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