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EXERCISE 1 : Write the correct form of the verb in parentheses in each sentences.
1. He wishes he (know).............all about this matter many years ago.



2. I wish our teacher (explain)............this lessons to us again tomorrow.

3. I wish I (can) ..........drive.

4. I wish my tutor (be).........here now to help me with these problems.

5. I wish you (understand)..............what I meant.

6. I wish he (study)..............psychology when he was a college student.

7. If only it (stop)...............raining soon.

8. Jonus wished he (be)..............in Thailand tomorrow morning.

9. I wish my friend (not be).................in hospital last week.

10. I wish I (not say)...............like that yesterday.

EXERCISE 2 : Which one has the same meaning as the sentence given?

11. She is sorry she didn't live in the nineteenth century.

She wishes she had lived in the nineteenth century. She wishes she lived in the nineteenth century.

12. Aren't you sorry you didn't work harder?
Don't you wish you had worked harder? Don't you wish you worked harder?

13. We're sorry we won't be able to come.
We wish we would be able to come. We would we could be able to come.

14. Aren't they sorry they are not in America with us?
Don't they wish they were in America with us? Don't they wish they had been in America with us?

15. I am sorry Tom does not contact her now.
I wish Tom had contacted her now. I wish Tom contacted her now.


Exercise 3 : Choose the best answer.
16. We wish we.............."The Belly and the Beast" if we had been in Bangkok.

will see had seen would see saw

17. I wish you.................so much money.
haven't spent won't spend hadn't spent don't spend

18. I wish I .................attention to the teacher's explanation yesterday.
pay paid had paid would have paid

19. It is a pity ....................about it. He would have done something if he had known.
didn't know wouldn't know hadn't known won't know

20. Jirapa wishes now that she............English instead of French when she was in school.
studies studied had studied have had studied

21. If you wish................your examination you must study harder.
you pass to pass passed pass

22. If only I...................better at English!
would be will be were am

23. I wish I ...............with you to the concert last night.
go went have gone had gone

24. The party yesterday was wonderful. I wish all of my friends.........
will come could come came could have come

25. I am sorry I forgot to invite you to my anniversary. I wish I ........... to send you an invitation card.
remembered would remember could remember had remembered