Flashcards :

• Super Powers (mes-english.com)
  breathe under water, control the weather, climb walls, become invisible, see through walls, shoot lasers, freeze things,
  make force fields, lift anything, run fast, stretch very far, talk to animals, fly, become anything, shrink
  large flash cards, medium flash cards, bingo, a handout
  color pictures with black and white backings:
  medium flash cards, bingo
  Mark's note: This is a good jump to subjunctive practice for a little older students. "I wish I could... " and/or practice of if in a very natural and easy to understand environment "If I could ..., I would ..."
  
  

Listening :

• DOCUMENTS SONORES (Ac. Reims)
  Three wishes (US, 1.96Mo)

Lessons :

• WISH - a grammar lesson with interactive exercises (english-grammar-lessons.com)

• WISH
  Presentation and interactive exercises
  (englishgrammarsecrets.com)

• Lesson : WISH (British Council)

• I wish / if only - Présentation PowerPoint (avec son) - (yvanbaptiste/jlhabert)

• Expressing wishes in the past, present and future (BBC)

• Expressing good wishes with pictures (Ac. Nancy-Metz)

INTERACTIVE exercises :

• WISH - a grammar lesson with interactive exercises (english-grammar-lessons.com)

• WISH
  Presentation and interactive exercises
  (englishgrammarsecrets.com)

• Wish 1 - "Click on the buttons until you find the correct answer." (better-english)
  + page 2
  + page 3

• Wish - interactive (usingenglish)
  
  
  

Exercises TO PRINT :

• Hope and Wish - Presentation and exercises
  (eslprof.com)
• My Big Regret (bogglesworldesl.com)
  - "paragraphs with blanks that the students fill in to complete their stories."

• Expressing regrets and wishes about past situations - Inscription nécessaire
  Grammar focus: third conditional sentences; if only ... , I wish
  - with Teacher's Notes
  - enregistrement gratuit (english-4u.com)

Lesson plans :

• I wish - intermediate (insideout.net)
  Type of activity: Writing. Mingle.
  Aim: To practise the 'I wish' ... structure.
  Task: To complete wishes and guess who wrote them.
  
  
  

Sayings :

• Wise sayings :
  Wish not so much to live long as to live well. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)

Stories :

• The Little Mermaid - a strip cartoon (comicstripfan.com)

• The Little Mermaid - a strip cartoon (havepr.dk) This website is temporarily unavailable. Try again!
  - permet de travailler : "If only I could" " I wish I were.."

  

• I wish - a story about a caterpillar (with SOUND) - (kizclub)

Cartoons :

	Wish I hadn't wasted all those years... (cagle.com)	I wish this hotel had a dry-cleaning service (cagle.com)
I'm talking to you (cagle.com)	I wish someone would come up with a solution (inlinewaterfilters.com)	Abortion - Cartoon I wish we could have had a birthday. (cartoonbox.slate.com)
I wish someone would steal that car...! (cartoonstock.com)	A picnic... (dasan.de)	I wish for... (funnyhub.com)
I wish I had his I.Q.	Wishing well (cartoonstock.com)	Christmas shopping (cagle.com)

Songs :

• Babyshambles - You Talk - the lyrics
  "You talk, you talk a good game
  Wish I could talk the same...
  Utah, remember Utah in the rain
  And those little red shoes and some kid with the blues"
  (tuxboard.com)
  - the VIDEO (YouTube)

• I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair) sung by Sandi Thom - A worksheet
  (created by Sophie OSMONT)
  - the VIDEO (YouTube)
  
  

• Creep by Radiohead
  - with the lyrics
  "Couldnt look you in the eye
  Youre just like an angel...
  And I wish I was special...
  I want a perfect body
  I want a perfect soul"
  (You Tube)

• Who Knew by Pink :
  "I wish I could touch you again
  I wish I could still call you a friend...
  I wish I could remember"
  - with the VIDEO
  

  Pink - Who Knew - with an activity created by Renée Maufroid

  

  
  
• Seasons In The Sun by Westlife :
  "I wish that we could both be there"

• Tears And Rain by James Blunt :
  "How I wish I'd chosen darkness from cold...
  How I wish I could walk through the doors of my mind...
  How I wish I could choose between Heaven and Hell."

• The Reason by Hoobastank (english-4u.com) Inscription obligatoire
  Language function: Apologizing, Expressing Regrets
  Grammar focus: I wish / If only with past tenses
  - with Teachers'Notes

• The Reason by HOOBASTANK
  "I'm not a perfect person
  There's many things I wish I didn't do
  But I continue learning...
  I've found a reason for me
  To change who I used to be...
  And all the pain I put you through
  I wish that I could take it all away"
  - with a lesson plan (eslmonkeys.com)

• 'David Watts' by The Jam :
  "I wish I could have all the money he's got
  I wish I could be like David Watts..."

• Heroes by David Bowie :
  "I wish you could swim
  Like the dolphins"

• 'Wish' by Lighthouse Family :
  "I wish I knew how I'm gonna be happy without you..."

• I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free by Nina Simone (or by Lighthouse Family)
  "And I wish I knew how
  It would feel to be free
  I wish that I could break
  All the chains holding me
  I wish I could say
  All the things that I’d like to say...."
  - with the VIDEO (lyrics-realm.com)
  

• Like A King by Ben Harper :
  "Well Martin's dream has become Rodney's worst nightmare...
  how I wish you could help us Dr. King..."
  (= Rodney King and Martin Luther King)

• Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

• Quit Playing Games With My Heart by Backstreet Boys
  "Sometimes I wish I could turn back time
  Impossible as it may seem
  But I wish I could so bad baby
  Quit playin' games with my heart..."

Animations / Videos :

• Benny Hill - Wishing Well (You Tube)
  
  

• (Animaniacs) Wakko's Wish - The Wishing Star
  (You Tube)
  - with lyrics : a few and here (cruzio.com)

  

• The Wand - FLASH animation (koreus.com)

  

• Wishing Upon a Star - an animation with sound - with a game (BBC)