WISH

Use the information to complete the sentences

WISHES FOR THE PRESENT

E.G.I don’t have a car I wish I had a car

Alice doesn’t have a car. She wishes she had a car.

1.I have a cold

2.I don’t have a tape recorder.

3.I don’t know how to swim

4.Bill doesn’t have a good job

5.I live in a small house

6.I don’t live in a big apartment

7.I can’t speak French

8.Sue can’t find a good job.

MAKE SENTENCES BEGINNING WITH I WISH

Example: You don’t have a bike

I wish I had a bike

1.You don’t have a car

2.You don’t have a colour T.V.

3.You can’t whistle

4.You have a headache

5.(…) isn’t here

6.It isn’t Saturday

7.You have to study tonight

8.You have to go to the dentist.

IF ONLY THINGS WERE DIFFERENT

READ ABOUT TOM’S MONDAY MORNING.WRITE SENTENCES ABOUT WHAT HE WISHES

1.It’s Monday morning.

I wish..

2.I’ve overslept

I wish…

3.My alarm clock didn’t go off

I wish..

4.I drank too much last night

I wish..

5.I feel sick

I wish..

6.There isn’t any coffee

I wish..

7.My flatmate will play his music very loudly

I wish..

8.I haven’t ironed my clothes

I wish…
9.I can’t go back to bed

I wish..

Now join Peter’s thoughts with the following answers.

A. I wish it had
B. I wish there was
C. I wish I could
D. I wish it wasn’t
E. I wish I had
F. I wish I hadn’t
G. I wish I didn’t
H. I wish he wouldn’t

Complete the sentences about Tom’s Monday morning blues

If it……………………………………………….Sunday morning, Tom………………………………………………….(stay)

in bed.

If his alarm clock…………………………………………………(go off)…………………………………

he…………………………………………..(oversleep)

If he…………………………………………(have) too much drink last night, he …………………………………..

(feel) sick now.
FACTS TO WISHES

Read the reality and add some wishes. Express as many as you can

Example

We went to Blackpool for our holidays and it rained the whole time

I wish we hadn’t gone to Blackpool.

If only we’d gone to Spain

We shouldn’t have gone to Blackpool

If we had gone to Spain the weayher would have been hot and sunny

I’d arther we’d gone to Spain

1.We didn’t have any pets when I was a child because we lived in a flat

2.I have fine, mousey-grey hair and I’m short-sighted

3.My parents really wanted me to become a doctor not a teacher.

4.They think that my youngest brother’s lazy and he won’t ever look for a job

5.I come from a huge family.I’ve got seven brothers and one sister

6.I can’t remember my grandmother because she died when I was only three

7.I didn’t start learning a foreign language until I was fifteen

8.I didn’t get the job I applied for in Barcelona because I can’t speak Spanish

WHAT DO YOU WISH WAS DIFFERENT ABOUT YOUR FAMILY. YOUR WORK? YOUR SCHOOL?
YOU?

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PRACTICE REWRITE THE SENTE4NCES USING I WISH + PAST SIMPLE , PAST PERFECT OR
WOULD

1.I haven’t got a car. I would very much like to have one.

2.I went to bed late last night.Iregret it now..

3.We don’t live in a big nice flat. I would like us to.

4.I didn’t buy that dress.I regret it now.

5.He won’t stop shouting.I would like him to.

6.Ilost y temper. I regret it now.

7.You didn’t tell me the truth.I am very sorry that you didn’t.

8.You are playing that music. I would like you sto stop playing it but I don’t expect that you
will.

9.I didn’t go to that concert.I regret it now.

10.I don’t have an interesting job.I would like my jobto bemore interesting.

11.My family live a long way from here. I would like them to live nearer.

12. You’re not listening to me. I feel annoyed about it. I would like you to listen to me but I
don’t think you will.

13.I am not with him now. I would be very much like to be.

14.I spent all my money on that coat. I regret it now.

15.I’m really hungry now. We didn’t eat before we came out and I regret that.