This document provides examples of basic structures used in wish clauses in English. There are three main structures: using "wish" with the subject and a would clause for present wishes, the past simple for past wishes, and the past perfect for wishes about the past. The document also includes exercises for learners to practice using these wish clause structures in different sentence contexts.

1. Basic Structures Used in Wish Clauses
situation
Subject + wish
main clause
A wish about
the future
would + verb
A wish about
the present
Past simple
A wish about
the past
Past perfect

2. EXERCISES
1.What a beautiful view! I wish I (bring) ___ my
camera with me.
2.If only Mr. Blake (not, interrupt) ___ the speaker
all the time, the presentation would have been
enjoyable.
3.I quite like this flat, but I wish the people above
us (not, be) ___ so noisy.
4.If only I (have) ___ better eyesight.I can’t read
anything now without my glasses.
brought
hadn’t interrupted
weren’t
had

3. 5.I really wish you (stop) ___ whistling.It’s getting
on my nerves.
6.I wish you (can, be) ___ at the party last
night.You really enjoyed yourself.
7.I wish you (can, see) ___ the look on my
husband’s face yesterday when he saw the colour
I had painted the living room.
Would stop
Could have been
Could have seen

4. EXERCISES
1.Everybody would have drowned if the boat ---- the quayside
when it sank.
A) must not have approached
B) didn't approach
C) hadn't been approaching
D) hasn't approached
E) wouldn't be approaching
2.My brother is sitting by the telephone wishing his girlfriend
---- him.
A) calls
B) has called
C) will call
D) would call
E) is calling
C
D

5. 3.I know Sibel wishes she ---- the horses with her friends, but she is
too young.
A) could ride
B) would ride
C) will be riding
D) would have ridden
E) has ridden
4.One day I ---- to visit my cousin in Australia if I can get three weeks off
work.
A) have liked
B) had liked
C) would like
D) liked
E) were to like
A
C

6. 5.Later on today, I____ a cake for tea if we____ all of the necessary
ingredients , of course.
A) would bake/were having
B) will bake/have
C) could have baked/had
D) will have baked/have had
E) were to have baked/would have
6.If people ---- any opium-related drug often enough, they ---- physically
dependent, or addicted, to the drug.
A) take/become
B) took/became
C) would take/had become
D) were taking/may become
E) are taking/have become
Answers: 1C-2D-3A-4C-5B-6A
B
A

7. The End