To express regrets about past events, we use the subject, followed by wish/wishes, followed by the past perfect (subject + had/hadn't + past participle).
Positive
| subject | wish(es) | past perfect | |
| I | wish | I had bought | a new coat |
Negative
| subject | wish(es) | past perfect | |
| she | wishes | she hadn't bought | a new coat |
Question
| Do/does | subject | wish | past perfect | |
| Does | she | wish | she hadn't bought | a new coat? |
Regret
To express regrets about past events, you can use the verb regret with an -ing verb, or with not and an -ing verb, or with a noun.
| subject | regret(s) | verb-ing OR noun |
| I | regret | taking my umbrella not taking my umbrella it |
'-ed' and '-ing' adjectives
-ing adjectives are used to describe things: 'The lecture was boring.'
-ed adjectives are used to describe our feelings: 'I felt very bored.'
| -ed form | -ing form |
| annoyed | annoying |
| bored | boring |
| confused | confusing |
| embarrassed | embarrassing |
| surprised | surprising |
| worried | worrying |
| interested | interesting |
Question Tags
A question tag is a short question at the end of a sentence, which we use to find out information or check information that we already have. This is how you form question tags:
| Positive sentence - negative tag | You will do it quickly, won't you? |
| Negative sentence - positive tag | She isn't happy, is she? |
| Main verb - use 'do' | We went to the party, didn't we? |
| Pronouns | Yuki and Tomo are Japanese, aren't they? |
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