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WISH CLAUSES -N01
1. I wish you…………….the trouble to me before so I could help you.
A. had explained B. would explain C. explained D. hadn’t explained
2. I have a terrible headache. I wish I ………..so many exercises.
A. wouldn’t write B. didn’t write C. wrote D. hadn’t written
3. Look at that girl! If only I ……………. twenty years later.
A. were born B. was born C. had been born D. would have been born
4. I’m afraid very few people know about the concert and almost no one will come. If only the
posters….. on time.
A. were hanging B. had been hung C. were hung D. were hanged
5. “Do you know Mr Clark arrived last Monday?” - “Oh, really?. Well, I wish……….”
A. he didn’t B. I knew earlier C. he hadn’t D. I did earlier
6. I wish I………… at the same age as you now.
A. am being B. am C. hadn’t been D. were
7. I wish we …… longer in Antwerp instead of going to Brussels, which I have seen many times. Do
you think it might still be arranged?
A. could stay B. had stayed C. shall stay D. have stayed
8. We’ve been working in the same shop for a week but I still don’t know how to address her. I wish
……… .
A. I do one day B. to find out soon C. I would D. I did
9. Every time Dad and Jim do the pools, we wish they……….all the results. So far the best they have
had was ten.
A. guessed B. would guess C. guess D. had guessed
10. Like every football fan in Glasgow, I wish that Celtic ……….the first goal in Wednesday’s match.
By boosting the players’ morale it should decide the final result.
A. scores B. had scored C. would score D. scored
11. What a pity I was away! If only the fax……………. me an hour earlier.
A. would reach B. had reached C. reached D. did reach
12. I left my office at four because I was sure Mr Atkins wouldn’t come. Now I wish I …….. for him.
A. had waited B. did wait C. would have waited D. would wait
13. The situation was a little embarrassing when Alice served roast beef for dinner. I wish I…….. her
that Greg was a vegetarian.
A. would tell B. had told C. better told D. told
14. I wish they ………… alone when the operation begins.
A. haven’t been B. won’t be C. wouldn’t be D. hadn’t been
15. “Aren’t you going to make a stop at Malta?”
“I wish we ……… ,but no, we’ll only sail along its south coast.”
A. would be B. were C. had D. made

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16. Every time we are to visit Granny my brother and I wish she ………silly remarks about our
clothes. Well, most of the times she does.
A. won’t make B. didn’t make C. doesn’t make D. wouldn’t make
17. I invited a lot of people hoping that Helen would help me with the preparations. Now I wish I
……. only on myself.
A. counted B. would count C. had counted D. have counted
18. I didn’t risk a shower because of the temperature in the bathroom. I wish I ……. so cold in the
castle.
A. had been told it was B. was told there is
C. would have been told there was D. had been told there was
19. I regret helping him during the exam If only I……….. him.
A. had helped B. didn’t help C. hadn’t helped D. helped
20. We couldn’t play badminton because of the wind. I wish we ……… so windy on the beach.
A. would have been warned there was B. were warned it is
C. had been warned there was D. had been warned it was
21. I wish I ……… never ……… in the sun, I have a splitting headache now.
A. had /sat B. did/ sit C. was /sitting D. will /sit
22. What I regret is that we only spoke to the boy’s father. I wish we….to the mother as well.
A. did speak B. had spoken C. could have spoken D. spoke
23. Most children in the area wish that the strike…… for another week or so. But I think it may be
over tomorrow.
A. has lasted B. lasted C. will have lasted D. would last
24. It’s a pity I didn’t see that film. I wish …………. it. .
A. I had seen B. I would see C. I would have seen D. I saw
25. I wish I ……….. as good as my sister at Physics. .
A. have been B. am C. will be D. were
1. “Are you going to visit us in Bristol?”
“I wish I ……….. . Unfortunately, I’ll only spend an hour there.”
A. would be B. were C. did D. had
2. I wish I ………… that it was her birthday, I ………… her a present.
A. had known / would buy B. knew / would have bought
C. had known / would have bought D. knew / would buy
3. It’s not pleasant to think that our grandfather, contrary to his own memoirs, did participate in the
affair. I wish he ………… .
A. had not B. wouldn’t have C. failed to D. never did
4. I wish Helen …………. to Southampton last year as I hardly see her now.
A. hasn’t moved B. wouldn’t move C. didn’t move D. hadn’t moved
5. Helen can’t speak German but she really wishes she ……… that language.
A. will speak B. could speak C. can speak D. would have spoken

