1. WISH
I/. Choose the correct word or phrase underlined in each sentence:
1. I am sun – burnt. I wish I hadn’t sunbathed / didn’t sunbathe for so
long.
2. I don’t feel well. I wish I could stay / stayed at home tomorrow.
3. I’m not a good swimmer, but I wish I could swim / would swim well.
4. I wish I had / have a puppy or a kitten!
5. I wish I could see / saw you tomorrow, but it’s impossible.
6. I wish Jim didn’t sit / doesn’t sit next to me. He’s so annoying!
II/. Choose the correct continuation for each sentence:
7. I’ve got lots of work to do, and I’m tired, but I can’t stop. ……
A. I wish I had taken a rest
B. I
wish I could take a rest.
8. I wasn’t paying attention in class, and now I can’t do my homework. …
A. I wish I listened to my teachers.
B.I
wish I’d listened to my teacher.
9. Sarah painted her room green, but she doesn’t like it. …
A. She wishes she’d painted it blue
B.
She wishes she painted it blue
10. This is a very puzzling problem. …
A. I
wish I had known the answer
B. I
wish I knew the answer.
11. It’s really cold and miserable here in the winter. …
A. I
wish we lived in a warm place
B. I wish
we would live in a warm place
12. I can’t repair my bike because I haven’t got any tools. …
A. I wish I would have a screwdriver
B. I wish I had a screwdriver.
13. I’m worried about my basketball team. Perhaps they won’t win! … A. I
wish they played well.
B. I wish
they would play well
14. You promised not to tell anyone my secrets but you did! …
A. I
wish I hadn’t told you
B. I wish I
didn’t tell you.
III/. Rewrite the sentences, using “wish”:
15. What a pity I live too far from school.
I wish ………………………………………………………
16. Jane didn’t finish high school.
Jane wishes ………………………………………………………
17. My mother doesn’t understand my problems.
I wish ………………………………………………………
18. I’m not a good cook.
I wish ………………………………………………………
19. We don’t have any books.
We
wish ………………………………………………………
20. He won’t come to my birthday party.
He wishes ………………………………………………………
IV/. Choose the best answer
21. We wish they …… do something to reduce air pollution in our city. A.
will
B. would
C. can
D. are going to
22. I wish I ………you some money for your rent, but I’m broke myself. A.
can lend
B. would lend C. could lend D. will lend
23. Gloria never seems to get tired. I sure wish I ………… her energy. A.
would have
B. have
C. have had
D. had
24. I’m really sleepy today. I wish ……… Bob to the airport last night. A.
didn’t have to take
B. weren’t taking
C.
hadn’t had to take
D. didn’t take
25. I wish you ……………… that noise. It’s bothering me.
A. would stop
B. are going to stop
C. stop
D. can stop
26. I wish ……..
A. I was at home when you called yesterday.
B. I were at home when you called yesterday.
C. I am at home when you call
D. I had been at home when you called yesterday.
27. I don’t know many people and I’m lonely. I wish I ……more people.
A. know B. will know
C. knew
D. would know.
28. I bought a calculator, but it didn’t work. I wish ………it.
A.
haven’t bought
B. didn’t buy
C. hadn’t
bought
D. wouldn’t have bought
29. “Are we lost?” “ I think so. I wish we ………..a map with us today. A.
were bringing B. brought
C. had brought D. would bring
30. I wish you ……more carefully in the future.
A.
would write
B. will write
C. would have written D. write
31. John …………that he could meet the aliens from outer space.
A. hopes B. wants
C. wishes
D. likes
32. If only I ……………play the guitar as well as you!
A.
would B. should
C. could
D. might
33. The bad weather caused serious damage to the crop. If only it______
warmer.
A. has been B. had been
C. was
D. were
34. I wish I _________ your wedding, but I was in Paris.
A. could attend
B. would attend
C. attended
D. would have attended
35. Cathy refused the job offer. I wish she _________ that.
A. do not do
B. does not to do C. didn’t do D. hadn’t done
36. She wishes we didn't send her the candy yesterday because she's on a
diet.
