Rewrite as directed

1. It would be nice to be able to fly.                     

-> I wish …………………I could be able to fly ………………………….

2. I wish I hadn’t heard that.

-> I’d rather you…………… hadn'd told me that……………………

3. Everyone wished they had listened more carefully to the lecture.

-> Everyone regretted …………………not listening more carefully to lecture.……………………………………….

4. Unfortunately I’ve got to work late tonight.

-> I wish … i get to work early tonight…..

5. Is it better for me to leave?

-> Would you …sooner i left……..

6. It’s a pity I can’t borrow your car.

-> I wish you would……borrow your car.……

7. We really must discuss this again.

-> It’s important that ……we dicuss this again……

8. It’s a pity you were driving so fast.

-> I wish you ……hadn’t been driving so fast…….

9. May the President live a long time.

-> Long …live the president!....................

10. Jack prefers me not to say anything about the missing money.

-> Jack would rather …I didn’t say anything abiut the missing money……..

Chọn câu trả lời đúng nhất:
1. I should never have said that. I wish I________that.
A. didn't say
B. wouldn't say
C. hadn't said
2. I only was in Miami for a week. I wish I ____ more time there but I had to go onto New York.
A. had
B. would have
C. had had
3. I wish that some day I ____ able to marry her.
A. would be
B. had been
4. You talk more than you work. The teacher wishes that_________
A. you worked more than you talk.
B. you worked more than you talked.
C. you had worked more than you had talk.
5. Susan regretted not buying that villa.
A. Susan wished she had bought that villa.
B. Susan wished she bought that villa.
C. Susan wished she could buy that villa.

Chọn câu trả lời đúng nhất:
1. I should never have said that. I wish I________that.
A. didn't say
B. wouldn't say
C. hadn't said

2. I only was in Miami for a week. I wish I ____ more time there but I had to go onto New York.
A. had
B. would have
C. had had

3. I wish that some day I ____ able to marry her.
A. would be
B. had been

4. You talk more than you work. The teacher wishes that_________
A. you worked more than you talk.
B. you worked more than you talked.
C. you had worked more than you had talk.

5. Susan regretted not buying that villa.
A. Susan wished she had bought that villa.
B. Susan wished she bought that villa.
C. Susan wished she could buy that villa.

i wish you ........ more slowly

A drive B drove C drives Ddriven

i wish i ...............in a big city

A didn't live B doesn't live Cdon not live Ddid live

i wish tomorrow..................a workday

A wasn't B are C weren't D is

i wish i ................... to him so impolitely yesterday

A hadn't speak B hadn't spoke C hadn't spoken Dhad go

i wish the baby .................. crying

A stop B stopped C stops Dstopping

i wish i ........... the lesson

A have understand B had understand C had understood D understand

i wish my friend................... his exam

A passed B had passed C have passed Dhas passed

i wish i ............... speak english

A should B could C can Dwill

my sister wishes she ....... to play the piano when she was young

A learnt B would learn C had learnt Dwould have learnt

i wish someone ......... to help me with that word tomorrow

A offer B offered C would offer D had affered

i wish i ...............there for my hoilyday year .I didn't enjoy it

A didn't go B hadn't gone C wouldn't go Dwould rather go

he wishes he ........... the examination last month

A didn't fail B hadn't failed Cweren 't failing D couldn 't have failed

i wish he ........ to me more often

A writes B wrote C have written ***** writing

i wish he ......... more time now to help you with your lesson

A have B had C would have D had had

i wish i ......... psychology when i was a colege student

A had studied B would study C studied Dstudy

if only i ............ play the guitar as well as you

A would B should C could D might

i wish i ............... my letter of application earlier

A wrote B had written C could write D should write

I wish you ........ more slowly

A drive B drove C drives Ddriven

i wish i ...............in a big city

A didn't live B doesn't live Cdon not live Ddid live

i wish tomorrow..................a workday

A wasn't B are C weren't D is

i wish i ................... to him so impolitely yesterday

A hadn't speak B hadn't spoke C hadn't spoken Dhad go

i wish the baby .................. crying

A stop B stopped C stops Dstopping

i wish i ........... the lesson

A have understand B had understand C had understood D understand

i wish my friend................... his exam

A passed B had passed C have passed Dhas passed

i wish i ............... speak english

A should B could C can Dwill

my sister wishes she ....... to play the piano when she was young

A learnt B would learn C had learnt Dwould have learnt

i wish someone ......... to help me with that word tomorrow

A offer B offered C would offer D had affered

i wish i ...............there for my hoilyday year .I didn't enjoy it

A didn't go B hadn't gone C wouldn't go Dwould rather go

he wishes he ........... the examination last month

A didn't fail B hadn't failed Cweren 't failing D couldn 't have failed

i wish he ........ to me more often

A writes B wrote C have written ***** writing

i wish he ......... more time now to help you with your lesson

A have B had C would have D had had

i wish i ......... psychology when i was a colege student

A had studied B would study C studied Dstudy

if only i ............ play the guitar as well as you

A would B should C could D might

i wish i ............... my letter of application earlier

A wrote B had written C could write D should write

Choose the best answer.

