Complete the 12 sentences below. Choose the best answer for each one.
1I wish I ............... to your warning before I signed that terrible contract.
Wrong!
Use "had listened" to show regret about a past action before another past event.
2I wish the neighbours ............... playing loud music right now because I have an important meeting early tomorrow.
Wrong!
Use "would stop" to complain about someone else's annoying behaviour now.
3She wishes she ............... all her savings on a car she hardly uses now.
Wrong!
Use "hadn't spent" to show regret about a completed past action.
4I wish my office ............... closer to the train station because the commute is exhausting.
Wrong!
Use "were" to describe an unreal present situation after wish.
5If only the customer service team ............... the phone right now because the deadline is in an hour.
Wrong!
Use "would answer" to complain that someone is not doing what you want now.
6If only we ............... the earlier flight, we wouldn't have missed the conference opening.
Wrong!
Use "had taken" to express regret about a past decision.
7He wishes he ............... Spanish fluently now that his company has opened an office in Madrid.
Wrong!
Use "could speak" to express a wish about present ability.
8I wish you ............... your dirty dishes in the sink when you finish dinner later tonight.
Wrong!
Use "wouldn't leave" to complain about someone else's repeated or expected behaviour.
9I wish this apartment ............... so damp, because my clothes never dry properly.
Wrong!
Use "weren't" to describe an unreal present situation after wish.
10If only I ............... harder for the exam, I might have got into my first-choice university.
Wrong!
Use "had studied" to express regret about the past.
11If only the instructions ............... clearer, we wouldn't be standing here confused.
Wrong!
Use "were" after "if only" to describe an unreal present condition.
12He wishes he ............... the job offer when it was still available.
Wrong!
Use "had accepted" to show regret about a past choice.
Exercise complete
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Answers
- I wish I had listened to your warning before I signed that terrible contract.
- I wish the neighbours would stop playing loud music right now because I have an important meeting early tomorrow.
- She wishes she hadn’t spent all her savings on a car she hardly uses now.
- I wish my office were closer to the train station because the commute is exhausting.
- If only the customer service team would answer the phone right now because the deadline is in an hour.
- If only we had taken the earlier flight, we wouldn’t have missed the conference opening.
- He wishes he could speak Spanish fluently now that his company has opened an office in Madrid.
- I wish you wouldn’t leave your dirty dishes in the sink when you finish dinner later tonight.
- I wish this apartment weren’t so damp, because my clothes never dry properly.
- If only I had studied harder for the exam, I might have got into my first-choice university.
- If only the instructions were clearer, we wouldn’t be standing here confused.
- He wishes he had accepted the job offer when it was still available.