This document contains examples of sentences expressing wishes and regrets, with blanks to be filled in with the correct word. The blanks can be filled with words like "spoke", "understood", "were", "didn't", "had", "hadn't", "wouldn't", and "hadn't" to complete the sentences expressing wishes for different situations or regrets about past actions and decisions.

1. Fill in the blanks with
one word
Wish and regrets

2. I speak terrible
English. I wish I
______ English well.

3. I speak terrible
English. I wish I
spoke English well.

4. I don't understand
this point of
grammar. I wish I
______ it better.

5. I don't understand
this point of
grammar. I wish I
understood it better.

6. I miss my friends. I
wish my friends
______ here right
now.

7. I miss my friends. I
wish my friends
were here right
now.

8. I wish it ________
so much. The
garden's turned to
mud.

9. I wish it didn’t rain
so much. The
garden's turned to
mud.

10. If only I _______
more time for my
hobbies.

11. If only I had more
time for my
hobbies.

12. I wish I _______
gotten drunk and
kissed Samantha.

13. I wish I hadn’t
gotten drunk and
kissed Samantha.

14. I wish you _____ drink
so much. You're a
complete idiot when
you're drunk.

15. I wish you wouldn’t /
didn’t drink so much.
You're a complete idiot
when you're drunk.

16. If only I_______ the
money to go to Jon's
wedding in The
States.

17. If only I had the
money to go to Jon's
wedding in The
States.

18. I wish I
_____told her
she'd put on
weight. She hates
me now.

19. I wish I hadn’t
told her she'd put
on weight. She
hates me now.

20. If only we _____
bought a Hewlett
Packard printer. The
cartridges are so
expensive.

21. If only we hadn’t
bought a Hewlett
Packard printer. The
cartridges are so
expensive.