Exercise 1.

Rewrite these following sentences

1. Old/ man/ wish/ his/ grandchild/ visit/ him/ more/ often.

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2. I/ wish/ you/ can/ spend/ more/ time/ on/ study.

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3. They/ wish/ their/ team/ be/champion.

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4. I/ wish/ I/ have/ more/ friend/ and/ I/ not/ be/ lonely.

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5. Mary/ wish/ her/ parents/ not/ have/ go/ on/ business/ trips/ so/ often.

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6. Many/ people/ wish/ they/ be/ wealthy/ but/ I/ do/ not.

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7. I/ wish/ my/ mother/ be/ less/ busy/ so that/ she/ have/ more/ time/ for/ me.

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8. Jim/ wish/ his/ parents/ not/ expect/ too/ much/ from/ him.

Exercise 2. Write sentences beginning I wish...

1. It would be nice to be able to fly a plane.

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1. It’s a shame I don’t have a key.

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2. Ann isn’t here and I need to see her.

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3. I don’t like being so short.

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4. Unfortunately, I have to work tomorrow.

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5. Don’t shout all the time. It’s so annoying.

Exercise 3. Fill the gaps with the correct form. Use the verbs in brackets
1. I wish Anna ________________ (not say) that to Charles. Now he’s upset.

2. I wish the weather ________________ (to be) better here in summer but there’s nothing we can do
about it.

3. I wish I ________________ (have) a bigger car. Mine is too small.

4. I wish I ________________ (know) Carol was ill last week. I would have phone her.

5. I wish someone ________________ (answer) that phone. It’s been ringing for ages.

6. I wish you ________________ (not drive) so fast. You are making me angry.

7. I wish I ________________ (can buy) a new computer now. Mine is broken.

8. I wish I ________________ (not forget) my umbrella on the bus. I’ll have to buy a new one.

9. I wish she ________________ (leave) home earlier.

10. I wish she ________________ (behave) more politely to her parents.

11. Margaret wishes she ________________ (not/ forget) to answer her friend’s email.

12. Mother wishes her son ________________ (follow) her advice.

13. I wish you ________________ (not/ make) so much fuss about it! It was just a joke.

14. I wish our gardener ________________ (be) more hard - working. It takes him ages to plants a few
seeds.
15. I wish my daughter ________________ (tidy) her room more often.

Exercise 4. Rewrite these following sentences

1. Raymond is always late for all our business meetings. He is so irresponsible

I wish _____________________________________________

2. It’s beautiful here. It’s a pity that you can’t see this beauty together with me.

I wish _____________________________________________

3. The mass media doesn’t give any proven information

Everybody wishes ______________________________________

4. Our balcony needs repairing, but we don’t have money to do it.

We wish ____________________________________________

5. All the passengers want to get home faster. Everyone wants to return to their families.

All the passengers wish _______________________________

6. I didn’t study enough.

I wish _______________________________________________

7. I ate too much.

I wish _______________________________________________

8. My teacher didn’t explain correctly.

I wish _______________________________________________

9. I slept only 3 hours.

I wish _______________________________________________

10. I wasn’t on time for the meeting.

I wish _______________________________________________

11. My friend didn’t come to my party

I wish _______________________________________________

12. He didn’t pay attetion in class.

I wish _______________________________________________