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lolicrece Cre ge [roel 19I2 Unit 5, Lesson B Grammar extra 0 Use of wish with would You can use Wish followed Ly yuh would in ardar to comment on a situation you Would ko to chanae Youre aways leaving the lights on! > | wish you wouldn't leave tho lights on. Wy can t the Aids spend less money on soda?» | wish tha kuls would spend less money on soda, 4 You can comment on general situatiens using people ot they in the cian wath: would. swish they'd stop £63719 dowwn the hustortc buildin | wish people would lear s in our neighborhood recycle their bottles and cans, ‘hope ths infounation wal be helpful to you INOT Hegh-tssnformetion worst be Peto yor) A. Comment on the situ: ions below. Write sentences with / wish + a clause with would. fase cwater! 2 You never recycle your newspapers. Le! Yoo. ev00! dak cee. cle your aan 3paPEr> 3. Why dont people use public transportation more? Laas. peagle— would ore _gobelic 4. Why cant people be more polite on the bus? uta people uscd lar more polite 5, They need to do something about water pollution, | wsssin_ hiner cool Ao somets 6. People are always throwing their litter on the streets.L.exs>_Ccogle, wov\dad dnrow Serr Wher og StrcchS About] B > Write five sentences about situations you would like to change. Begin each sentence with = I wish and include would or wouldn’t. 1. You use so much water!_T wish you woul e Strong wishes with /f only * You can use If only to introduce a strong wish, which is either difficult or impossible 10 achieve. The verb forms that follow if only are the same as those that follow / wish I wish people were more generous. > If only people were more generous. J wish people would care about the homeless. > If only people would eare about the homeless J wish we could predict the future. > If only we could predict the future. # In waiting add a main clause to a sentence with if oniy Hfonly people cared more about the homeless, we might eradicate the problem only we could predict the future, we would all be @ lot richer iss week only | wre sick OR I woul only miss work were ik INCT Freee rene workday mene Use If only to rewrite these thoughts as strong wishes. Some have more than one answer 1. Why car't we find a way to end all wars? Lf only we. could. find « way 40 end all wees! 2. Ldon't know why people don't recycle more! 1€ Oa\y. poole KIA feeYAC MOE — gaat Sere 3. Peopleart so nines pnded about some things. 204 gale. alae navrGur merked “peng 4. Lith we could predic natural disasters better WOM we cook) PALA .catara) -crsaskerS, 5. Lwith they woul exete mone jobe forthe unernplayed. falta seed CreAke, Frore JED © Tish Lhadnt quit my job. AL aaty 1 eoo\A aye my ye 8B Write five strong wishes of your own. Use if only.

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