'WISH' Exercises

>There are some exercises that you can answer about 'wish' in the next link:
https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Public/Katyath.htm?w=e5298fd2


>The next link show you some matching exercises, so decide which is the best answer:
https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Public/vanessa65746541.htm?w=a16af2b9


>Order the following senteces in order to form 'wish' sentences, after that you can check if they are correct or not:
http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/wish/exercise5.swf


>Paraphrase the next sentences but not loosing the main idea of the first one
http://www.learn-english-today.com/lessons/lesson_contents/wish-if%20ex.html



>Decide whether these statements express a "wish" or a "regret":
 1. I wish I could fly______
 2.If only she had seen the doctor earlier. He could have saved her____________
 3. If only I traveled to New York___________________
 4.I wish I were a doctor______________


> Decide the correct form of the verbs in the following exercise.

1. Alice didn't get a good grade. She wishes she (work) ___________ harder.
2. Tom likes football very much. He wishes he (become) ______________ a professional football player.
3. He was running very fast when he had a heart attack. If only he (not/run) ___________so fast.
4. She's keen on computers. She wishes she (study) ______________ computer science next school year.
5. I am sorry I don’t know how to use the computer. If only I (know) _______________how to use it.
6. I stayed late at work and missed the last bus. I wish I (stay) _______________ at work late

*You can check the following link to know if you have mistaken or not in the previous exercise:

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-if-only-I-wish.php

WISH

'Wish to' can mean the same as 'I want to' but it is much, much more formal and much, much less common. You can say ‘I wish you luck/every success/ a happy birthday’.
e.g.     I wish you every success in the future.

I saw Tim before the exam and he wished me luck.

I wish to see the manager.

We say ‘wish somebody something’, but you cannot ‘wish that something happens’. We use hope in this situation. For example:

            I hope you get this letter before you go away (not I wish you get).

We wish you the best of luck.

We hope you have the best of luck.

            I hope you have a pleasant stay here. (not I wish you have)

We also use wish to say that we regret something, that something is not as we would like it. When we use wish in this way, we use the past (knew/lived etc) but the meaning is present:

            I wish I knew what to do about the problem. (I don’t know and I regret this)

            I wish you didn’t have to go so soon. (you have to go)

Jack’s going on a trip to Mexico soon. I wish I was going too. (I’m not going)

He wishes he lived in Paris.

In more formal English, we use the subjunctive form 'were' and not 'was' after 'wish'.

I wish I were taller.

I wish it were Saturday today.

I wish he were here.

To say that we regret something in the past, we use wish + had (had known/had said):

            I wish I had known about the party. I would have gone if I had known. (I didn’t know)

            It was a stupid thing to say. I wish I hadn’t said it. (I said it)

I wish I could (do something)à I regret that I cannot do it:

            I’m sorry I have to go. I wish I could stay longer. (But I can’t)

            I’ve met that man before. I wish I could remember his name. (But I can’t)

I wish I could have (done something) à I regret that I could not do it:

            I hear the party was great. I wish I could have gone. (But I couldn’t go)

You can say ‘I wish (somebody) would (do something)’

            It’s been raining all day. Jill doesn’t like it. She said: I wish it would stop raining. (Jill would like the rain to stop, but this will probably not happen)
click this link to find some exercises that can help you with this topic

This is a matching exercise about wish, after you have finished the exercises they tell you if you have mistaken or not: http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/wish/exercise2.swf




Reference:
Murphy, R. EnglishGrmmarInUse,  2004, page82, Cambridge








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