B2 · Upper-intermediate
Wishes · Unreal past
Wish/if only/would rather/it's time
Estimated study time: about 47 minutes
Meaning and purpose
Unreal uses of past tenses
Examples
I'd rather you didn't smoke.
Correct versus incorrect
Correct
I'd rather you didn't smoke.
Incorrect example
No paired incorrect sentence has been authored for this lesson yet.
Common misconception
Tense form after these expressions
Practice and review
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