Should I use WISH or HOPE Learn fluent English vocabulary

hi i’m vanessa from speak english with

vanessa calm should you use hope or wish

let’s talk about it one of my students

recently told me some good news

he said that he recently applied for a

scholarship to study in the u.s. well

when he said this he said i wish that i

will get the scholarship hmm what’s the

problem with this sentence i understood

the meaning but there’s one word maybe

you can guess from today’s topic that we

need to change it’s the word wish the

biggest difference between hope and wish

is that we use hope for things that

might happen in the future so my student

should have said I hope that I will get

the scholarship I hope that it’s gonna

be sunny tomorrow I hope that my friend

will like her present this is something

that hasn’t happened yet it’s happening

in the future I hope but what about wish

with which we need to talk about the

past so let’s say for example that you

had the opportunity to study abroad but

you didn’t take it

you had other ideas or maybe you had a

boyfriend or girlfriend and you wanted

to stay with them instead of studying

abroad you could say I wish that I had

studied abroad when I was in school I

wish that I had done something this is

talking about the past it’s over it’s

finished you can’t change it now oh I

wish that I had baked the cake earlier

because the party’s about to start and

my cake isn’t finished I wish that I had

done it earlier there’s one exception

that I want to talk about and it’s an

expression that we often use as

congratulations sometimes we say best

wishes you might write this at the

bottom of an email or on a birthday card

or maybe you’ll say that too

one on their birthday or before they go

on a trip to some other country

best wishes so this is something that

has it happened yet you’re wishing them

good luck in the future you are hoping

that they have a great trip

so this is not talking about the past

but in this way

best wishes this is a correct expression

we are talking about the future so I

don’t want you to feel confused about

this expression feel free to use it but

in general when we talk about the future

I hope that I will have a good trip

I wish that I had packed more winter

clothes it was so cold we use hope for

the future and wish for the past I hope

this video was useful to you today and

that you feel more comfortable using

hope and wish correctly I have a

question for you in the comments below

this video I want you to write two

sentences using hope and wish this way

you start to understand how to use it

more and you’re creating language that’s

important creating sentences of your own

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