I WISH / IF ONLY
PRIMER TIPO: I WISH/IF ONLY + PASADO SIMPLE
EN ESTA ESTRUCTURA EL VERBO "WISH" VA SEGUIDO DE UN PASADO IRREAL
CUANDO QUEREMOS HABLAR SOBRE SITUACIONES EN EL PRESENTE CON LAS
QUE NO SOMOS FELICES, PERO TAMPOCO LAS PODEMOS CAMBIAR.
EJEMPLOS:
I WISH I HAD MORE MONEY --- OJALÁ TUVIESE MÁS DINERO (PERO NO LO TENGO)
I WISH I COULD COME TO THE PARTY -- OJALÁ PUDIESE VENIR A LAS FIESTA (PERO NO
PUEDO)
SEGUNDO TIPO: I WISH/IF ONLY + PASADO PERFECTO SIMPLE
UTILIZAMOS ESTA ESTRUCTURA CUANDO QUEREMOS HABLAR SOBRE
SITUACIONES DEL PASADO CON LAS QUE NO SOMOS FELICES, O ACCIONES DE
LAS QUE ESTAMOS ARREPENTIDOS. EJEMPLO:
I WISH I HADN'T SAID THAT -- OJALÁ NO HUBIESE DICHO ESO (PERO LO DIJE)
HE WISHES HE HADN'T BOUGHT THE CAR -- OJALÁ EL NO SE HUBIESE COMPRADO EL
COCHE (PERO LO COMPRÓ)
TERCER TIPO: I WISH/IF ONLY + WOULD + INFINITIVO
UTILIZAMOS ESTA ESTRUCTURA CUANDO QUEREMOS PROTESTAR POR ALGO,
ES DECIR, CUANDO QUEREMOS QUE ALGUIEN ABANDONE UN HÁBITO. POR
EJEMPLO:
I WISH HE WOULD STOP SMOKING: OJALÁ EL DEJARA DE FUMAR(NO ME GUSTA Y QUIERO
QUE CAMBIE)
Complete the exercise using I wish + past simple:
1. I don't have a new car (but I need one).
I I a new car.
2. I want to buy a house (but I don't have money)
I I (can) buy a house.
3. I live in London, but I prefer Madrid)
I I in Madrid.
4. I speak English (but not very well)
I I English better.
Complete the exercise using I wish + past perfect simple:
1. You have drunk too much and now you feel really bad.
I I so much.
2. You have read too much today, and now you feel tired.
I I so much.
3. You have been running for two hours. Now, you have a terrible pain in your
ankles.
I I for two hours.
4. You have eaten three hamburgers and now you have got a stomach ache.
I I three hamburgers.
Complete using I wish + would:
1. I want Sarah to come.
I Sarah .
2. I was explaining on the whiteboard and you interrupted me.
I you me.
3. I want my father to buy me a car.
I my father a car.
4. You are smoking and I don't like the smelling.
I you
Rewrite the sentences using "I wish + past simple" expressing what
you don't like. Follow the example:
1. It is summer.
I wish it wasn't summer.
2. I am in London.
I wish .
3. I am sad.
I wish .
4. I can't speak English.
I wish .
5. I haven't got a house.
I wish .
6. My chair is broken.
I wish .
7. My sister is disappointed.
I wish .
8. I can't play the piano.
I wish .
Reescribe las siguientes oraciones utilizando “if only” y la forma correcta del verbo.
1. My husband didn't remember to bring his credit card with him on holiday.
If only he to bring his credit card with him!
2. I don't speak Italian so I can't read this book in original version.
If only I Italian!
3. He was driving very fast when he had the accident.
If only he so fast!
4. The children won't tell me the secret.
If only they me the secret!
5. I won't be able to take the day off.
If only I the day off!
6. She didn't buy a lottery ticket. Everyone else won the lottery.
If only she a lottery ticket!
7. Unfortunately I accepted the job.
If only I the job!
8. She didn't tell him she loved him and he married someone else.
If only she him she loved him!
Pon el verbo entre paréntesis en el tiempo correcto.
(Put the verb in brackets in the correct tense.)
1. I wish he here now. (to be)
2. If only you here yesterday. (to be)
3. We wish you tomorrow. (to come)
4. You will wish you earlier yesterday. (to leave)
5. If only he with them the next day. (to come)
6. We wish you yesterday. (to arrive)
7. I wish that he us next year. (to visit)
8. If only she at home now. (to be)
9. You wish that he you last week. (to help)
10. He will always wish he rich. (to be)
