WISH SENTENCES (Câu ước)

1. Ước cho Tương lai: S + WISH + S + would/ could + V bare-infinitive

Eg1: We wish you could come to the party tonight. (= You can’t come.)
Eg2: Mary wishes that she would come with us. (= She won’t come with us.)
* Ước điều gì đó trái với tương lai

2. Ước cho Hiện tại: S + WISH + S + V-2/-ed/ were

Eg3: I wish that I had enough time to finish my homework. (= I don’t have enough time)
Eg4: He wishes he were rich. (= He is not rich.)
* Ước điều gì đó trái với hiện tại

3. Ước cho Quá khứ: S + WISH + S + had + V-3/-ed

Eg5: I wish that I had gone to the cinema last night. (= I didn’t go to the cinema.)
Eg6: She wishes she had been here yesterday. (= She wasn’t here yesterday.)
* Ước điều gì đó trái với quá khứ

* Lưu ý:
1. Có WISH không dùng WILL
2. Ngoài ra, WISH còn có chức năng như một Động từ thường; WISH + TO infinitive
Eg7: He wishes to go home now. (wish = want = would like)

Exercises
1. I wish I _______ speak Spanish.
A. should B. could C. can D. will
2. My sister wishes she _______ to play the piano when she was young.
A. learnt B. would learn C. had learnt D. would have learnt
3. I wish someone _______ to help me with that word tomorrow.
A. offer B. offered C. would offer D. had offered
4. I wish I _______ there for my holiday year. I didn’t enjoy it.
A. didn’t go B. hadn’t gone C. wouldn’t go D. would rather go
5. He wishes he _______ the examination last month.
A. didn’t fail B. hadn’t failed C. weren’t failing D. couldn’t have failed
6. I wish he _______ to me more often.
A. writes B. wrote C. have written D. is writing
7. I wish he _______ more time now to help you with your lesson
A. have B. had C. would have D. had had
8. I wish I _______ psychology when I was a college student.
A. had studied B. would study C. studied D. study
9. If only I _______ play the guitar as well as you.
A. would B. should C. could D. might
10. I wish I _______ my letter of application earlier.
A. wrote B. had written C. could write D. should write
11. He spent only three years in college. He wishes he _______.
A. had finished B. finished
C. will have finished D. will finish
12. He won’t apologize of breaking it. I wish _______.

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 A. he would B. he did C. he didn’t D. he will
13. My friend won’t lend me his car. I wish _______.
A. He lent me his car B. He didn’t lend me his car
C. he would lend me his car D. he will lend me his car
14. My mother isn’t free today. I wish _______.
A. my mother is free today B. my mother won’t be busy today
C. my mother would be free today D. my mother were free today.
15. I’m afraid our team will lose game today. I wish _______.
A. our team won the game today B. our team would win the game today
C. our team had won the game today D. our team didn’t lose the game today
16. It wasn’t fine yesterday. I wish _______.
A. it was fine yesterday B. it would fine yesterday
C. it will fine yesterday D. it had been fine yesterday
17. My friends didn’t take part in the game. I wish _______.
A. My friends took part in the game
B. My friends had taken part in the game
C. My friends would take part in the game
D. My friends did take part in the game
18. My sister can’t speak Vietnamese.
A. I wish my sister to speak Vietnamese
B. I wish my sister could speak Vietnamese
C. Speaking Vietnamese is a wish
D. My sister wishes to be spoken Vietnamese
19. It’s a pity. I can’t play chess.
A. I wish I can play chess. B. I wish I could played chess.
C. I wish I play chess. D. I wish I could play chess.
20. Lan didn’t apply for the job in the library and regets it now.
A. Lan wishes she had applied for in the library.
B. Lan wishes she have applied for the job in the library.
C. Lan wishes she has applied for the job in the library.
D. Lan wishes she applies for the job in the library.

Viết lại các câu sau sử dụng câu ước với “wish”.
1. I have to study hard.   
->  I wish ……………………………………….…………… 
2. We had a lot of homework yesterday. 
-> I wish ………………………………………………………………………………. 
3. It is raining heavily.
-> I wish ……………………………………….………………………..
4. It was cold last night. .
->  I wish ……………………………………….……..
5. They work slowly.  
-> I wish ……………………………………….…..…………
5. She doesn’t join in the trip. 
-> I wish ……………………………………….……
6. I am not good at English.
-> I wish ……………………………………….………
7. He studies badly. 
-> I wish ……………………………………….………………..
8. He doesn’t like playing sports.
-> I wish ……………………………………….…
9. I don’t have a computer.   
-> I wish ……………………………..………….………
10. Today isn’t a holiday.  
-> I wish ……………………………………….…………
11. I can’t sing this song.
->  I wish ………………………………………….…………
12. He was punished by his mother.
->  I wish ……………………………………………………
13. They won’t come here again.
-> I wish ………………………………………….…………
14. He won’t go swimming with me.
-> I wish …………………………………………………….
15. We didn’t  understand them.
-> We wish ………………………………………….……..
16. I will be late for school.
->  I wish ………………………………………….……….
17. The  bus was late today.
-> I wish ………………………………………….………..
18. She doesn’t like this place.
->  I wish ………………………………………….………
19. These students talked too much in class.
-> I wish ………………………………………………….
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20. I can’t play basketball.
-> I wish ………………………………………….……….
IF CLAUSES
1. If I __________the same problem you had as a child, I might not have succeeded in life as well as
you have.
A. have                                    B. would have             C. had had                  D. should have
2. I __________you sooner had someone told me you were in the hospital.
A. would have visited             B. visited                     C. had visited              D. visit

