If wish_clauses
- 1. Basic Structures Used in Wish Clauses situation Subject + wish main clause A wish about the future would + verb A wish about the present Past simple A wish about the past Past perfect
- 2. EXERCISES 1.What a beautiful view! I wish I (bring) ___ my camera with me. 2.If only Mr. Blake (not, interrupt) ___ the speaker all the time, the presentation would have been enjoyable. 3.I quite like this flat, but I wish the people above us (not, be) ___ so noisy. 4.If only I (have) ___ better eyesight.I can’t read anything now without my glasses. brought hadn’t interrupted weren’t had
- 3. 5.I really wish you (stop) ___ whistling.It’s getting on my nerves. 6.I wish you (can, be) ___ at the party last night.You really enjoyed yourself. 7.I wish you (can, see) ___ the look on my husband’s face yesterday when he saw the colour I had painted the living room. Would stop Could have been Could have seen
- 4. EXERCISES 1.Everybody would have drowned if the boat ---- the quayside when it sank. A) must not have approached B) didn't approach C) hadn't been approaching D) hasn't approached E) wouldn't be approaching 2.My brother is sitting by the telephone wishing his girlfriend ---- him. A) calls B) has called C) will call D) would call E) is calling C D
- 5. 3.I know Sibel wishes she ---- the horses with her friends, but she is too young. A) could ride B) would ride C) will be riding D) would have ridden E) has ridden 4.One day I ---- to visit my cousin in Australia if I can get three weeks off work. A) have liked B) had liked C) would like D) liked E) were to like A C
- 6. 5.Later on today, I____ a cake for tea if we____ all of the necessary ingredients , of course. A) would bake/were having B) will bake/have C) could have baked/had D) will have baked/have had E) were to have baked/would have 6.If people ---- any opium-related drug often enough, they ---- physically dependent, or addicted, to the drug. A) take/become B) took/became C) would take/had become D) were taking/may become E) are taking/have become Answers: 1C-2D-3A-4C-5B-6A B A
- 7. The End