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6. If only I ………… this subject as an extra credit assignment. It was very boring.
A. didn’t choose B. wouldn’t choose C. haven’t chosen D. hadn’t chosen
7. If only I ……..a young girl again and …………. the chance to do something else. .
A. was / have B. would be / have had C. were/ had D. were/ have
8. I wish it ………. raining so at least I could go for long walks in the fields.
A. would have stopped B. would stop C. stopped D. will have stopped
9. I wish I ……….. the programme, but I didn’t see it.
A. had seen B. did see C. could have seen D. saw
10. I wish my teacher ……….. so rude to me.
A. is B. was C. isn’t D. weren’t
11. My mum wishes I ……….. my clothes everywhere in the room.
A. don’t put B. won’t put C. wouldn’t put D. hadn’t put
12. Non-smokers wish smoking…………..banned in public buildings and public transportation.
A. would be B. were not C. must be D. has been
13. I wish you……….. your sleeping bag at home.
A. won’t leave B. hadn’t left C. haven’t left D. don’t leave
14. I wish everybody ………. the same language all over the world. Then we…….so hard to learn
English now.
A. spoke/ wouldn’t be studying B. could speak / aren’t studying
C. has spoken / don’t study D. would speak / won’t study
15. I wish I …………with you longer, but unfortunately, I have a lecture at four o’clock.
A. can stay B. would stay C. will stay D. could stay
16. I do wish Mr Swan ………so aggressive in discussions. Every time we have a meeting, he tries to
pick an argument with someone.
A. isn’t B. couldn’t be C. weren’t D. might not be
17. I wish international communications like the “internet”……. more frequently to aid environmental
and health projects instead of for promoting big business.
A. are used B. were used C. have been used D. will be used
18. The weather was beautiful as I left home, so I didn’t think of bringing my umbrella. I wish
I……… the weather forecast, so I ………. that it was going to rain.
A. was watching / should know B. could watch — had known
C. had watched / would have known D. watched / knew
19. I wish you …. to repair the boiler yourself. You have made the problem worse actually.
A. couldn’t attempt B. hadn’t attempted C. won’t attempt D. didn’t attempt
20. I wish we ………enough money to buy a camper van. Then we ……… to go on holiday more
often.
A. had / could afford B. have/ can afford
C. would have /might afford D. were having/ should afford

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21. I’ve been sitting here all morning wishing my son ……… to tell me that he has arrived in
Germany safely.
A. telephoned B. has telephoned C. telephones D. would telephone
22. I wish our history teacher …………us so much homework. I never have enough time to finish it.
A. hasn’t given B. won’t give C. wouldn’t give D. doesn’t give
23. .…Louise were working today, she would know where the accounting records are kept.
A. In case B. If only C. Even though D. Unless
24. Oh, I am so embarrassed! I wish the ground ……..……open and swallow me.
A. would B. should C. will D. may.
25. My mother is an excellent cook, and I really wish she……. cake, but she’ll be very busy with other
things.
A. should make B. can make C. will make D. could make
26. Don’t you wish you …… that other job, then you…. now that the factory is closing down.
A. will take / won’t be facing B. had taken/ couldn’t be facing
C. took / weren’t facing D. have taken/ aren’t facing
27. I wish the finals ………on a weekend because most of my friends work on weekdays. I would
have liked them to come and see me.
A. could be held B. were held C. had been held D. have been held
28. Harold is selling his sports car because he now has two children and it’s no longer practical to keep
it. He knows it is for the best, but a large part of him wishes he …………it because he loves driving it
so much.
A. were keeping B. would be keeping C. is keeping D. has been keeping
29. It’s not long now before I start my new job in Menisci. I wish we…….. a suitable house for sale
there,, but it seems that we may have to hire one temporarily.
A. have found B. will find C. can find D. could find
30. I’m sorry that I sent our driver for you. I wish I ………..you at the airport myself, but I had a
meeting with the production team.
A. can meet B. could have met C. have met D. would meet
31. I wish you ………..me from the station to inform me that you were on your way. I ………the
dinner ready for you upon your arrival home.
A. had phoned / could have prepared B. have phoned / will have prepared
C. phoned / will be preparing D. phone / can prepare
32. I wish a flight to Taipei …less than two hundred pounds, then we would fly there a lot more often.
A. costs B. cost C. has cost D. will cost
33. I wish I……..to my friends in Germany every day without getting a huge telephone bill.
. can talk B. would talk C. could talk D. will talk
34. Apparently, a customer wanted to buy something in the window, but she had left by the time I
arrived to open the shop. How I wish I ……… the bus.
A. don’t miss B. haven’t missed C. wouldn’t have missed D. hadn’t missed

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