3. __________more help, I would call my neighbor.

A. needed                               B. should I need         C. I have needed         D. I should need

4. __________then what I know yesterday, I would have saved myself a lot of time and trouble over
the years.
A. had I known                       B. did I know                         C. If I know                D. If I would know

5. Do you think there would be less conflict in the world if all people __________the same language?
A. spoke                                  B. speak                      C. had spoken            D. will speak

6. If you can give me one good reason for your acting like this, __________this incident again.
A.  I will never mention          B. I never mention

C. will I never mention           D. I don’t mention

7. If I had known you were asleep, I __________so much noise when I came in.
A. didn’t make                        B. wouldn’t have made

C. won’t make                        D. don’t make

8. Unless you __________all of my questions, I can’t do anything to help you.

A. answered                            B. answer                    C. would answer         D. are answering

9. Had you told me that this was going to happen, I __________it.

A. would have never believed            B. don’t believe

C. hadn’t believed                             D. can’t believe

10. If Jake __________to go on the trip, would you have gone?

A. doesn’t agree                      B. didn’t agree                        C. hadn’t agreed        D. wouldn’t agree

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11. J:  “John went to the hospital alone”,
K: “If __________,I would have gone with him”.
A. had he told me                   B. he had told me       C. he has told me        D. he would tell me

12. If you __________, I would have brought my friends over to your house yesterday to watch T.V,
but I didn’t want to bother you.
A. had studied                        B-studied                    C. hadn’t studied        D. didn’t study

13. Peter: “Did you need help with your Math last night?”.
Mary: “If I had needed, I __________you”.
A. would call                         B. called                      C. would have called D. will call

14. If someone __________ in to the store, smile and say, “May I help you?”
A. comes                                 B. came                       C. come                       D. should come

15. “Here’s my phone number”.

“Thanks. I‘ll give you a call if I __________some help tomorrow”
A. will need                            B. need                        C. would need            D. needed

16. If I didn’t work for an accounting firm, I __________in a bank now.

A. work                                   B. will work                C. have worked           D. would work

17. The death rate would decrease if hygienic conditions __________improved.

A. was                                     B. is                             C. were                        D. had been

18-The education in Japan __________if the basic principles of education had not been taken into
consideration.
A. would go down                                          B. would have gone down

C. went down                                                 D. had gone down

19. If there __________, the rice fields could have been more productive.
A. had been enough water                  B. were enough water
C. would be enough water                  D. are enough water

20. The patient will not recover unless he __________ an operation.

A. had undergone       B. would undergo                  C. undergoes               D. was undergoing

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21. If she __________ him, she would be very happy.
A. would meet            B. will meet                             C. met                         D. should meet

22-If he __________ a thorough knowledge of English, he could have applied for this post.
A. had had                  B. had                                    C. has                          D. has had

23. If I had enough money, I__________ abroad to improve my English.

A. will go                    B. would go                            C. went                       D. should have go to

24.The bench would collapse if they __________on it.

A. stood                      B. stand                                   C. standing                  D. stands

25-If it __________convenient, let’s go out for a drink tonight,

A. be                           B. is                                         C. was                                     D. were

Bài 2: Viết lại các câu sau sang dạng câu điều kiện thích hợp.
1. Keep silent or you’ll wake the baby up.
2. 2. Stop talking or you won’t understand the lesson.→ If…………………………………….....
….…….
3. I don’t know her number, so I don’t ring her up. →If…………………………………….....….
……..
4. I don’t know the answer, so I can’t tell you.→ If …………………………………………….
………..
5. We got lost because we didn’t have a map.→ If …………………………………….……..…….
……
6. Susan felt sick because she ate four cream cakes.
→……………………………………………..……
7. Without this treatment, the patient would have died. →……………………………………….
….…...
8. He lost his job because he was late every day.
→………………………………………………...……
9. Peter is fat because he eats so many chips.
→……………………………………………………...…..
10. Robert got a bad cough because he started smoking cigarettes.
→………………………………..…..

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