Unit : Ethics in business

Grammar: Expressing wish/regret

Aim: to practise the use of wish
Task: rewrite sentences:
1. a- Many people regret having bought that contaminated milk.
b- Many people wish...................................................
.b- Many people wish they hadn’t bought that contaminated milk
3- a. I have a strong desire to set foot on the Moon someday.
b. I wish ...................................................................................
1- a. I regret that teenagers are treated as investments that generate huge profits.
b. I wish.........................................................................................
I wish I could set foot on the moon someday.
I wish teenagers were not treated as investments that generate guge profits.
Task2 Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
b- I wish all countries (contribute) in the fight against corruption soon.
I wish all countries would contribute in the fight against corruption soon.
2. a) I am afraid some government can’t stop corruption.
b) I wish ...................................
I wish some governments could stop corruption.
1. a. Americans spend less on education than Denmark.
b. I wish Americans ...........................................................
I wish Americans spent more on education. I wish Denmark didn’t spend less on education.
2- a- not all children can attend school.
b- I wish ............................................................someday.
I wish all children could / would attend school.
B- a- I regret my parents didn’t read me fairy tales.
b- I wish................................................................
I wish my parents had read me fairy tales.
3-a- I regret not having learnt how to play musical instrument when I was a child.
b- I wish ...............................................................................................................
I wish I had learnt how to play a musical instrument when I was a child.
3- a- I have a strong desire that all governments will ban cigarettes production.
b- I wish................................................................................................................
I wish all government would ban cigarettes production.