WISH SENTENCES

THE TRUTH Wish Sentences (kalimat yang

bertolak belakang dengan kenyataan)
The present He is not here I wish he were here
They don’t work abroad I wish they worked abroad
The future She will confess I wish she wouldn’t confess
They are not going to sell it I wish they were going to sell it
The past They didn’t kill the elephant I wish they had killed the elephant
He died I wish he hadn’t died

NOTE :
Jika sesuatu diharapkan masih bias berubah menjadi kenyataan, jangan menggunakan
wish sentences, tapi gunakan kata kerja hope.
Contoh : She hopes that you will come
I hope that the rain will stop soon

WISH yang digunakan dengan modal auxiliary verbs seperti “ would, could, might dapat
mempunyai arti mengharapkan sesuatu menjadi kenyataan (masih dapat terwujud) di
masa sekarang atau masa datang.

Contoh : I wish the boss would leave early today.

( I want the boss to leave early today)

I wish the weather would be better

( I want the weather to be better)

She wishes John could come back

(She wants John to come back)

I wish the rain might stop

( I want the rain to stop)
Exercise :

1. That’s all I know. I wish _________________________________

2. I am not the owner. _____________________________________
3. I’ve had my lunch. ______________________________________
4. They don’t know about it. _________________________________
5. I need your help. _______________________________________
6. I feel sorry for you. _____________________________________
7. I don’t speak clearly. ____________________________________
8. I think this is difficult. __________________________________
9. It was not so easy as you had thought. _______________________
10. I am sorry you fell off your bike. ___________________________
11. The boss wants the man to leave early. _______________________
12. I want the killer to be caught. _____________________________
13. She wants her son to pass the test. _________________________
14. Ryan wants the book to be on sale soon. ______________________
15. I request you to listen. __________________________________
16. The students failed their exams. ___________________________
17. I forgot my wallet. _____________________________________
18. I am running out of time._________________________________
19. He watched TV until 2.00 am. _____________________________
20. He didn’t have any money. ________________________________
21. My mother wants me to be a doctor. ________________________
22. The owner wants it to be perfect. __________________________
23. The teacher wants the students to do the homework.____________
24. I request you to stop smoking. _____________________________
25. We want him to leave. ___________________________________
26. She broke up with her boyfriend. __________________________
27. We sold our car. _______________________________________
28. She didn’t say anything. __________________________________
29. You saw what you saw. ___________________________________
30. I wasn’t rich. _________________________________________
31. I can’t fly. ___________________________________________
32. You told me this. _______________________________________
33. She will go out every night. _______________________________
34. She didn’t stay at home. _________________________________
35. I smoke. _____________________________________________
 Exercise II :

1. I don’t have any children. _______________________________

2. I haven’t been to Bali. _________________________________
3. I hurt you. _________________________________________
4. I had a stomach-ache. _________________________________
5. I haven’t finished my book. ________ _____________________
6. I want my father to quit smoking. ________________________
7. I request you not to shout. _____________________________
8. I want my boss to raise my salary. ________________________
9. He wants her to marry him. _____________________________
10. She wants him to help her. _____________________________
11. He isn’t honest. _____________________________________
12. He wasn’t happy with the proposal. _______________________
13. I can’t go with you. ___________________________________
14. I am not married. ____________________________________
15. You didn’t fail. ______________________________________
16. We want him to come early. ____________________________
17. Her mother requests her to study hard. ___________________
18. She requests them to be quiet. __________________________
19. His father requests him not to give up his study. _____________
20. His fiancée requests him not to marry her soon. _____________
21. I don’t know. _______________________________________
22. I am not a doctor. ___________________________________
23. I wasn’t listening. ____________________________________
24. I can’t help you. _____________________________________
25. He is studying. ______________________________________

Exercise III

1. Our classroom doesn’t have any windows. _________________

2. The sun isn’t shining. ________________________________
3. I didn’t go shopping. _______________________________
4. I don’t know how to dance. ___________________________
5. You didn’t tell them about it. _________________________
6. It’s cold today. I’m not wearing a coat. __________________
7. I don’t have enough money to buy that book. _______________________
8. Elena is tired because she went to bed late last night. She wishes she
__________________________to bed earlier last night.
9. I can’t go with you tomorrow but I wish __________________
10. My friend won’t ever lend me his car. __________________________
11. Mr. Green isn’t coming to dinner with us tonight. _____________________
12. The teacher is going to give an exam tomorrow. _____________________
13. You can’t meet my parents. ___________________________
14. Vince didn’t come to the meeting. ______________________
15. I am not lying on the beach in Hawaii. ___________________