5B GRAMMAR structures after wish © Complete the sentences with would | wouldn't and a verb from the list. leave let tidy stopraining do not borrow not make not wear Rachel 1 wish my mum would leave me alone! She's always interfering in what | do. 2 |wish my brother ___my things. He never puts them back Frankie 3 I wish it ! Then we could go out and play football. 4 | wish Mum and Dad ___me have a dog. Then | could take him for walks. Mr Taylor 5 I wish the kids their homework without me having to help them. 6 Iwish my wife __ me eat salad every day. Id rather have chips and a burger! Mrs Taylor 7 \wish the children _____ their bedrooms. Then I wouldn't have to do it! 2 8 Iwish my husband___ that old jacket! He looks awful in it. Mrs Taylor © Complete the sentences with a verb from the list in the past simple or past perfect. be earn have notargue notbe not shout not tell_try on 1 Rachel: | wish | hadn't argued with Lilly and Sophie, Now I've got no one to go out with. 2 Rachel: — | wish!___ Mum and Dad about my school results. Now they're worried | won't get into university. 3 Frankie: | wish|____ taller. Then | could be in the basketball team. 4 Frankie: | wish! the latest version of this game. The one I've got is two years old! * 5 MrTaylor: |wish we ____ more money. Then we could have a bigger house. 6 MrTaylor: |wish|______ these trousers before buying them. They're too tight. 7 Mrs Taylor: | wish|____ at my boss yesterday. Now he won't promote me. 8 Mrs Taylor: | wish everything so expensive. Then we could save for a holiday. © Write three sentences beginning / wish: one with past simple, one with past perfect, and one with person + would. 160 English File 3rd edition Teacher's Book Upper-intermediate Photocopiable © Oxford University Press 20145B COMMUNICATIVE Wishes A Student A © Write something in at least seven of your circles. Circle 1: a well-known person you wish you could meet or could have met Circle 2: a new gadget you wish you had Circle 3: a name you wish your parents had called you (instead of the one they gave you) Circle 4: something you wish the local government would do to improve your town / city Circle 5: a concert or sporting event you wish you'd been able to go to Circle 6: something you wish people wouldn't do in the cinema Circle 7: an activity you wish you didn't have to do every day Circle 8: a language (other than English) you wish you could speak Circle 9: something you wish you had learnt to do when you were younger Circle 10: something you wish you hadn't spent money on © Give your sheet to B. He / She will ask you to explain what you have written. © Ask B to explain what he | she has written. Why did you write Breaking Bad in circle 12) Because I wish they would Cmake more series of it. [love it. ~ FOLD ~~ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 English File 3rd edition Teacher's Book Upper-intermediate Photocopiable © Oxford University Press 2014 197