Wishes and regrets - revisited

Multiple Choice

Is the following situation a regret about the present or the past?

You shouted at your boyfriend or girlfriend and they broke up with you.

• Present

• Past

Multiple Choice

Which tense do we have to use when we regret something that happened or didn't happen in the past?

• Past perfect

• Simple past

Multiple Choice

Which is the formula for past perfect?

• S+ Had/hadn't + verb in past participle

• S+ verb in past

• S+ Have/haven't + verb in past participle

Multiple Choice

I wish I ________ at my girlfriend last night.

• hadn't shouted

• didn't shout

• haven't shouted

• didn't shouted

Fill in the Blanks

What is the difference between these statements:

I wish I hadn't shouted at my girlfriend.

I wish I didn't shout at my girlfriend.

Multiple Choice

Is the following situation about the present or the past?

You are not an employee so you can't park your car close to the store.

• Present

• Past

Multiple Choice

Which tense do we have to use when we regret or wish something about the present?

• Past perfect

• Simple past

Fill in the Blanks

Fill in the blank to complete this person's wish:

I wish I

park my car near the store, but I'm not an employee so I can't.

Multiple Choice

Find the incorrect sentence in the past simple.

• I went to Spain.

• She didn't study for the exam.

• They didn't ran the marathon.

Fill in the Blanks

You are not an employee so you cant park your car close to the store.

= If only I

(work) here.

Multiple Choice

"You didn't study for math so you failed the exam."

Am I regretting something about the present or the past?

• The present, so we have to use simple past.

• The past, so I have to use past perfect.

Fill in the Blanks

If only I

for my exam. :(

Multiple Choice

Is this situation about something in the present or the past?

You want to relax during the weekend but you have too much homework.

• Present

• Past

Fill in the Blanks

I wish I

(have) so much homework.

Multiple Choice

Is the following wish about the present or the past?

I wish I ____ a million dollars.

• Present

  (had)

• Past

  (had had)

Multiple Choice

I wish you _____________ smoking. I hate it! 

• would stop

• had stopped

• stopped

Multiple Choice

Is this wish about a present situation or a past one?

I wish I ___________ to my mom so much when I was younger.

• Past, so we use "had not lied", which is in past perfect.

• Present, so we use "didn't lie", which is in the simple past.

Multiple Choice

I wish I ______________(have) a better position at work. I don't enjoy this job.

This situation is about the...

• Present situation, so we use past simple:

  had

• Past situation, so we use past perfect:

  had had

• I am annoyed at someone else, so I use:

  would have

Multiple Choice

I wish you __________ so far away. 

• didn't live

• didn't lived

• had not lived

Multiple Choice

I wish I would have more free time. 

• Correct

• Incorrect

Multiple Choice

I wish I ___________ harder when I was at school. 

• studied

• had studied

• would study

Multiple Choice

I wish I _________ taller. 

• were

• was

• am

Multiple Choice

I _____ I lived in london.

• This is a wish for the future, so the answer is HOPE.

• This is a wish for the present, so the answer is WISH.

Multiple Choice

I wish I _______ to go to school today.

• didn't have

• would not have

• hadn't had

Open Ended

Write a sentence with If only/wish to talk about something you would like to change about the present.

Open Ended

Write a sentence with If only/wish to talk about something you would like to change about the past.

Fill in the Blanks

Express a wish or regret about the following sentence:

I don't speak English. (wish)

Fill in the Blanks

Express a wish or regret about the following sentence:

We don't have a garden. (If only)

Fill in the Blanks

Express a wish or regret about the following sentence:

I'm an only child. (wish)