Learn English – How to wish someone good events

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Imagine one of your close friend was going to take an important exam and you would like that exam happen in a way your friend gets happy, what would you tell him?

  1. I wish, you would pass the exam well

  2. I wish you a good exam

  3. I hope that you will pass the exam well

  4. Hope you pass the exam well

Which one is better?

Best Answer

There's a good chance I would say this in one of two ways:

1) I hope you pass the exam.

or:

2) I hope you do well on the exam.

Either someone passes the exam, or they don't, so we don't usually say, "I hope you pass it well."

However, in the context of test-taking, the verb do talks about how well someone does, so we can say, "I hope you do well on the exam."

When speaking, you could leave off the word "I" in front; it's considered implied and therefore you don't always need to say it:

Hope you ace your exam!

By the way, ace is a verb that means (according to CDO) "to do very well in an exam," so that's another verb you could use.

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