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WISHES AND REGRETS Wanting to change the present PRESENT SITUATIONS Days are so short in winter She’s sorry she never wins a match He works very little

I wish days were longer She wishes she won a single match I wish he worked harder

Regretting the past PAST SITUATION Very few people came to my party John failed his driving test I got ill after eating lobster

I wish more people had come Tom wishes he had passed his driving test I wish I hadn’t eaten lobster

Complaining ANNOYING BEHAVIOUR You’re always asking for money! I wish you wouldn’t ask for money all the time Stop playing the music so loud! I wish you wouldn’t play the music so loud The students never pay attention to the teacher He wishes they would listen to him

TRANSFORM THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES: 1.- I lent John my tennis racket and he broke it I wish ... 2.- He is always breaking my things I wish ... 3.- Tom can’t speak French He wishes ... 4.- I don’t like the town where I live I wish ... 5.- Her husband never eats what she cooks She wishes ... 6.- I got sunburnt because I didn’t use sun cream I wish ... 7.- Mary’s wedding was a disaster because it rained torrentially She wished ...

8.- The plane was delayed because there was a strike at the airport I wished ... 9.- All my friends are on the beach I wish ... 10.- He is telling stupid jokes all the time Everybody wishes ... 11.- Susan has very little free time She wishes ... 12.- Everybody saw him fall down in the middle of the street He wished ... 13.- She never locked her car and it was robbed She wishes ... 14.- TV programmes are always the same People wish ... 15.- I forgot to water the plants and they died I wish ...

WRITE WISHES FOR THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES USING YOUR OWN WORDS: 1. Why do you always wear such horrible clothes? 2. Nobody told me you were ill. 3. Tom didn’t buy her a present. He was embarrassed. 4. Don’t touch my CDs, will you? 5. She’s sad because she lives alone. 6. My stomach hurts. I ate too much. 7. What a pity I can’t speak English! 8. I read less than I’d like. 9. He’d like to give up smoking but he can. 10. I get up very early. I hate it. 11. Why do you spend money on stupid things? 12. I’d like to have a better car. 13. I don’t like living in a big city. 14. It’s a pity I didn’t take a photo. 15. Don’t eat with your fingers! 16. We don’t see each other very often. 17. I should have bought size XL. 18. She’s sorry her children don’t study very hard.

WISH

IF ONLY

IT’S TIME

FACT I’m stupid I don’t have any friends He can’t swim

I’D RATHER

WISH I wish/If only I weren’t stupid I wish/If only I had friends He wishes he could swim

He never asks for my opinion They’re always making fun of me

I wish he would ask me sometimes I wish they would stop doing that

I’ve lost my pen

I wish I had been more careful

They didn’t help me

I wish they had helped me

He’s thirty and hasn’t got a job I don’t want you to go

It’s time he found one I’d rather you didn’t go

TRANSFORM THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES: 1.- My sister’s son isn’t very clever. She wishes … 2.- I overslept this morning and was late for work. If only …

3.- She’s desperately shy. She wishes … 4.- I don’t want you to drive so far in one day. I’d rather … 5.- I’ve been given the sack. If only … 6.- I want you to settle down and start studying for the exam It’s high time ….. 7.- You’re always complaining about everything. I wish … 8.- He won’t apologise for breaking it. I wish … 9.- She drank too much at the party. She wishes … 10.- I want to give up smoking. If only … 11.- Her father doesn’t want her to marry Peter. Her father would rather … 12.- I had to lie to her. If only … 13.- Everyday except us has got a computer these days. It’s time … 14.- He couldn’t complete it on time. He wished … 15.- She had her hair cut really short. Now she wishes … 16.- My friends never pay attention when I speak. I wish … 17.- I did what they told me to. I wish … 18.- I wasn’t encouraged to be a writer. I wish …

WRITE WISHES FOR THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES USING YOUR OWN WORDS: 1.- He doesn’t earn much money.

2.- They missed most of the film. 3.- Her husband is a successful businessman, but he does nothing but work 4.- He lost his job.

