WISH PRESENT AND PAST

WISH PRESENT AND PAST

Ninth Grade

Wish about the Past

wish + past perfect is used to express a regret, or that we want a situation in the past to be different.

The Structure

I wish/If only + subject + past perfect (had/hadn't + verb in past participle)

Multiple Choice

Complete the Sentence:

I wish...

• I hasn't eat so much.

• I hadn't eaten so much.

• I would have eaten much.

• I eating so much.

Multiple Choice

Complete the Sentences:

I wish _________ harder at school.

• I has study

• I had studying

• I had studied

• I have studied.

Multiple Choice

Complete the Sentence:

If only she ___________ him lies.

• has not tell

• hadn't told

• have not telling

• hasn't tell

Wish about the Present

wish + past simple is used to express that we want a situation in the present to be different.

Ex: I wish I were on a beach.

The Structure

I wish / If only + subject + past simple (subjunctive)

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence:

I wish ___________ Sunday.

• It is

• It were

• is

• was

Fill in the Blanks

Complete the sentence:

If only

a big car.

Multiple Select

I wish _____________ somewhere more interesting.

• i was living

• i were living

• i lived

• i'm living