A
B
C
D

2. 37. Sean wishes he didn't take part in the play yesterday because he
forgot the words. A
B
C
D
38. I sometimes wish that my university is as large as State University
A
B
because our
facilities are more limited than theirs.
C
D
39. I wish I had studied harder last night. The speaker………
A. wishes to study harder last night.
B. didn't study last night.
C.
didn't study hard enough last night.
D.
had studied harder than he wished
40. "Oh! Don't complain all the time!"
A. I
wish you won't complain all the time!
B. I wish
you don't complain all the time!
C. I wish you
wouldn't complain all the time!
D. I wish you
didn't complain all the time!
41. I'm stressful because I have so much work to do.
A. I wish I don't have so much work to do.
B. I
wish I hadn't had so much work to do.
C. I wish I
didn't have so much work to do.
D. I wish I haven't
had so much work to do.
42. I wish I could sing in the choir as I used to.
A. I
no longer sang in the choir
B.
No longer did I sing in the choir
C. I
wish I had sung in the choir
D. I am not
singing in the choir any more.
43. Jane didn't apply for the job in the library and regrets it now.
A. Jane wishes she had applied for the job in the library.
B. Jane wishes she have applied for the job in the library.
C. Jane wishes she has applied for the job in the library.
D. Jane wishes she applies for the job in the library.
44. I regret selling the house in the suburb.
A. I wish I didn't sell the house in the suburb.
B. I hope I had not sold the house in the suburb.
C. If only I had not sold the house in the suburb.
D. Selling the house in the suburb is regretful.
45. Susan is sorry that she didn't learn the lesson.
A Susan wishes she didn't learn the lesson.
B
Susan wishes she would learn the lesson
C. Susan
wishes she had learned the lesson.
D. Susan is
sorry for having learnt the lesson.
FURTHER PRACTICE ABOUT “IF”, “WISH”
46. I wish you ………talking loudly. I am trying to work.
A. should stop
B. had stopped C. would stop D. stop
47. I am very busy. Don't disturb me ………………it is urgent.
A. while
B. unless
C. if
D. since
48. Do you like jazz? You should go to the jazz festival……you like that
kind of music.
A. if
B. unless
C. although
D. while
49. Only if it rains continuously for three hours…………the baseball games.
A. the officials will cancel
B. will cancel the officials
C. will the officials cancel
D. the officials cancel
50. You will not succeed ……… working harder.
A. unless
B. if
C. without
D. although
51. Alice is moving to her new apartment next Saturday. I’ll be glad to help
her, ……………need some help.
A. should she
B. if she will C. if she
D. if she might
52. - Did you go sailing last weekend?
- No. We would have gone …………nicer.
A. had the weather been
B. if the weather has been
C. would the weather be
D. if the weather might be
53. I’m leaving a note to Mary, “Hurry up, ………you will miss the train.”
A. or
B. and
C. but
D. so
54. - Please show me the way to the post office.
- ……… straight on, you will find it on the left.
A. To go
B. Go
C. Going
D. Be going
55. We could not handle the situation without you.
A. You didn't help us handle the situation.
B. If you had not helped us, we could not have handled the situation.
C. If you did not help us, we could not handle the situation.
D. We will handle the situation if you help.
56. Unless you have tickets you can't come in.
A. You can't come in provided that you have tickets.
B. You can come in provided that you have tickets.
C. If you didn't have tickets, you couldn't come in.
D. Unless you don't have tickets, you can come in.
57. They regret ever moving into that house
A. They hoped they wouldn't move into that house.
B. They wish they had not moved into that house.
C. If only they didn't move into that house.
D. They think that they should have moved into that house.
58. If you don't stop eating candies, you will put on more weight very quickly.
A. Stop eating candies, or you will put on more weight very quickly.
B. You will put on more weight very quickly though you eat candies.
C. You won't put on more weight very quickly though you eat candies.
D. Unless you eat candies, you will put on more weight very quickly.