1. I wish I ....... that yesterday. (didn't say / hadn't said / Either could be used here)

2. I wish I ...... at home. (was / were / Either could be used here)

3. I wish I ....... the time to go next week. (have / had / Either could be used here)

4. She wishes she ......... come last Friday. (could come / could have come)

5. I wish ....... the manager (see / seeing / to see)

6. He wished he ...... it yesterday. (didn't forget / hadn't forgotten)

7. I wish I ....., but I was so busy that I didn't have the time. (could have helped / could help)

8. I wish I ......, but I am so busy that I don't have the time. (could have helped / could help)

9. I wish ...... all the best (you / to you / Either could be used here.)

10. I wish it ....... end soon. (will / would)

11. They wished he ...... come skiing with them, but he hadn't recovered from operation. (would / could)

12. Wish is a ..... .(verb / noun / Both)

13. Is "Wish" a modal verb? (Yes / No)

14. "Wish" can be replaced by ....... (if / if only)

15. I wish I ........ at home. (was / were / Either could be used here)

1 I don't understand this point of grammar. I wish I ........... it better.
A understood
B would understand
C had understood


2 It never stops raining here. I wish it ........... raining.
A stopped
B would stop
C had stopped


3 I should never have said that. I wish I ........... that.
A didn't say
B wouldn't say
C hadn't said


4 I miss my friends. I wish my friends ........... here right now.
A were
B would be
C had been


5 I speak terrible English. I wish I ........... English well.
A spoke
B would speak
C had spoken


6 I cannot sleep. The dog next door is making too much noise. I wish it ........... quiet.
A kept
B would keep
C had kept


7 This train is very slow. The earlier train was much faster. I wish I ........... the earlier train.
A caught
B would catch
C had caught


8 I didn't see the TV programme but everybody said it was excellent. I wish I ........... it.
A saw
B would see
C had seen


9 I went out in the rain and now I have a bad cold. I wish I ........... out.
A didn't go
B wouldn't go
C hadn't gone


10 This movie is terrible. I wish we ........... to see another one.
A went
B would go
C had gone

1 I don't understand this point of grammar. I wish I ........... it better.
A understood
B would understand
C had understood


2 It never stops raining here. I wish it ........... raining.
A stopped
B would stop
C had stopped


3 I should never have said that. I wish I ........... that.
A didn't say
B wouldn't say
C hadn't said


4 I miss my friends. I wish my friends ........... here right now.
A were
B would be
C had been


5 I speak terrible English. I wish I ........... English well.
A spoke
B would speak
C had spoken


6 I cannot sleep. The dog next door is making too much noise. I wish it ........... quiet.
A kept
B would keep
C had kept


7 This train is very slow. The earlier train was much faster. I wish I ........... the earlier train.
A caught
B would catch
C had caught


8 I didn't see the TV programme but everybody said it was excellent. I wish I ........... it.
A saw
B would see
C had seen


9 I went out in the rain and now I have a bad cold. I wish I ........... out.
A didn't go
B wouldn't go
C hadn't gone


10 This movie is terrible. I wish we ........... to see another one.
A went
B would go
C had gone


11 I hate living in England. It's cold and it's damp. I wish I ........... in Spain.
A lived

B would live
C had lived


12 I love California. I wish I ........... there right now.
A were
B would be
C had been


13 My car is too small. I wish I ........... a bigger one.
A had
B would have
C had had


14 I was only in Miami for a week. I wish I ........... more time there but I had to go on to New York.
A had
B would have
C had had


15 My face is bright red. I wish I ........... in the sun so long yesterday.
A didn't sit
B wouldn't sit
C hadn't sat


16 It was supposed to be a secret. I wish you ........... him.
A didn't tell
B wouldn't tell
C hadn't told


17 They didn't offer me the job. I wish they ........... it to me.
A offered
B would offer
C had offered


18 You're always moaning about something or other. I wish you ...........
A shut up
B would shut up
C had shut up


19 I hate having red hair. I wish I ........... blonde hair.
A had
B would have
C had had


20 This exercise is very boring. I wish the teacher ........... us some more interesting things to do.
A gave
B would give
C had given

1C - 2C - 3A - 4 D - 5C - 6A - 7C

Make the letter A,B,C,D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is the closet in meaning to each of the following questions

1. The only that kept us out of prison was the way he spoke the local dialect

A. The way he spoke the local dialect was unique

B. We were sent to prison beacause he spoke only one dialect

C. We sent him to prison because he spoke the local dialect

D. But for his command of the local dialect, we would have been put in prison

2. I did not understand what the lecturer was saying because I had not read his book

A. What the lecturer wrote and said was too difficult for me to understand

B. The lecturer's book which I not had read was dificult for me to understand

C. I found it very difficult to understand what the lecturer was saying if I had read his book

D. I would have understood what the lecturer was saying if I had read this book

3. Without skillful surgery, he would not have survived the operation

A. Had it been for skillful surgery, he would not have survived the operation

B. He would not have survived the orpeation if he had had skillful surgery

C. But for skillful surgery, he would not have survived the opreration

D. He did not survive the operation beacause of unskillful surgery

4. He didn't take his father's advice. That's why he is out of work

A. If he takes his father's advice, he will not be out of work

B. If he had taken his father's advice, he would not be out of work

C. If he had taken his father's advice, he would not have been out of work

D. If he took his father's advice, he would not be out of work

5. It would be nice if you hadn't said that

A. I wish you not to say that

B. I hope you will not say that

C. If only you didn't say that

D. I wish you hadn't said that

6. It was his incompetence which led to their capture

A. If it hadn't been for his incompetence, they would not have been captured

B. They were captured just because he was incompetent

C. If he had been so incomepetent, they would have escaped from captured

D. All of the above

7. If it hadn't been for his carelessness, we would have finished the work

A. If he had been more carefull, we would have completed the work

B. He was careless because he hadn't finished the work

C. If he were careful, he would finish the work

D. Because he wasn't careless, we didn't finish the work

8. It was your assistance that enabled us to get achievement

A. If you need assisted us, we could not get achievement

B. But for your assistance, we could not have got achievement

C. Your assistance discouraged us from get achievement

D. Without your assistance, we could get achievement