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The key answer of exercise 9

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 4b - Grammar for the textbook Spark 4 - Student's Book with authors Virginia Evans, Jenny Dooley from Express Publishing

Question

  1. Read the table. Which tenses do we use to express a wish for the present; a regret for the past?
  2. Write what each person could wish for.

Answer

  1. past simple; past perfect
  2. 1) I wish I knew how to ride a bike.; 2) If only I had a laptop.; 3) If only I hadn't moved to Paris.; 4) I wish I had gone to the party.; 5) I wish I bought a new camera.

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