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Make a wish

Wishes

1. Sam didn't call me last night and didn't tell me about the event. I wish ___________________________________________________________

I wish + Past Simple = wishes about the present Example: I wish Helen knew about my feelings to her.

2. I'm really lazy even though I have plenty of time for my hobbies. I wish ___________________________________________________________ 3. He starts doing something noisy in his flat every day from 5 p.m. I wish ___________________________________________________________ 4. My brother always tries to make me wash the dishes. I wish ___________________________________________________________ 5. My daughter is studying abroad. She is coming home next year only.

I wish + Past Perfect = wishes about the past Example: I wish Helen had known about my feelings to her before she came back to London that year.

I wish ___________________________________________________________ 6. Mathew didn't stop his mother from buying that useless device. It was a waste of money. Mathew wishes ___________________________________________________ 7. It's beautiful here. It's a pity that you can't see this beauty together with me. I wish ___________________________________________________________ 8. Silvia didn't see our concert last week. She regrets about it. Silvia wishes _____________________________________________________ 9. Raymond is always late for all our business meetings. He is so irresponsible.

I wish + would + V1 = wishes about the future, wishes to change someone’s habits or behavior Example 01: I wish Helen wouldn’t ask me about my feelings to her when I come to her next month. Example 02: I wish Helen would stop asking me about my feelings to her. It makes me really nervous.

I wish ___________________________________________________________ 10. Our guests didn't see our message about the time change of our meeting. Our guests wish __________________________________________________ 11. Stephen is too hardworking. He never has time for his friends. Stephen wishes ___________________________________________________ 12. You enjoy breaking all our local rules. It's offensive. I wish ___________________________________________________________ 13. My friend Gregory is a lawyer. He could help me with that problem. I wish ___________________________________________________________ 14. All the passengers want to get home faster. Everyone wants to return to their families. All the passengers wish ____________________________________________ 15. The law forbids us to stay in this country any longer. We wish ________________________________________________________

Pay attention that some sentences

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several possible ways to make wishes of. When you find such variants, put all of them using the back side of the paper.

16. Lola forgot to water the plants and they died. Lola wishes ______________________________________________________ 17. Their dog is barking all day long. It's driving all of us crazy. We all wish ______________________________________________________ 18. I need this guitar to play music of a higher quality. I wish __________________________________________________________ 19. Our balcony needs repairing, but we don't have money to do it. We wish ________________________________________________________ 20. The mass media doesn't give any proven information. Everybody wishes ________________________________________________

KEYS

Make a wish 1. Sam didn't call me last night and didn't tell me about the event. I wish Sam had called last night and told me. 2. I'm really lazy even though I have plenty of time for my hobbies. I wish I wasn't really lazy. 3. He starts doing something noisy in his flat every day from 5 p.m. I wish he would stop doing something noisy in his flat every day from 5 p.m. 4. My brother always tries to make me wash the dishes. I wish my brother would stop trying to make me wash the dishes. 5. My daughter is studying abroad. She is coming home next year only. I wish my daughter wouldn't come home next year only. 6. Mathew didn't stop his mother from buying that useless device. It was a waste of money. Mathew wishes he had stopped his mother from buying that useless device. 7. It's beautiful here. It's a pity that you can't see this beauty together with me. I wish you were here with me and saw this beauty. 8. Silvia didn't see our concert last week. She regrets about it. Silvia wishes she had seen our concert last week. 9. Raymond is always late for all our business meetings. He is so irresponsible. I wish Raymond wasn't so irresponsible. 10. Our guests didn't see our message about the time change of our meeting. Our guests wish they had seen our message. 11. Stephen is too hardworking. He never has time for his friends. Stephen wishes he wasn't too hardworking. Stephen wishes he had time for his friends. 12. You enjoy breaking all our local rules. It's offensive. I wish you would stop breaking all local rules. 13. My friend Gregory is a lawyer. He could help me with that problem. I wish Gregory had been able to help me. 14. All the passengers want to get home faster. Everyone wants to return to their families. All the passengers wish they would get home to their families faster. 15. The law forbids us to stay in this country any longer. We wish we could stay any longer. 16. Lola forgot to water the plants and they died. Lola wishes she hadn't forgotten to water the plants. 17. Their dog is barking all day long. It's driving all of us crazy. We all wish their dog would stop barking all day long. 18. I need this guitar to play music of a higher quality. I wish I had this guitar. 19. Our balcony needs repairing, but we don't have money to do it. We wish we had money to repair the balcony. 20. The mass media doesn't give any proven information. Everybody wishes the mass media gave any proven information.