I wish / If only

USES:
- To express dissatisfaction wit a present or past condition that we CAN'T change.
- For a condition that we hope it will change in the present.

FORM:

- Regrets about present:           I wish / If only + Vpast

- Regrets about past:                I wish / If only + HAD + Vparticiple

- Hopes for a change:               I wish / If only + WOULD + Infinitive

Links to exercises:
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3

OTHER WAYS TO SAY "IF"

• Even if = to show the result is true whether the condition is true or not.
• Unless = "If not"
• As long as
• Providing
• Provided that = "Only if"
• On condition
• With/without = "If you get/have" / "If you don't get/have"
• In case = "If by some chance happens"
• Depending on = Two possible conditions with two possible results.
• Only if = There is only one condition needed to make it true.