curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-about-speculation-and-requests/67f53908d3399826c7c2e780.md
Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.
Hey, Brian. I BLANK to talk about the upcoming technical training session.
wanted
This is the past tense of want, indicating that Alice had a desire to talk about it earlier.
Want expresses a desire to do something. In the past, you say wanted to show that the desire existed at an earlier time. It is followed by the infinitive of a verb (with to). For example:
She wants to install the new software. - She wishes to set up or add the new software to the system.
They wanted to upgrade their system last week. - In the past, they planned to upgrade.
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