Worksheet 32 SUBJECT: Wishes or If Only

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WORKSHEET 32

SUBJECT: Wishes or If Only


A) Write sentences with “I WISH………” and “IF ONLY……..”:
1. Ayşe isn’t here.
I wish Ayse was here right now………………………………………………………
2. She lives in Đstanbul (and she hates it).
She wishes wouldn´t live in Dstanbul……………………………………………………
3. He can’t give up smoking.
He wishes he give up smoking……………………………………………………
If only I could give up smoking ………………………………………………………..
4. I’m not lying on a beautiful sunny beach (and that’s a pity).
I wish I was lying on a beautiful sunny
beach…………………………………………………………
If only I was lying on a beautiful sunny
beach…………………………………………………………
5. They don’t know anything about cars (and their car has just been broken down).
They wish they had know anything about
cars…………………………………………………….
6. He has pneumonia.
He wishes he hasn´t pneumonia…………………………………………………….
If only he didn´t have pneumonia…………………………………………………………
7. She has to work tomorrow (but she’d like to stay in bed).
She wishes she hasn´t to work
tomorrow……………………………………………………
8. There is going to be an examination tomorrow.
If only there wasn´t an examination
tomorrow…………………………………………………………
9. My brother doesn’t keep his room tidy.
I wish my brother has keep his room
tidy………………………………………………………….
10. Sue doesn’t help with the housework.
Sue’s mother wishes Sue has help with the
housework…………………………………………..
11. Mary often plays the piano in the middle of the night.
Her neighbours wish Mary never plays the piano in the middle of the
night…………………………………………..
B) Write the correct forms of the verbs:
1. I wish I had…………………………….. (have) today off.
I wish I had…………………………….. (have) yesterday off.
2. If only I could know……………………………. (know) the answer now.
If only I could know……………………………. (know) the answer a few minutes
ago.
3. He wishes he was visit……………………… (visit) them, but he can’t.
4. She wishes she was clean……………………. (clean) the refrigerator today.
She wishes she was clean……………………. (clean) it yesterday.
5. If only he wasn´t eat………………………….. (not / eat) so much garlic!
If only he wasn´t eat………………………….. (not / eat) so much garlic last night!
6. She has to walk up the stairs. She wishes her apartment building
has…………………. (have) an elevator.

C) Ann doesn’t like her new 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 the house wasn’t so old and dirty……………………


2. She wishes she was to paint the house
3. She wishes she had central heating in the house
4. She wishes the kitchen wasn´t small
D) 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 eat vegetables. I don’t want my sister
to wear my clothes. “

1. ………….I wish my father would give me more pocket money. …………….


2. I wish my brothers to stop fighting
3. I wish my mother wouldn´t make me eat vegetables
4. I wish my sister wouldn´t wear my clothes

F) Read what Hilda says and write what she WISHES:


“I didn’t go to university. I didn’t get any qualifications. I can’t find a better job. The
telephone never stops ringing. My boss doesn’t like me. I’d like to be rich. I always
feel tired. It was wrong of me to shout at Ann. “

1. …………… I wish I had gone to university. …………………………………..


2. I wish I had gotten any qualifications
3. I wish I could find a better job
4. I wish the telephone stops ringing
5. I wish my boss has like me
6. I wish I was rich
7. I wish I wasn´t feel tired
8. I wish I wasn´t wrong of me to shout Ann

G) Write what these people wish they HAD or HADN’T DONE as in the
example:
1. John drove his car so fast that he had an accident.
John: …… I wish I hadn’t driven my car so fast. I wouldn’t have had an
accident….
2. Julie was late and she missed the beginning of the film.
Julie: I wish I hadn´t late. I wouldn´t miss the beginning of the film
3. Jack ate too much and he was sick.
Jack: I wish I hadn´t eat too much. I wouldn´t sick
4. Claire was very nervous during her driving test and she didn’t pass.
Claire: I wish I hadn´t nervous during my driving tests. I would pass.
5. Susan didn’t take off her gold ring when she went swimming and she lost it in
the sea.
Susan: I wish I hadn´t take off my gold ring when I went swimming. I wouldn´t lost
in the sea.
6. Terry and Jane didn’t save money so they didn’t go on holiday last summer.
Terry and Jane: We wish had save money. We would go on holiday last summer

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