Exercises

I Ann doesn’t like her house. Write what she wishes.

The house is so old and dirty. She has to paint it. The house doesn’t have central heating. The kitchen is small.

1. I wish…______________________________________________________________________________

2. I …__________________________________________________________________________________

3. _____________________________________________________________________________________

4. _____________________________________________________________________________________

II Kate wants things to be different in the future. Write what she wishes.

I want my father to give me more pocket money. I want my brothers to stop fighting. I don’t want my mother to make me to eat vegetables. I don’t want my sister to wear my clothes.

1. I wish my father…_____________________________________________________________________

2. I wish …____________________________________________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________________________________________________

4. _____________________________________________________________________________________

III Ted regrets what he did or didn’t do. Write what he wishes.

He left his job. He didn’t listen to his wife. He robbed a bank. He was sent to prison.

1. I wish I …__________________________________________________________________________

2. I wish …____________________________________________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________________________________________________

4.____________________________________________________________________________________

IV Fill in: wish about the present, regret about the past, wish about the future; then write what the people wish.

1. He ate too many cakes. __________________________________________________________________

2. He is not good-looking.__________________________________________________________________

3. She broke her leg._______________________________________________________________________

4. Her students don’t work hard in her lessons. _________________________________________________

5. It’s raining hard. He is wet and cold.________________________________________________________

6. He is smoking and she doesn’t like it._______________________________________________________

7. He was rude to his boss yesterday.__________________________________________________________

8. He crashed his Dad’s car last night._________________________________________________________

9. She can’t type fast. She won’t get the job. ___________________________________________________

10. His mother shouts at him all the time. ______________________________________________________

11. He talks too much and she doesn’t like it.___________________________________________________

12. His car is very old but he can’t buy a new one. ______________________________________________

13. She stayed in the sun too long. ___________________________________________________________

14. She is sad because she is poor.___________________________________________________________

15. He stayed out late last night.