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    Wish Exercise 1

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    The document provides examples of how to use "wish" to express things one would like to be different. It gives 10 scenarios such as not having a car or being unable to play the piano, and the correct way to rephrase each using "I wish" followed by the past simple form, with or without adding "that". For example, "I'm cold" becomes "I wish (that) I weren't cold". The purpose is to practice using "wish" to talk about undesirable present or past situations.

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    The document provides examples of how to use "wish" to express things one would like to be different. It gives 10 scenarios such as not having a car or being unable to play the piano, and the correct way to rephrase each using "I wish" followed by the past simple form, with or without adding "that". For example, "I'm cold" becomes "I wish (that) I weren't cold". The purpose is to practice using "wish" to talk about undesirable present or past situations.

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    The document provides examples of how to use "wish" to express things one would like to be different. It gives 10 scenarios such as not having a car or being unable to play the piano, and the correct way to rephrase each using "I wish" followed by the past simple form, with or without adding "that". For example, "I'm cold" becomes "I wish (that) I weren't cold". The purpose is to practice using "wish" to talk about undesirable present or past situations.

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    The document provides examples of how to use "wish" to express things one would like to be different. It gives 10 scenarios such as not having a car or being unable to play the piano, and the correct way to rephrase each using "I wish" followed by the past simple form, with or without adding "that". For example, "I'm cold" becomes "I wish (that) I weren't cold". The purpose is to practice using "wish" to talk about undesirable present or past situations.

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    Wish Exercise 1

    I wish things were different! Make sentences using ‘wish’ + past simple about the
    things I don’t like. You can put in ‘that’ if you want, or leave it out.

    For example: ‘I’m cold’ becomes ‘I wish (that) I weren’t cold’.

    1. I don’t have a car.


    I wish I had a car

    2. I can’t play the piano.


    I wish I could play the piano

    3. I’m at work.

    I wish that there were at work

    4. It’s winter.
    I wish that came winter

    5. I’m ill.
    I wish that I could ill

    6. I don’t have new shoes.


    I wish that I had new shoes

    7. I can’t afford to go on holiday.


    I wish that I can go on holiday

    8. I don’t have time to read lots of books.


    I wish that I had more time to read lots of books

    9. I can’t drive.
    I wish I didn’t drive

    10. My laptop is broken.


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