Anabel Hernández Rodríguez

0412 1995 00132

Expressing Regret

EXAMPLE: You felt sick and you missed your friend’s birthday party. ⇒ I wish
I hadn’t felt sick.

1 You got up late and you missed the train. ⇒ I wish I _ hadn't gotten up_ late.

2 You shouted at your girlfriend and she broke up with you. ⇒ I wish I __
hadn't shouted__ at my girlfriend.

3 You're not the boss so you can't use the car park. ⇒ I wish I _ wish I were
______ the boss.

4 You didn't go to the meeting and you lost the contract. ⇒ I wish I__ had
gone____ to the meeting.

5 Your neighbours make a lot of noise and you hate it. ⇒ If only my
neighbours___ didn't make_____ so much noise!

6 You want to go away for the weekend but you've got lots of homework. ⇒ I
wish I __ wish I didn't have____ so much homework.

7 You got hurt because you didn't wear a helmet. ⇒ I wish I__ had worn___ a
helmet.

8 You'd like to have a cat but you're allergic to animals. ⇒ I wish I ___
weren't___ allergic to animals.

9 You didn’t fill up the tank and you ran out of petrol. ⇒ I wish I__ had filled
up___ the tank.

10 Your partner is biting his nails and you want him to stop because you don't
like it. ⇒ I wish you___ would stop ____ biting your nails.
Anabel Hernández Rodríguez
0412 1995 00132

On a separate sheet of paper, use the cues to write

sentences with the future perfect

1 By the end of this month / I / put half my paycheck in the bank.

2 By next summer / Stan / save enough to make a down payment on an

apartment.

3 Do you think you / lower / your credit card debt by December?

4 When / they / start / spending less than they earn?

Rewrite the paragraph using PERFECT INFINITIVES