Underline the correct form.

a Parents who also work often wish they have / had more time to spend with their children.
b o doubt the prime minister now wishes he listened / had listened to what other people were
saying before he made his decision.
c Local councillors say they wish more people could / would let them know what they think
about the new anti-smoking laws.
d Many people wish that fast-food companies would stop / had stopped targeting children with
advertising.
e Local residents generaUy wish that tourists didn't leave / hadn't left so much litter behind in
the town.
f I have had nothing but trouble with this computer, and I now wish that I didn't buy / had not
bought it.
g When we grow older, with hindsight we all wish that we spent / had spent our time at school
more profitably.
h We wish we knew / would know how to solve the problem of van dalism, but so far we haven't
come up with a perfect solution.
Doctors say they wish that more people pa id / had pa id attention to the amount of salt they
consume.
I hope / wis h I could believe what politicians say, but I'm afraid I can't.

2 Choose the correct option, A, B or C, to complete the sentences about the generation gap.
a It's time that older peoplei.C listening to what younger people say.
b Same older people treat teenagers as if they all dangerous criminals.
c Same older people wish there more police officers on the street, and blame all bad
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behaviour on the young.

d Perhaps it's time that young people more responsibly towards other people.
e Generally speaking, young people spend their time with other young people.
f Many older people the world to be just the same as it was when they were young.
gOlder people also wish that young people more politely.
h Some people think that 16-year-olds were given the vote.
Many young people, however, have no faith in politics, and just wish the world
different.
Some of them if everyone just left them alone and stopped asking them for their
opinions.

a A would start B start C started

b Awere B would Cprefer
c A were B had been C are
d A acted B would act C act
e Awish B would rather C hope
f A rather B would prefer C as though
g A had behaved B didn't behave C would behave
h A as if B it's time C they wouldn 't prefer
Ais B had been C were
A would rather B as though C would prefer it