Worksheet 8

Grammar
I wish / If only

Name  No. Class

Date/ /  Teacher

1 Complete the following complaints using “would / wouldn't”. Revise:

Student’s Book, p. 48
a. I wish people (pump) toxic chemicals into rivers. Workbook, p. 23
Study Guide, pp. 19, 37
b. I wish my parents (separate) their garbage.
c. If only guests (use) less water when showering.
d. I wish people (throw) litter on the streets.
e. If only people (care) more about the environment.

2 What would you say? Use “I wish…/ If only…”

a. You'd like people to become vegetarians to preserve the environment.

b. It's a pity that few young people worry about the environmental crisis.

c. You don't like it when your friends litter the streets.

d. You would like people to take measures to protect our planet.

e. It's a pity people don’t use more solar panels.

3 Complete each sentence in such a way that it means the same as the sentence before it.
a. I didn't put my plastic bottle into the plastic waste collector and I feel guilty.
If only
b. They have littered the street and now they have to clean it up.
They wish
c. Mankind is so stubborn and that will be our downfall.
I wish
d. He never participates in any environmental protests. I'm sick and tired of his passiveness.
I wish he
e. Raymond doesn't pay much attention to the news about the environment.
If only Raymond