English Speaking Made Easy

"I wish or I hope ?"

- We use "wish" to talk about things that are impossible or things that probably won't happen:

•Example: I wish I could fly.
I wish she would be more understanding.

-On the other hand, we use " I hope" when there's a good chance that something might happen. You can use it to say what you want to happen in the future:

•Example: I hope he will come with us.
I hope it stops raining.

Reported Speech" Questions":

• In a reported question, the subject comes before the verb.

Example: She asked where he was going.( not she asked where was he going)

•Auxiliary do is not used:

Example: I wondered how they felt.( not I wonder how did they feel)

• Question marks are not used:

Example: They asked where the key was. ( not they asked where the key was?)