Make Your Way 7, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM

Language booster: When the past tense doesn’t refer to the past 9 Steve Greenspan He thinks Canadians should be proud of their country because _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ It’s time would rather wish/if only Examples: I wish more Canadians appreciated that we live in a wonderful country. I would rather we all paid a bit more for our energy and kept our country beautiful. I think it’s time we stopped worrying about losing our culture and spent the energy on preserving it. It’s time he grew up and got a job. I would rather we left a bit earlier. However, if we don’t use a pronoun, then the infinitive is used. I would rather leave a bit earlier. If only I had more time. He wishes he didn’t have to go to school today. 1 Look at the examples from the listening interviews. What tenses are the verbs in bold in? a past b present c future 2 What time period do the sentences refer to? a the past b the present c the future 3 Certain expressions are followed by a past tense even though they refer to the present or future. 54 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv