English grammar
Toasts: Here's to…!, I'd like to propose a toast to…, may we…
Propose a toast and make wishes, using Here's to…!, I'd like to propose a toast to…, may we…, I wish and if only.
From the scene Here's to…!
In short
Raise a glass with Here's to…! or I'd like to propose a toast to… Answer Hear, hear!
Your turn
Which one goes with formal start?
Options: here's to this street and its neighbours! · hear, hear! · I'd like to propose a toast to Javi
Show answer
formal start → I'd like to propose a toast to Javi
How it works
To raise a glass, say Here's to + noun! (or just To + noun!).
Your turn
Pick the word that fits the line.
Cheers! And if only they (blank) me what they owe me.
Options: will pay · paid · pay
Show answer
Cheers! And if only they paid me what they owe me.
¡Salud! Y ojalá me pagaran lo que me deben.
Good to know
I'd like to propose a toast to… is the more formal start, and the others answer Hear, hear! or Cheers! May we + verb is a set wish for a toast.
Good to know
I wish + past and if only + past still work for things you'd like to be different. Never say "I toast to": it isn't natural English.
raising a glass here's to this street and its neighbours!
Ramón
Alright. Here's to this street and its neighbours!
Está bien. Brindo por esta calle y por sus vecinos.
Your turn
What fills the gap?
Alright. (blank)!
Options: Here's to this street and its neighbours · I'd like to propose a toast to Javi · Hear, hear
Show answer
Ramón
Alright. Here's to this street and its neighbours!
Está bien. Brindo por esta calle y por sus vecinos.
formal start I'd like to propose a toast to Javi
Nuria
I'd like to propose a toast to Javi, who always finds a new job.
Brindo por Javi, que siempre encuentra un trabajo nuevo.
Your turn
What fills the gap?
(blank), who always finds a new job.
Options: Here's to this street and its neighbours · Hear, hear · I'd like to propose a toast to Javi
Show answer
Nuria
I'd like to propose a toast to Javi, who always finds a new job.
Brindo por Javi, que siempre encuentra un trabajo nuevo.
agreeing with a toast hear, hear!
set wish may we never change
Your turn
What goes with may we never change?
Options: raising a glass · formal start · set wish
Show answer
may we never change → set wish
(recap) I wish + past I wish we were always as close as tonight
Ramón
I wish we were always as close as tonight.
Ojalá siempre fuéramos tan unidos como esta noche.
Your turn
What fills the gap?
(blank).
Options: Here's to this street and its neighbours · I'd like to propose a toast to Javi · I wish we were always as close as tonight
Show answer
Ramón
I wish we were always as close as tonight.
Ojalá siempre fuéramos tan unidos como esta noche.
Common mistake
Not are or would be here. We — present unreal wish.
I wish we were always as close as tonight.
Ojalá siempre fuéramos tan unidos como esta noche.
Practise it in the story
Meet this rule inside a short animated scene. Answer as it plays, then say the lines yourself.
Practise free in the appSee all forms
| raising a glass | here's to this street and its neighbours! |
|---|---|
| formal start | I'd like to propose a toast to Javi |
| agreeing with a toast | hear, hear! |
| set wish | may we never change |
| (recap) I wish + past | I wish we were always as close as tonight |
| (recap) if only + past | if only they paid me what they owe me |
More lines from the story
- RamónCheers! And if only they paid me what they owe me.¡Salud! Y ojalá me pagaran lo que me deben.
- JaviWell, someone has to make a toast.Bueno, alguien tiene que hacer un brindis.
- RamónMe? I don't know how to speak in public.¿Yo? No sé hablar en público.