5.- The children were playing with matches and they set fire to the curtains. 6.- I’d like you to keep our holiday plans secret 7.- His girlfriend left him. 8.- I was very thoughtless. 9.- My alarm clock is always slow and I am often late for work. 10.- I never remember birthdays. 11.- You can’t sleep at night because your neighbours are very noisy 12.- He couldn’t get his university degree because of his laziness 13.- Susan has divorced after a half-year marriage. 14.- The boy hasn’t got any pets. 15.- I got back home rather late and my parents were worried. 16.- She’s always having argument with everyone. 17.- You’ve got an appointment in a quarter of an hour and you haven’t got dressed yet. 18.-You’re lost in the middle of the country. 19.- Everyone makes fun of him because he’s not very tall. 20.- Tom would like to be a doctor but he can’t stand the sight of blood. 21.- She lost a mot of weight with that diet. 22.- You’re old enough to learn your own living.

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WISHES

AND

REGRETS

I live in a squalid flat. I’m out of work and on the dole. I didn’t have a good education; in fact, I left school at fifteen, and without any qualifications. I wrote about fifty job applications and didn’t get a single job. I went for a lot of interviews, but I don’t really know how to behave at interviews. I can’t answer their questions very well. I sit about at home every day, watching TV, and smoking. I get through about forty cigarettes a day, so I don’t have enough money to go to football matches any more. A friend of mine from school has got a job at a travel agent’s. He travels all over the world for his holidays, and he’s always telling me about wonderful trips to Spain and Greece. I’ve never been abroad! I’m so depressed. I think the worst thing is having nothing to look forward to. I’m nineteen, and I have a lifetime of nothing in front of me.

1. He wishes he lived somewhere nicer. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

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I wish I hadn’t lent it to him I wish he wouldn’t break my things He wishes he could speak French I wish I didn’t live in this town She wishes he would eat what she cools I wish I had used sun cream She wished it hadn’t rained I wished there hadn’t been a strike I wish I were on the beach with my friends Everybody wishes he wouldn’t tell stupid jokes She wishes she had more free time He wished nobody had seen him fall down She wishes she had locked her car People wish TV programmes wouldn’t be always the same I wish I had watered the plants

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I wish you would wear something nice I wish somebody had told me you were ill Tom wished he had bought her a present I wish you would touch my CDs She wishes she had someone to live with I wish I had eaten less I wish I could speak English I wish I read more He wishes he could give up smoking I wish I didn’t have to get up early I wish you wouldn’t spend money on stupid things I wish I could afford a better car I wish I lived in a small town I wish I had taken a photo I wish you wouldn’t eat with your fingers I wish we could see each other more often I wish I had bought size XL She wished her children studied harder

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She wishes her son were cleverer If only I hadn’t overslept She wishes she weren’t so shy I’d rather you didn’t drive so far in on day If only I hadn’t been given the sack It’s high time you settled down and started studying for the exam I wish you wouldn’t complain about everything I wish he would apologize for breaking it She wishes she hadn’t drunk so much at the party If only I could give up smoking He father would rather she didn’t marry Peter. If only I hadn’t lied to her It’s time we got a computer He wished he had been able to complete it on time Now she wishes she hadn’t cut it so short I wish they would pay attention when I speak I wish I hadn’t done what they told me I wish I had been encouraged to be a writer

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He wishes he had a better-paid job They wish they had arrived earlier She wishes he had more time for her He wishes he hadn’t argued with his boss Their mother wishes she hadn’t left the matches there I’d rather you didn’t say anything about our holiday plans He wishes he had spent more time with her

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I wish I had been more thoughtful I wish I had a better alarm clock I wish I had a better memory I wish they lived somewhere else He wishes he had studied harder She wishes she hadn’t married He wishes he had a dog I wish I had phoned them I wish she wouldn’t be so bad-tempered It’s time you were ready You wish you had brought a map with you He wishes people wouldn’t be so rude He wishes he weren’t so squeamish She wishes she hadn’t started dieting It’s time you got a job

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