wishes unreal past
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l' 80 Grammar: Wis hes - Unr e ai";
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10 Your best friend won't lend ye her white silk dr ess 13 Dine gets cross because there is a lo t of tra ffic in the
because last time you sp ilt cof fee on it. street w here she lives.
14 You and your ext door neig hbour had an arg ument
11 Therese's dog keeps the neigh bours c woke becau se and now he' won 't speek to you.
it bar ks a ll night.
12 You have lost your reference from one of your 15 Adrienn e sow o beau tiful w inter coot but it cos t one
previou s jobs and now you need i fo r an interv iew . mon th's pay.
round the world trip..
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I I wish I hadn 't read the letter. 4 Why don 't you drive more carefully ? I
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If only I hadn't read the letter. I wish you would drive more carefully. I I regret reading/having read the fetter. Please drive more carefully. I
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I'm sorry I read the letter. I'd rather you drove more carefully. I It's a pity I read the le tter. You'd better drive more carefully. I
' 2 "1Wish he would be more patient, " she said. It's lime you slarled drilling more carefully. She complained 11701 he wasn't patie nt. You would be better off driVing more carefully. She complained thai he was impatient. 5 It's a pity I am not wealthy.
3 f. would love -to-travel-abroad. I wish I were wealthy: If only I could lravel abroad. If only I ",Iere wealthy. I wish I could Iravel ab road. 6 I want to see you in my office . ,
__ I wish to see yo u in my o ffice. : , ---- - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -1
2 Comple te the se cond sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word g iven. Do not change the word given. You must use betwe en Ihree and eight words, including the word g iven.
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Please, stop te/king because I con' ! co ncentrate on 5 M eg wonts to be left a lo ne because she's upset. the film. rathe r .
quiet iv\eg ' I .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. . .. she's upset. ........ ........ .. .... ... .. I can' t concentra te on the film. 6 ·1regret having committed myself to so many pri vate
2 W hy don 't you show me you r stamp coll ection ? lessons in the evenings. let not I _ . If .. .. your stomp coll edion. r: . priva te lessons in the evenings.
3 'You look tir ed . Why don ' r you go to bed ea rly 7 ~e reg rets not taking her threa ts of leaving him tonig ht? seriously. better . Wishes
You .. He .. .. .. .. ...... .. . .. : y6u look tired . .. . f ' l' eavlng h' . I0 . rrn .seno us y.
4 ·Z e has a job which ma es her feel very stressed . 8- I wou ld love to go on a round the world trip . le~ . able
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(C ONVER SATIONA L GRA MMRR )
3 Choose the co rrect item . 5 If only I .... ..... the bill; w e wouldn' t ' ave been CUI o If only I then w hat I knew now!
Wi s hes - Un r e al Po st -= ,
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r I., a l i . A had known C coul d know A pa id C had been pa id
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B knew D w fl s known B have pa id D had pa id ·
in bed It's ol rnost mid night, isn't " It's time you 6 "I shouldn't have missed Mar y's party." . 'I "
9 "You' re looking tired. " - " l'rn exhausted . I wi sh my neighbours ... .. .... loud
music w hen I' m try ing to sleep."
A haven't played C won ' t p lay
B wouldn ' t play D hadn ' t played
. 7 He regr ets ....... .. -~ n o u g h time to finish the exercises.
A not to have c . no r haVing
B not have had D to not have
8 " Do you mind if I tell I" \a ry a bout you r trip?"
- "W ell, I'd rather you .... .. ... anyone else about it."
A wouldn' t tell C not to tell
1:3. didn' tell D haven ' t told
" It's a pity you ........ .; w e hed a 10vE?.I:;i ~ i me ."
A haven' t ceme C we r e~ ' coming
B did n' t come D hadn' t ceme
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C better have
D ra ther had
C had been
D w ere
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"Ycu' re right."
A ar e B have been
.~ on di ti ~ ri'd I ~~p~ 2 If I were you, I would resig n: .. " . ' . '
• wishes (present) I. wis ~ I wer~ In Lendon .
2 "That trip wa s a nightmar e."
"Yes, I wish w e ..... ..... " A w ent ·C hcdn't gone
B have gone D g o
3 "I overslept end was lat e for w ork aga in !" "You'd .. ..... .. that clock fixed; it hasn' t worked fe r
over a w eek now."
A rather have
B better to have
• I'd rather/s c>0 nersb. ; ; (for p;esents ituatio risj ' I'd soonervc» : answered me now.
• sup co se z'suppos inq , Suppose you were fired, what w~ u ld you do '!
• a ~ if/as th ~ugh . He behaves as if he owned the place !
4 "Yo u missed an exciting starr to the feotball match."
"Yes, it's a p ity I en rime. " A am not C wasn 't
B haven't been D ha dn't been
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• It' s (about/high) time... It's time we left.
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