A

1. Listen to B’s sentences and make a WISH sentence suitable for the situation e.g.:

B: I stood up to my boss and he fired me. Well, what can I say? Obviously it wasn’t a good idea.
You: I wish I hadn’t said anything./I wish I had kept my mouth shut.

2. Read your sentences to B, listen to their WISH sentences and decide if they make sense.

 I am an only child. I’ve always wanted to have sliblings.

 I’ve never learnt how to cook and now I have to eat out almost every day.
 I never told my girlfried that I loved her and now she’s gone.
 I often lose my temper with people.
 I’ve always wanted to take up volleyball, but I never have. Now it’s too late.
 I am not very sociable and I tend to be very quiet.
 My sister’s boyfriend is so full of himself! He’s always bragging about his achievements. I can’t stand
this!

1. Read your sentences to A. Listen to their WISH sentences and decide if they make sense.

2. Listen to A’s sentences and make a your own WISH sentences suitable for the situation e.g.:

A: I stood up to my boss and he fired me. Well, what can I say? Obviously it wasn’t a good idea.
You: I wish I hadn’t said anything./I wish I had kept my mouth shut.

 I don’t have many friends and its difficult to meet new people.
 I’ve never learnt how to ski so there’s no point in going on skiing trips with my friends.
 I didn’t go to college and I think that was one of my biggest mistakes.
 I’m not patient enough to work with kids and I’ve always wanted to be a teacher.
 I went to this stupid party last night and I got into a fight over a girl. Now I have a black eye.
 My mother has been nagging me for years about my non-existent love life. It’s really difficult to put up
with that.
Suggested answers:

A
 I am an only child. I’ve always wanted to have sliblings.
I wish I had a brother or a sister./ I wish I wasn’t an only child.

 I’ve never learnt how to cook and now I have to eat out almost every day.
I wish I could cook./I wish I had learnt how to cook./I wish I didn’t have to eat out so often.

 I never told my girlfried that I loved her and now she’s gone.
I wish I had told my girfriend I loved her. /I wish she hadn’t left me.

 I often lose my temper with people.

I wish I didn’t lose my temper so often.

 I’ve always wanted to take up volleyball, but I never have. Now it’s too late.
I wish I had taken up volleyball.

 I am not very sociable and I tend to be very quiet.

I wish I was more sociable/I wish I wasn’t so quiet.

 My sister’s boyfriend is so full of himself! He’s always bragging about his achievements. I can’t stand this!
I wish he would stop bragging about his achievements.

 I don’t have many friends and its difficult to meet new people.
I wish I had more friends./ I wish it wasn’t so difficult to meet new people.

 I’ve never learnt how to ski so there’s no point in going on skiing trips with my friends.
I wish I had learnt to ski. / I wish I could ski.

 I didn’t go to college and I think that was one of my biggest mistakes.

I wish I had gone to college.

 I’m not patient enough to work with kids and I’ve always wanted to be a teacher.
I wish I was more patient./ I wish I could work with kids.

 I went to this stupid party last night and I got into a fight over a girl. Now I have a black eye. How lame is
that?
I wish I hadn’t gone to that stupid party. / I wish I hadn’t got into a fight. /I wish I didn’t have a black eye.

 My mother has been nagging me for years about my non-existent love life. It’s really difficult to put up with
that.
I wish she would stop nagging me about my love life. /I wish my mom would stop interfering in my life.