Written Assignment 1
Language Related Task
Grammatical items:
I wish I lived in the country.
1. Wish+ Subject pronoun+ past tense- to talk about regrets and wishes
for the present.
2. Two friends/acquaintances are having a chat about their free time
activities. One of them lives in the countryside and is describing his
weekend. His friend replies with: I wish I lived in the country.
3. Used to say that we have regrets about the present situation or present
facts, things are not the way we would want them to be. In this case the
person would like his life to be different in relation to where he lives at
the moment but in the same time moving to the countryside is a
hypothetical situation, unlikely or impossible to happen.
4. He wishes he was younger.
They wish they had more time.
5. Meaning check questions(Concept check questions)
Did I live in the countryside in the past? No
Do I live there now? No
Do I like living in the city? No
Is life better in the countryside? Yes
6. Two pictures – a busy city centre and a peaceful countryside scene
together with a time line.
, 7.
I WISH I LIVE IN THE COUNTR
D Y
HE WISHE HE WAS YOUNGE
S R
THEY WISH THEY HAD MORE TIM
E
Subject Verb’’ Subject Verb – complement
pronou to pronou past
n wish’’ – n simple
present
simple
8. -Students might think that because of the second verb in the past simple,
the sentence refers to an action completed in the past.
- Students may confuse the meaning of ‘’wish’’ with ‘’want’’ – a desire
or ‘’hope’’ which refers to the future
- Is it possible that the students may interpret the word countryside as
referring to a nation/country.
9. https://www.eslbase.com/grammar/wish
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/wishes-and-
hypotheses
Her coat isn’t in the office- she must have gone home.
1. Must(model verb) + present perfect- used to make suppositions about
the past.
2. It’s late in the afternoon, you are still in the office and looking for one of
your colleagues. Someone in the office notices that the person’s coat is not
there anymore and concludes that she left the office and went home.
3. Used when we are sure about something that happened in the past based
on present evidence. It expresses speculation. The evidence is the fact that
the coat is not there anymore, therefore, the person has left.
Language Related Task
Grammatical items:
I wish I lived in the country.
1. Wish+ Subject pronoun+ past tense- to talk about regrets and wishes
for the present.
2. Two friends/acquaintances are having a chat about their free time
activities. One of them lives in the countryside and is describing his
weekend. His friend replies with: I wish I lived in the country.
3. Used to say that we have regrets about the present situation or present
facts, things are not the way we would want them to be. In this case the
person would like his life to be different in relation to where he lives at
the moment but in the same time moving to the countryside is a
hypothetical situation, unlikely or impossible to happen.
4. He wishes he was younger.
They wish they had more time.
5. Meaning check questions(Concept check questions)
Did I live in the countryside in the past? No
Do I live there now? No
Do I like living in the city? No
Is life better in the countryside? Yes
6. Two pictures – a busy city centre and a peaceful countryside scene
together with a time line.
, 7.
I WISH I LIVE IN THE COUNTR
D Y
HE WISHE HE WAS YOUNGE
S R
THEY WISH THEY HAD MORE TIM
E
Subject Verb’’ Subject Verb – complement
pronou to pronou past
n wish’’ – n simple
present
simple
8. -Students might think that because of the second verb in the past simple,
the sentence refers to an action completed in the past.
- Students may confuse the meaning of ‘’wish’’ with ‘’want’’ – a desire
or ‘’hope’’ which refers to the future
- Is it possible that the students may interpret the word countryside as
referring to a nation/country.
9. https://www.eslbase.com/grammar/wish
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/wishes-and-
hypotheses
Her coat isn’t in the office- she must have gone home.
1. Must(model verb) + present perfect- used to make suppositions about
the past.
2. It’s late in the afternoon, you are still in the office and looking for one of
your colleagues. Someone in the office notices that the person’s coat is not
there anymore and concludes that she left the office and went home.
3. Used when we are sure about something that happened in the past based
on present evidence. It expresses speculation. The evidence is the fact that
the coat is not there anymore, therefore, the person has left.
