Past Wishes
Context: You didn't study hard enough for a test
Vocab: IF ONLY
e.g. If only I'd studied more for the test
'We should edit this presentation.'
Target Vocab: high-time
It's high time we edited this presentation
Finish this conditional:
If I hadn't got ill yesterday, I could....
hoopdeehooplahoopityhoopla
Finish this conditional:
If John enjoyed butter chicken, he....
...would order it more often
Если бы я был всего на 5 см выше, я бы мог поступить на подготовку пилотов.
If only I were 5 cm taller, I'd be elligable for pilot-training
Context: Your friend told the class you lost in the final of a competition
Target Vocab: I'd rather...
e.g. I'd rather you hadn't told everyone about my failure
'They act like they're the kings of this school!'
Target Vocab: as though
They act as though they're the kings of this school!
Begin this conditional:
....... , I would have said sorry!
e.g. If it had been my fault,...
Begin this conditional:
......I would try and make up with her
e.g If I were you...
Пора прекратить бездельничать и приступить к работе.
It's high time we stopped messing around and got to work
Context: The bus was late this morning, so you were marked absent in the first lesson
Target Vocab: I wish....
e.g. I wish the bus had been on time today
'He wanted to look like he couldn't solve the problem, but it was just laziness.'
Target vocab: as if
He wanted to look as if he couldn't solve the problem, but it was just laziness
Context: Your friend spilled a bowl of butter chicken all over your trousers, so now you couldn't go out for a walk
e.g. If you hadn't spilled B.C on my trousers, we could've gone out
build/able/she/house/was/if/to/carpentry/would/do/she/a
If she was able to do carpentry, she would build a house
Лучше бы вы не начинали без меня. Только я знаю продвинутый код этой программы.
I'd rather you hadn't started without me. Only I know the advanced codes for this software
Context: Your friend bought a cheap car and is now wondering what the other, more expensive option would've been like
Target Vocab: Suppose...
e.g. Suppose I'd bought that new Honda, I guess I wouldn't be making so many repairs now
'It's a pity we don't have enough time to visit the Coliseum this holiday.'
Target Vocab: if only
If only we had enough time to visit the coliseum this holiday.
Context: You ate some old butter chicken and spent the night feeling nauseous
If I hadn't eaten that chutter bicken, I wouldn't have felt bad all night
Context:
You would like to see your friends more often, but they prefer busy places, and you have social anxiety.
e.g. If only I didn't have social anxiety, I'd be able to hang out with my friends more
Если бы они не сидели и не болтали, то заметили бы, что их цель сбежала через заднюю дверь.
If they hadn't sat around chatting, they would've noticed that their target escaped out of the back door
WARNING! WARNING! UNSEEN STRUCTURE, UNSEEN STRUCTURE!
Just apply the conventional knowledge to this one!
Context: Bayln didn't used a shield with a different crest, so he and Balan (his brother) slew one another.
Target Vocab: Were that....
e.g. Were that you'd worn your own shield, I would've known with whom I was to fight...
'If schools had more time for lessons, they wouldn't have to give homework.'
Target Vocab: suppose
Supposing schools had more time in lessons, then homework wouldn't be necessary
My pet chicken died, so I had to make a delicious, buttery dish out of him
If he hadn't died, I wouldn't have had to make butter chicken out of him
Context: I'm neither orange nor delicious, therefore I am not butter chicken
If I was orange and delicious, I'd be butter chicken
Если бы они не нашли волосы в своей курице в масле, они бы не жаловались и не добились бы закрытия ресторана.
If they hadn't found hairs in their butter-chicken, they wouldn't have complained and got the restaurant shut down