Grammar challenge: 'Wish' & the past perfect

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Most of us regret doing things - or not doing things - in the past, and you can use the English word 'wish' with the past perfect tense to talk about it! Join English learner Daewon as he takes on our grammar challenge! Can you use 'wish' with the past perfect to talk about your regrets? Join the conversation 👇👇👇
✔️ 0:00 - Meet the challenger
✔️ 0:33 - The language
✔️ 2:06 - The grammar explanation
✔️ 3:49 - The challenge
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@bbclearningenglish 2 ай бұрын

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@analandia15 2 ай бұрын

😂 best final, in my case I wish I had studied in UK

@hiroshii586 2 ай бұрын

I wish I hadn't found the BBC Learning English channel on KZfaq, as I'm so addicted to listening to the podcasts now.

@shoxjaxon5680 2 ай бұрын

a honest guy

@claytonmuniz752 2 ай бұрын

Yes! 😂

@llemonshell 2 ай бұрын

5:19

@tammytsang3487 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this old podcast that is quite informative.

@theculturedkidlanguages 2 ай бұрын

Such a helpful video. Thank you for sharing it with us.

@ximuoidethuong 2 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot

@paolobragantini2991 2 ай бұрын

Wonderful!

@user-nr5gy3mb4m 2 ай бұрын

Old is gold ❤

@EnglishwithAleks 2 ай бұрын

Excellent lesson. I like it😊

@cidinhamoraes2906 2 ай бұрын

Perfect!👏👏👏

@sanarubab6922 2 ай бұрын

Good piece of information.

@user-lf6lu8rc2r 2 ай бұрын

Your the best BBC

@bbclearningenglish 2 ай бұрын

* you're :)

@tammytsang3487 28 күн бұрын

I wish I had spent much more time caring for my father when he lived in the nursing home.

@tammytsang3487 28 күн бұрын

I wish I had picked up online learning when I was younger.

@vx.3484 28 күн бұрын

But you were too young, so you didn’t how to utilize smartphone properly right?

@tammytsang3487 28 күн бұрын

@@vx.3484 I am too old.

@user-zj8hw8up5k 2 ай бұрын

I wish I had been fluent level of English in 2023. Now I regret it.

@JuanHernandez-lk7sc 2 ай бұрын

Saludos desde México.Greetings from México.

@user-to5xz2lq8l 2 ай бұрын

Nice 👍👍 Keep it going..

@user-lm8zg7iy9r 2 ай бұрын

Lol and thanks very much and also thanks for the last person he was too honest 😂

@mariaritanobile7933 2 ай бұрын

😂 nice and usefull.You can explain in a very simple and effettive way!thanks

@aimannazir2150 2 ай бұрын

Keep going

@khanhdoduc0411 2 ай бұрын

Haha, the ending was fun :))

@JuanHernandez-lk7sc 2 ай бұрын

I like English, French, German, Italian, portuguese and spanish.

@n.hemavathi3451 Ай бұрын

I wish I hadn't forgotten vocabulary and grammar rules.

@BrandonEllington-gq1mh 2 ай бұрын

Best end ,I wish I had nerver lived or studied in China

@JuanHernandez-lk7sc 2 ай бұрын

Shalom.Namste.

@MohamedSalah-hj6ru 2 ай бұрын

Hahaha, I think more and more people are complaining about the expensive life in London and many of them are considering traveling to other cities like the US.

@LearnEnglishwithSara-te5jp 2 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@user-vf3cj1jg7h Ай бұрын

I know only six times in English, but I try to learn all.

@sammyi0917 2 ай бұрын

good guy keep goning😂

@idk_wuttodo9127 2 ай бұрын

I love deck❤

@NguyenHung-hb3sb 2 ай бұрын

I wish I had learned English harder when I was a child.

@deixaeucontotudo7135 2 ай бұрын

Ahaha that’s funny 😂

@tm_davinchi 2 ай бұрын

I only listen this podcast but i never do dectation what do you think it’s seccesful or not

@zahraadibisedeh5709 2 ай бұрын

❤

@najatarabia741 2 ай бұрын

The Korean guy was a bit upfront and I like that 🤣

@brendamartinez6955 2 ай бұрын

👏👏💯

@pmlgjrd6960 2 ай бұрын

😮! Oh

@anikaayman4462 2 ай бұрын

I wish recommendation of this channel had come earlier 😅

@bbclearningenglish 2 ай бұрын

Better late than never!

@ninalulu8604 27 күн бұрын

I wish I had studied English instead of Greek, I lost too many years 😢 Now I need the English a lot but I can't speak well 😢

@Helena-fp5rt 2 ай бұрын

I wish I had been born in UK 😊

@cuckoo_is_singing 2 ай бұрын

He wishes he hadn't been so brutally honest. You are gonna to be deported man😅

@SuSu-nl5qy 2 ай бұрын

I wish I had studied hard for my life.

@mahbuburrahman4309 2 ай бұрын

1st view & comment

@cynthiareid6416 2 ай бұрын

I wish i had not learned English since I was a child I had not overlooked it. Nevertheless never is late as a lifelong learner.

@mehiazizi9203 2 ай бұрын

I wish i had studied english sooner

@saadmohammed3971 2 ай бұрын

I wish I had followed this channel before 😢

@dr.anamikaroy3011 2 ай бұрын

I wish I had studied more for my final exam

@NhanLe-gj9tj 2 ай бұрын

no subtitles?

@thisistheway123 2 ай бұрын

I wish i hadn't eaten the pasta at the dinner because i am feeling full.

Ай бұрын

I wish everyone had known vietnam country

@sultanniaz5113 2 ай бұрын

I wish I had studied A-level.

@user-lw2uv3el5e 2 ай бұрын

kkkk funny

@abbos_axiy 2 ай бұрын

Where're subtitles ?(

@bbclearningenglish 2 ай бұрын

They are showing now - sorry about that.

@ozanarcan9152 2 ай бұрын

😂

@vannhantran547 2 ай бұрын

Shitty weather pisses us all so That Korean lad didn't lie

@alicepeng5124 2 ай бұрын

😂😂

@mariamalysheva2854 2 ай бұрын

ahahahah

@hirunahansaka646 2 ай бұрын

I think he is less expriance and he didnt understand the circumstances 😂

@keithshum8780 2 ай бұрын

Thank you. I wish I have bought 1 bitcoin 10 years ago.

@thequeenmyself916 2 ай бұрын

the subtitles are off 😭

@bbclearningenglish 2 ай бұрын

They should be working now :)

@amirbekfakhriddinov6799 2 ай бұрын

First

@MuhammadjonRahimov-sf4gv 2 ай бұрын

🇺🇿🇺🇿🇺🇿

@user-rr1cw3ts1v 2 ай бұрын

imao😂

@hakki90 2 ай бұрын

He wishes he hadn't spoken in that way because they deported him from the country after the program. 😂😝

@vanesacasafu8260 28 күн бұрын

I wish I hadn't taken cigarette and then smoke it.

@bbclearningenglish 28 күн бұрын

👍 Nice example! You just need to use the past tense of 'smoke', so instead it would be 'I wish I hadn't taken a cigarette and then smoked it'.