Wish (Present & Future)
Complete:
I wish I ____ (be) more meticulous when planning my day.
✅ Correct answer: were
Use the right form:
I wish I ____ (not oversleep) this morning.
✅ hadn’t overslept
Choose:
I enjoy ____ (read / reading / to read) contemporary novels.
✅ reading
Use the right form:
I ____ (use) sleep with a nightlight, but now I don’t.
✅ used to
Use the right form:
If I ____ (be) you, I ____ (opt) for a soothing playlist before bed.
✅ were, would opt
Find the mistake:
If only he stops distracting me while I study!
✅ Correction: If only he would stop
Find the error:
I wish I didn’t forget to set the alarm clock.
✅ I wish I hadn’t forgotten
Find the error:
He suggested to go for a walk in solitude.
✅ Correction:
He suggested going for a walk in solitude.
Find the error:
I didn’t use to waking up early.
✅ Correction: I didn’t use to wake up early.
Find the error:
If I would get a scholarship, I studied abroad.
✅ If I got a scholarship, I would study abroad.
Transform:
I want them to stop talking so loudly. → Use “wish”.
✅ I wish they wouldn’t talk so loudly.
Transform:
I regret not studying harder. → Use “wish”.
✅ I wish I had studied harder.
Complete:
She remembered ___ (set) an alarm clock, but for some reason it didn’t go off.
✅ She remembered setting an alarm clock, but for some reason it didn’t go off.
Transform:
Now she can easily sleep with a comforter. → Use “get used to”.
✅ She has gotten used to sleeping with a comforter.
Transform:
He didn’t set the alarm clock, so he overslept. → Use a third conditional.
✅ If he had set the alarm clock, he wouldn’t have overslept.
Complete:
I wish my mornings were more ____ (uplifting / interfere / dense).
✅ uplifting
Complete:
I wish I ____ (get) that scholarship last year.
✅ had gotten
Choose the correct form:
You should try ____ (use / using) insect repellent before hiking in a dense forest if noting else helps you repel the insects.
✅ using
Complete:
I’m getting used to ____ (do) shift work even though it makes me feel sleepy.
✅ doing
Complete:
If she had used insect repellent, she ____ (not get) bitten in the dense forest.
✅ wouldn’t have gotten
Make your own sentence with “If only” expressing a wish for the future and using beneficial or soothing.
✅ Example: If only yoga were more soothing for me after work.
Write a wish sentence describing what the person regrets (use “sleep like a log” or “oversleep”).
✅ Example: I wish I had slept like a log instead of tossing and turning all night.
Make one sentence with forget doing and one with forget to do.
✅ Example: I forgot to set the alarm clock. / I’ll never forget meeting Johnny Depp. He has a remarkable talent.
Make a sentence with used to in it.
✅ Example: I used to aim at finishing all my work before bedtime.