Answer — Exercise 5
7c - Grammar in use·On Screen B1+ - Student's Book
Question
- Read the table. What words are used to introduce wishes? What tenses are used after these words? Find examples in the magazine extract on p. 106.
- What does each person wish for? Write sentences, as in the example.
Answer
- I wish / If only; past simple = a wish about a present / future situation; past perfect = a regret about a past situation; model = a regret in the present; Examples: I wish I were thinner. I wish I didn't have so many spots.
- 1) I wish / If only I had gone to the gym. I wish / If only I didn't have to work late.; 2) I wish / If only I could cook. I wish / If only I stopped eating ready-made meals.; 3) I wish / If only I had eaten breakfast. I wish / If only I weren't starving now.; 4) I wish / If only I had trained more. I wish / If only I hadn't lost the race.; 5) I wish / If only I hadn't drunk coffee after dinner. I wish / If only I had slept well.; 6) I wish / If only I weren't on a diet. I wish / If only I could have desserts.