WISH AND IF ONLY

COMPETENCE: Grammar
CAPACITY: Write and
communicate appropriately in the
foreign language.
PERFORMANCE: Participates in
different communicative situations
using wish and if only.
PRODUCT: Complete the practice.
Grammar explanation
We use wish and if only to talk about
things that we would like to be
different in either the present or the
past. If only (emphasize) is usually a
bit stronger than wish.
In the present
We can use wish/if only + a past form to
talk about a present situation we would like
to be different.
Examples:
I wish you didn't live so far away.
If only we knew what to do.
In the past
We can use wish/if only + a past perfect form to talk
about something we would like to change about the
past.
Examples:
They wish they hadn't eaten so much chocolate.
If only I'd studied harder when I was at school.
Expressing annoyance
We can use wish + would(n't) to show that we are
annoyed with what someone or something does or
doesn't do. We often feel that they are unlikely or
unwilling to change.
Examples:
I wish you wouldn't borrow my clothes without asking.
I wish it would rain. The garden really needs some water.
PRACTICE
1. If only they _____ you for advice before they started the project. You're the
expert!
A) Will ask B) Had asked C) Asked

2. I wish she _____ her shoes there. I'm always falling over them.
B) wouldn't leave B) left C) wouldn't have left

3. I'm not saying it again. I wish _____ when I'm talking.

C) you listen B) you'll listen C) you'd listen

4. I'm so tired. I wish I _____ home earlier last night.

A) had gone B) will go C) would have gone
 PLUS
Hypothetical
situations using
“only if”
 ONLY IF
We use “only if” when we talk about one
condition to be met.
Example:
You will pass the course only if you study hard.
ORDER:
When “only if” is at the beginning of the sentence, it’s because we want to
emphasize on the idea. Also, it’s necessary to invert the clause.
Example:
Only if you study hard will you pass the course.

How to use “only if” in present?

You can go to the park only if you finish your
homework. (Normal)
Only if you finish your homework can you go to
the park. (Inverted)
 How to use “only if” in present continuous?

Sam is training only if the match is still on. (normal)

Only if the match is still on is Sam training. (inverted)

How to use “only if” in future?

I will invite her to the cinema only if she calls me first. (normal)
Only if she calls me first will I invite her to the cinema. (inverted)
 Vocabulary
For a long time long and hard

A good the right

A bad the wrong

Decide make up my mind

Make come to

Thought again about changed my mind

Original idea first thought

Made a new decision reconsidered

PHRASES WITH NOW
Now At this moment
Now that Because finally
Now and again Sometimes
Just now A moment or two ago
Now In the near future

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/now
 PHRASES WITH NOW
 All together now (invitation to join in communal singing)
 And now for something completely different (A catchphrase from Monty Python's
Flying Circus)
 Best stop now
 Buy now pay later
 Can you hear me now? Good! (Verizon wireless advertising slogan)
 Come together right now over me (Beatles song lyric)
 Don't Look Now (Julie Christie / Donald Sutherland movie)
 Don't Stop Me Now (Queen song)
 Fly now. Shovel later (Eastern Airlines advertising slogan)
 It's now or never
 Look away now
 LET’S PRACTICE!
YOUR TURN!

INVERT THE FOLLOWING

SENTENCES:
1. You can play video games only if you finish your homework first.
2. They will travel tomorrow only if you pay the monthly fee.
3. She is travelling this weekend only if she does well at school.
4. Lions are calm only if they’re not disturbed.