I WISH

WISH / IF ONLY + simple WISH / IF ONLY + past perfect WISH / IF ONLY + would
past : when we wish something ( had + past participle) We complain about a thing or
was different in the Present We regret something from the situation
PAST

Pam wishes she was taller
I wish I had a laptop
If only I could speak English
fluently
I wish I had worked more at
school
If only they hadn't been so lazy
I wish my parents had been less
severe with me
I wish my brother would
stop bothering me
If only they would let me go
to Brazil

I° Wish about a situation in the present

1) I wish I ____________ less homework ( have)
2) If only Helen ________ thinner ( be)
3) They wish they __________ a well- paid job ( find)
4) Bob wishes his parents ___________ him more pocket money ( give )
5) Kevin wishes he ____________ ( not- be ) so small
6) If only my cell phone __________________ all the time ( not- ring)

II° Wishes about a future situation

1) She wishes she __________________ her exam ( pass)
2) John wishes his friends __________________ him to their party( invite)
3) If only there ________________ less noise and pollution in big cities ( be)
4) Our teachers wish we ______________ ____ more hardworking ( be)
5) I wish you __________________ more often ( phone )
6) If only my husband __________________home earlier ( come)

III° Wish about a past situation

1) Jim wishes he ________ not __________ his keys ( lose)
2) I wish I ________ not __________________ to do my homework ( forget)
3) Kelly wishes she ______________________ all the solutions of her maths exercise ( find)
4) If only we ___________________________ more at school ( study)
5) If only Bob ________ not ________________ so many sweets ( eat) . He would be slimmer
6) I wish we ___________________________ to more exotic places ( travel)
IV° Underline the correct tense

1) I am an only child . I wish I have / had a sister or a brother .

2) They wish they can / could go on a cruise at the end of June .

3) What a beautiful house ! I wish it is / was mine

4) Kelly wishes she works / had worked more at school when she was young

5) I really wish I can / could play tennis

6) Jim is upset .He has just had a car accident . If only he didn't drive / hadn't driven so fast

7) If only my parents and I don't argue / hadn't argued so much

8) I wish I had been / would be thinner in the future .

9) Bob wishes he isn't / wasn't ill today

10) I wish there is / would be less unemployment in the future .

V° I wish + past perfect : Imagine what they wish they had one or
hadn't done
Bob spent all his pocket money on a camera
He wishes he hadn't spent all his money on a camera

1) Kelly bought a dress she didn't really like

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2) Jenny missed two episodes of her favourite serial Doctor House

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3) Tom lost his wallet at the station

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4) They were not very polite with their teachers

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5) Greg didn't learn his irregular verbs

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6) They didn't go to University when they were young
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VI° Express your own wishes concerning your last week : tell what
you wish you had done or hadn't done last week
ex: I wish I had gone to bed earlier
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VII° What do they wish for : I wish + simple past

Jim is too fat I wish I wasn't so fat / I wish I could lose weight

1) My nose is too long . I wish --------------------------------------------------------------------------

2) I have a lot of freckles -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

3) I am not tall enough -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

4) I wear awful glasses ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

5) My hair is straight ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

6) I have short legs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

VIII° What about you ? What do you wish you had / were / did ?
a) physical or moral appearance
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b) school and teachers

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c) future job or life
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IX° Mixed sentences : Put the right tense and pay attention to the
time expressions
1) I wish she _________________ here now ( come)

2) They wish they ______________________ to the USA next summer ( travel)

3) I wish my parents ______________________ me more pocket money last week ( give)

4) Helen wishes she ________________ better today ( feel)

5) Greg wishes he _____________________ the tennis competition next month ( win )

6) They wish they ____________________________ so lazy when they were at school ( not-
be)

7) I wish you _______________ on holiday now ( be)

8) My parents wish they _______________________ a new car last year ( buy)

9) I wish my pen-pal __________________ me a letter next week ( write)

10) Kevin wishes he ___________________________ Jenny to the cinema last week ( invite)

11) We wish we _______________________ a lot of money now ( have )

12) Maud wishes she __________________________ her exam next June ( pass)

13) David wishes he __________________________ his passport two weeeks ago (not- lose)