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Wishes about the present
We use wish with past Tense forms (simple and continuous) to express regret
about present situations:
- I wish I was / were taller = (I'rfi not very tall)
- I wish I was / were going with you = (but I'm not)
- I wish I knew the answer, (- I don't know)
- I wish I was /were better at sports. (= I'm not)
A. Complete these sentences with the correct form of the rerb in
brackets.
1. Bruce wishes he har/ (have) more money so he could buy a new
sweater.
2. I wish I werL ( (be) tallerso that I could be in the basketball team.
3. I wish you ulovlol rfoP ( (stop) watching television while I am talking to
you.
4. I wish you wou ld,n'f ,1, ( (not do) that. It annoys me.
5. I wish the holidays woult Co*Z ( (come) so we could go off to the seaside.
6. I wish*. artlol go ( (go)
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Wishes about oast
We use wish with the Past Pertect when we have req,rets about the
past:
I wish I hadn't taken your advice. (- but I dd)
If only can be more emphatic than I wish. The verb forms after if only are the
same as the patterns with wish:
B. write a wish or a regret for each of these facts.
Example:
I haven't a job at the moment ---- I wish I had a job
I'm not going to the party I wish I were going ta the party
I married Myrtle instead of Francis ff only I had married Francis
I wish I had married Francis
(1)I don't know how to ride a bicycle
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(2)She never listens to me
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Programm., /vwsonb &lo*n'w Level:
Third Conditional
(Past time - Unreal/ contrary to fact)
IF + PAST PERFECT WOULD HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE
(HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE)
Complete the following sentences using the correct form of the verbs
provided.
Ex: Annie failed her history test, but if she- harder (study), she wagl*d
bavepasSg{ (Pass)
1. Kevin caught the bus on time, but if he Lrapl tniss<-oL (miss) the bus. he
wqqlol kM L bLezt (be) late for his appointment.
2.I didn'tknow that David was in hospital last week. If I ,Larl katc N Y1
(know),I
wou t4 hryl- v ;s, {e o{(visit) him.
3. It was cold yesterday, but tt haol beet (be) u-armer- \\'e
'1to!ol na/<
a'LL (go) to the beach.
4. I felt a little sick last night, if t had &(t (feel) better, I
woulol have ltotte(go) to the cinema with you.
5. Jane didn,t understand the homework. If sne had /; f twre-tl (listen) to the
teacher's instructions, she @(know) what to do.
6. I'm solTy? I was late. I forgot to set my alarm clock last night. If the alarm clock
l"d *g (ring), t ttovlrl ha,'re go* (get) to the meeting ontime.
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IF + PAST SIMPLE
Put the Yerbs into the correct form:
1.IfI (be) you. t ^tould q ul (-eet) a nell' job.
2. If he W Qr4 (be) younger. he woold trdt y-/ (travel)
more.
3. If we werer('( (not I be) friends. I wo'sld b< (be)
arrgry with rou.
4. Tf T ha (have) enough mone-y. I tuolc/ bu (buy)
a big house.
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(be) promoted.
6. If we wCIv1 (win) the lottery,we w old +vaqerl (travel)
the world.
7. Ifyou t/wel (have) abetterjob,*, 'uoolol be 6"
able to buy a new car
8. If I q FoKe (speak) perfect English. I woo lcl hd,ve
(have) a goodjob.
9. If w'e liWd (live) in Mexico ,I t uoul d Feo (speak)
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Spanish.
10. If she Fa sy-d fuass) the exam. ,n" nxe lol b e Ae
able to enter university.
1 1. She to u / b (be) happier if she k^l (have)
more friends.
12. We ttould bY (buy) a house if we /2.c,\de^d (clecide) to stay
here.
13. They wvuV hat (have) more mone, if the,v cli/utf bu /
(not / buy) so many clothes
14. We Wou(d wraL (come) to dinner 'f .w-e ha-e/ (have) time.
1 5. She wv l ca- t t
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number.
16. They t'o{l gn (go) to Spain on holiday if they l) rc"-/ (like)
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17. She tlto{J WS (pass) the exam if she z{ulr'e-d (study) more.
18.I vvnl,/ ruq,rN (marry) someone famous if I Wert, (be) a
movie star.
19. We never No ()(d L< (be) late a-eain if u.e
(b"y) a new car.
20. You wo (d /rt* (lose) u,eight if you q t?- (eat) less.
