I wish / if only
Упражнение 1. Put the verbs given in brackets into the correct form.
1. I wish I __________ (be) taller so that I could be in the basketball team.
2. I wish I ___________ (can drive) a car and we could go travelling.
3. The Browns live in the city, but they wish they ________ (live) in the suburbs.
4. Robert can’t dance very well, but he wishes he ________ (can dance) better.
5. Kate is having a hard time learning English at the University. She wishes she ________ (study)
it better at school.
6. Mike didn’t go to college after school. Now, he wishes he ________ (go) to college.
7. The weather was hot while we were there. I wish it _________ (be) a bit cooler.
8. I wish you ________ (stop) watching TV while I am talking to you.
9. I wish she _________ (can come) yesterday but she had an important meeting.
10. I wish I __________ (know) someone to whom I could have gone for advice when I was 18.
Упражнение 2. Раскроите скобки, употребляя требующуюся форму сослагательного наклонения
после «I wish».
1. The weather was awful. I wish it __________ (to be) better.
2. I wish I __________ (to know) Sue’s telephone number.
3. I wish it__________ (not to rain) so much in England last week.
4. Do you wish you __________ (to study) science instead of languages last year?
5. I feel sick. I wish I __________ (not to eat) so much.
6. It’s crowded here. I wish there __________ (not to be) so many people.
7. I wish I __________ (to be) taller.
8. I wish you __________ (stop) shouting. I am not deaf you know.
9. I wish he__________ (to borrow) that book from the library last week.
10. I wish you__________ (to give) him my phone number at that party.
11. I wish it __________ (to stop) raining.
12. I wish I ________ (can speak) several languages.
13. If only I _______ (to have) the chance to study when I was younger.
Ответы к упражнениям.
Упражнение 1.
1 were, 2 could drive, 3 lived, 4 could dance, 5 had studied, 6 had gone, 7 had been, 8 stopped, 9 could
have come, 10 had known
Упражнение 2.
1 had been, 2 knew, 3 hadn’t rained / hadn’t been raining, 4 had studied / had been studying, 5 hadn’t
eaten, 6 were not, 7 were, 8 stopped, 9 had borrowed, 10 had given, 11 would stop, 12 could speak, 13
had had