Iwish and if only Exercise There are three distinct ypes of wish Iif only sentences. Regrets with the PAST PERFECT (the third conditional) | wish I hadn't got so angry. 2 Wanting change for the present or future with the PAST SIMPLE | wish 1 had enough money to go to Mozambique this summer. 3 Complaints with WOULD + INFINITIVE | wish you wouldnt arrive so late all the time. Fil the gaps using the verbs in brackets. Regrats 1 wish 1 ‘drunk and kissed Samantha. (get NEGATIVE) 2 wish it... . 80 much. The garden's tuned to mud. (rain NEGATIVE) 3 only! there, | wouldn't have gota fine. (park NEGATIVE) Wanting change 4 tonly! more time for my hobbies. (have) 5 LWISM it ec ssnnnnnonninne MOFE often in Valencia. (rain) 6 wish! to goto your nephew's wedding, (have NEGATIVE) Complaints 7 wish you ‘s0 much, Youre a complete idiot when you're drunk. (drink NEGATIVE) 8 tonlyit ‘The garden's as dry as a bone. (rain) 9 | wish Samantha .....:nonensinenn MEF hal more often. It looks so greasy al the time. (wash) Mixed 10 | Wish YOU wnnnnes ‘s0 horrible to your brother. He's a really nice bloke. (be NEGATIVE) 11. I wish the council that beautiful old house. It was part ofthe town's heritage. (demolish NEGATIVE) 12 only! the money to go to Jon's wedding in The States. (have) 13. Iwish | _ her she'd put on weight. She hates me now. (tell NEGATIVE) 14 I wish you to your mother like that. (speak NEGATIVE) 15 Monly We ocean ‘a Hewlett Packard printer. The cartridges are so expensive. (buy NEGATIVE) 16. I wish Jorge 0 fast. I's only a matter of time before he kils ‘someone, (drive NEGATIVE) ww auoenaish og Witten by Bob Wison ERabert Cifers MeN Wison 2007 §aLIVEWORKSHEETS