WISHES

FORM EXAMPLE MEANING

I wish / If only + past
simple
I wish/If only I found a job.
To make a wish for the
present or future.
If only gives more
emphasis to what we are
saying.
I wish / If only + would +
infinitie
I wish/If only the weather
would improve.
To epress a wish for
something to !hange in
the future. It !annot be
used to refer to oneself.
I wish / If only + past
pe!fe"t
I wish/ If only I had taken
a !omputer !ourse.
To epress regrets about
things that happened or
didn"t happen in the past.
It is impossible to !hange
them now.
#$ Write senten!es beginning I wish or If only.
1. I live very far from the !ity !entre.
2. It"s very hot and I !an"t stand hot weather.
3. I didn"t work hard when I was a student.
4. I didn"t bring an umbrella and it"s raining.
5. The weather is terrible and I !an"t go to the bea!h.
6. He didn"t telephone me before he !ame.
%$ What do these people wish& Write senten!es with the words given.
1. I !an"t find a good and !heap !omputer. 'wish(
2. I don"t know many people at work. 'if only(
3. )y !ar is always breaking down. 'wish(
4. I !an"t afford to buy my girlfriend a ni!e birthday present. 'wish(
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5. I !an"t go to the dis!o with my friends. ' if only(
6. )y job is so repetitive. ' 'wish(
*$ Write senten!es with would. +se the words given in bra!kets and supply any
missing word.
1. )y sister is so noisy. ' she / not / make noise(
2. It is raining and I want to go out. 'stop raining(
3. I don"t have a !ar and I need one. 'somebody / buy me / !ar(
4. I"m looking for a job but I !an"t find a va!an!y. 'somebody / give me / job(
5. %rad always leaves the door open. ' not leave / door open(
6. # lot of people drop litter in the street. ' not drop/ litter(
,$ -ea!t to these situations.
1. .ou didn/t tell me about the !on!ert. I didn"t go.
I wish 0
2. .ou want to take some photographs but you forgot to bring your !amera.
I wish 0.
3. .our mother didn"t wake you up and you missed the bus.
I wish0
4. .ou haven"t tidied your room for days and you !an"t find your things.
I wish0
5. .our father didn"t drive you to s!hool and you got soaked.
I wish0
.ou"ve painted your room blue but now you don"t like it.
I wish0
#nswer key
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1. I wish I didn"t live so far from the !ity !entre.
2. I wish / If only the weather would get warmer.
3. I wish / If only I had worked harder when I was a student.
4. I wish I had brought an umbrella.
5. I wish the weather would improve.
6. I wish / If only he had telephoned me before he !ame.
%
1. I wish I !ould find a good and !heap !omputer.
2. If only I knew more people at work.
3. I wish I !ould buy a new !ar.
4. I wish I !ould afford to buy my girlfriend a ni!e birthday present.
5. If only I !ould go to the dis!o with my friends.
6. I wish my job wasn"t so repetitive.
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1. I wish she wouldn"t make so mu!h noise.
2. I wish it would stop raining.
3. I wish / If only somebody would buy me a !ar.
4. I wish / If only somebody would give me a job.
5. I wish / If only %rad wouldn"t always leave the door open.
6. I wish / If only people wouldn"t drop litter in the street.
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1. I wish you had told me about the !on!ert.
2. I wish I had brought my !amera to take some photographs.
3. I wish mother had woken me up.
4. I wish I had tidied my room.
5. I wish my father had driven me to s!hool.
6. I wish I hadn"t painted my room blue.