Wish Clause Worksheets

Related ELA Standard: L.7.1

Core Standard
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To show interest or regret in something we will most commonly use a wish form. The "would" clause is also very prominent for the same purpose. Would clauses normally include the words like or love. Wish clauses regularly express a tense to show when they are taking place. The present and future wish form includes a past simple to express that the situation is now or in the future. The past wish form includes a past continuous to usually express regret. These worksheets will work students through the proper usage and placement of wish clauses.

Wish Clause Worksheets To Print:

A Hankering for Multiple Choice - To do your best on this one, read everything out loud. There are four different choices to fill in those blanks.

Situational Clauses - I was going to call this one "If I Had a Genie!" You will be given a set of circumstances and asked to make adjustments to them.

Pining for the Right Verb Forms - You will rewrite each of these sentences to correct the grammar and get them moving. Make sure that your grammar is tight with these.

Future Conditional Clause - You have many roles in life. For example, you are a child, a friend, and a student. Therefore, different people have different expectations of you. It is interesting to see what students wished their teachers would do.

Past & Present Desires - When in time did these occur? You put a relative time tag on these sentences.

Third Person - Everyone wants something. Find five classmates and ask them what they want.

Get in Shape - Write the correct form of each verb in the blanks. Make sure you understand the context that you are working with.

What Do You Fancy? - If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go? Answer a series of questions that are just like this one.

Keep on Dreaming - Rewrite every sentence, so it has a wish clause. Some of them are really silly after you rewrite them.

Wish Upon a Star - Finish each wish clause and give a reason why. Get thinking and be creative!

Fill in the Blanks - Using the word box, fill in the blanks in the sentences. You will notice that there are a great number of contractions in play here.

Write & Explain the Clauses - Write nine sentences that contain these clauses (3 present, 3 past, and 3 future).

Hoping for the Future - Determine whether or not the sentence is a future wish clause. Then label the sentences that match this.

Interviewing - Pretend you are writing an article about your partner for the newspaper. You will setup questions for a partner to answer and evaluate.

Using If Clauses - Use the information in each sentence to write a sentence with an if wish clause. You can use as many unique words as you can dream up.

What Is a Wish Clause?


Defined most simply, they are any clause that contains the word 'wish' in it. Even when it is a simple statement expressing someone's desire of likeness of strong feeling about doing or being something, they can be written in a variety of ways. However, writing a proper wish clause requires one to use proper rules of grammar and language especially in the English language. Some of the ways to write them along with the rules for every method are as follows:


Wish + To - Infinitive

Using the word 'wish' in a clause or a statement but preceding it with a 'to infinitive' form of verb simply makes the meanings of wish and want the same. When they are being used as a formal form of want, you never use the word 'that' after 'wish'. For example, instead of saying 'I wish that I get to meet that professor' you will say 'I wish to meet the professor'.


Wish + Indirect Object + Direct Object

Sometimes they will consist of the word 'wish' with two different objects in a statement. One object is a direct object and the other one is an indirect object. These statements are written as: "I wish you (indirect direct object) fame (direct object)".


Wish + That Clause

The clause containing 'wish' can also be used with 'that'. To use the wish clause in such a way, it is better to first deeply and completely learn the rules of its usage. The ideal way to use them with that clause is to use the helping verb were. The sentences in this way will become something like: "I wish that I were rich", "I wish that I were not rude to her", etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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