If-only practice sheet

1. A. Cueto 2020
1 You are not skillful playing music but are taking lessons.
2 Your friends don't like the same music you love.
3 John will study abroad and he is sad to leave his parents.
4 Your placework is too far from where you live.
5 You could not attend an important meeting.
6 Tomorrow is Christmas and you don't have anything to wear.
7 Every time you decide to go to the beach it rains.
8 Your favorite cup broke when it fell from the table.
9 Most of friends don't care about eating healthy.
10 You have to wait 2 hours because your flight is delayed.
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If Only
Write IF ONLY statements for these situations
Write three regrets you have about your life. Use IF ONLY.
If only has the same meaning as WISH or HOPE, but it's more emphatic.
We use IF ONLY in conversational and informal writing.
When we use simple presen after IF ONLY, we hope it may become real in the present or the future
We use the simple past form after IF ONLY when we wish for something that is unreal in the present.
We use IF ONLY + PAST PERFECT when we wish something had happenened differently in the past.
If only I had explained the situation to him.
(I wish I had explained but I didn’t)
If only my parents had given me more money. (I
wish my parents had given me more money)
If only I were ready for this test.
(I'm not ready and I wish I were)
If only he trusted me.
(He doesn’t trrust me and I wish he did)
If only my boss is at in the office today.
(I really hope that he won't be in the office)
If only I get the news today.
(I really hope that I get the news)