on that theme today because I want to make it clearer about how to use these structures. Some textbooks can be bit confusing, can't they? They're confusing because they often try to put a rule on how to use these words. Do we say 'I wish the rain stopped' or 'I wish the rain would stop'. Listen to find out my solution to this problem. This is B2 level English. For the audio script, go to PractisingEnglish.com podcast 120...

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Be back soon with another podcast!
Mike Bilbrough (Secondary school English teacher and Doctor in English philology)

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