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He wants vs he wanted

Both "he wants" and "he wanted" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "He wants" is used to express a current desire or need, while "he wanted" is used to talk about a past desire or need.

Last updated: April 01, 2024 • 3036 views

He wants

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to express a current desire or need.

Use "he wants" to talk about something that someone desires or needs at the present moment.

Examples:

He wants to go to the park today.
She wants a new phone for her birthday.

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He wants the party leadership for a protégé.
He wants the Replicator classified inactive.
He wants the Replicator classified inactive.
He wants you to come to the cocktail party.
He wants to give me some business.
He wants to shoot through glass so he can see my face.
He wants to trade corine for the disk.
He wants to show me he's more popular.
He wants surveillance files on them.
He wants to know if a hurricane's coming.
He wants to discuss about my projects with me.
He wants to invite you to a cat shoot.
He wants the temple land donated to you by president.
He wants me to do him a favour.
He wants to turn us against each other.
He wants to meet the right girl and be a farmer.
He wants to tell you something.
He wants to borrow my shirt now.
He wants you to work on his apparatus.
He wants them for execution by the morning.

Alternatives:

he desires
he needs
he wishes
he craves
he longs for

he wanted

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to talk about a past desire or need.

Use "he wanted" to refer to something that someone desired or needed in the past.

Examples:

He wanted to be a doctor when he was younger.
She wanted to travel the world before settling down.

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Mister said that he wanted my happiness.
You did exactly what he wanted.
Unless he wanted to be captured.
We asked him what he wanted to dress up as for Halloween...
I wish my son knew what he wanted.
Mitch has always done exactly what he wanted to do.
He always accomplished what he wanted.
Maybe he wanted Russo to self-destruct.
Because he wanted to rot quickly..., to feed the leaves.
All right, he wanted to move on before somebody traced his whereabouts.
The CAG got what he wanted.
That's too bad nobody told his brother what he wanted.
That's what he wanted on his tombstone.
He always told Nabe-san that he wanted to stay here...
I won because I accepted what he wanted.
You could've said what he wanted.
But it was brilliant, because he knew exactly what he wanted.
You'd cheat for this man, do just what he wanted.
Then he wanted it open farther.
No wonder he wanted to get out of jail so bad.

Alternatives:

he desired
he needed
he wished for
he craved
he longed for

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