EXERCISES (“ WISH” CLAUSE) Choose the most suitable word or phrase. 1. I don’t know many people. I wish I _________ more people. A. know B. knew C. had known D. should know 2. I wish _________ so much. A. I haven’t eaten B. I hadn’t eaten C. I don’t eat D. I won’t eat 3. I wish I _________ applied for the job. A. will B. should C. had D. have 4. I wish you _________ something instead of just sitting and doing nothing. A. do B. should C. will do D. should do 5. I wish Sarah _________ here now. A. is B. were C. would be D. will be 6. I wish I _________ to the party last night. A. went B. go C. had gone D. have gone 7. - What are you going to do the next year? - I wish I _________ the answer to that question. A. knew B. had known C. would know D. have know 8. She wishes she _________ a doctor in the future. A. is B. were C. would be D. will be 9. I wish I _________ your wedding, but I was in Paris. A. could attend B. would attend C. attended D. would have attended 10. 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 11. Sue wishes she had taken notes to prepare for the exam. A. Sue forgot that she had an exam to prepare for. B. Sue wrote notes during the exam. C. Sue doesn’t have notes to prepare for the exam. D. She prepared her notes before the exam. 12. I regret not booking the seats in advance. A. I wish I booked the seats in advance. B. I wish I have booked the seats in advance. C. I wish I had booked the seats in advance. D. I wish I could book the seats in advance. 13. What a pity you didn’t come to my party. A. If only you hadn’t come to my party. B. If only you didn’t come to my party. C. I wish you had come to my party. C. I you came to my party. 14. I’m sorry that you can’t go with me. A. I wish you will go with me. B. I wish you go with me. C. I wish you had gone with me. D. I wish you could go with me. 15. I wish you would see a doctor. A. I’m glad the doctor is coming B. I don’t mind if you go to a doctor. C. I hope a doctor came to see you D. I think you ought to go to a doctor. 16. I wish David were playing for us today. A. We’re lucky that David’s playing for us today. B. If David’s playing for us today, we’ll win. C. I’m sorry David isn’t in our team today. D. I hope David will try to get in the team today. 17. I wish I hadn’t told you the news. A. I’m regretting to tell you the news. B. I regret to tell you the news. C. I regretted to tell you the news. D. I regret having told you the news. 1 Rewrite the following sentences 18. I’m sorry now that I asked her to say. Now I wish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19. She won’t visit me again. I wish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20. I’m sorry that he isn’t with us now. I wish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21. I’m sorry that I didn’t finish my homework last night. I wish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22. What a pity! You failed your driving test. I wish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23. John can’t join in the trip as he promised. I wish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24. My father can’t speak English. I wish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25. She is sorry that she told you the best news. She wishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26. I’m afraid that we don’t have enough money to buy that little house. We wish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27. I regret that I didn’t choose French when I started secondary school. I wish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29. Our country had the bad efforts of the war. We wish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30. I regret not going to airport to say goodbye her. I wish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31. I regret going out alone at the night. I wish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32. It’s a pity my teacher isn’t here to give us some advice. I wish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33. There are a lot of lessons and homework. I wish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34. I regret that you weren’t here yesterday. I wish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35. He regretted that he made many mistakes in his exam. He wishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36. It’s a pity I don’t take my doctor’s advice. I wish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. I’m afraid that I haven’t got time to listen to you. I wish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38. I’m sorry that I can’t help you with this. I wish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . EXERCISES (“ WISH” CLAUSE) Choose the most suitable word or phrase. 1. I don’t