Grammar wish
New English File Teacher's Book Upper-intermediate Photocopiable © Oxford University Press 2008
Q Complete the sentences with a verb from the list in the past simple or add would/ wouldn't + infinitive.
not have to     leave     stop raining    not borrow     earn     not wear     be taller have
1 I wish I were taller a model.
2 I wish my mum_
. Then maybe I could be _me alone! She's always
interfering in what I do.
3 I wish I_the latest version of this game.
This one is two years old!
4 I wish my sister_
puts them back.
my clothes. She never
more money.
5 I wish Mum and Dad_
Then we could go on better holidays.
6 I wish it_! Then I could go out and
play ball.
7 I wish I_share a room with Allie.
She's such an irritating little kid.
8 I wish my dad_that awful jacket!
My friends think he looks really strange.
^5 Complete the sentences with a verb from the list in the past perfect.
not break     be born     not fight     buy    not tell have
1 I wish I hadn't fought      with Kate and Helen. Now I've got no one to go out with.
2 I wish I_Mum and Dad about my school
results. Now they're worried I won't get into university.
3 I wish Allie_my iPod. She's so annoying.
4 I wish I_the other jeans. These ones
just aren't right.
5 I wish I_
the courage to phone
Sam last week. Maybe he would have asked me out.
6 I wish I_in another family!
Mine are so awful.