EXPRESSING WISHES Hakkında Bilgi

EXPRESSING WISHES ve Kullanımı

1 –   İngilizce Özel ders ( Bireysel – İngilizce Özel ders )
2 –   İngilizce Özel ders – 4 kişilik gruplarla yapılan  İngilizce Özel ders )

I wish I were 15 years old now. ( bvut I am not ) ( unreal present)

She wishes she could speak English fluently ( but she can’t)

I wish I were a beauty queen = If only I were a beauty queen ( Keşke bir güzellik kraliçesi olasaydım )

I wish you had been with me while I was being operated on.( Ben ameliyat olurken keşke benimle birlikte olsaydın )

I wish I had seen a doctor long ago ( but I didn’t see the doctor)
If only  I had seen a doctor long ago ( but I didn’t see the doctor) ( Keşke uzun zaman önce doktorla görüşseydim )

EXPLANATION :  As you see, we use the Simple Past Tense after the verb wish to express a present situation we want to be different or events. We can use If only instead of I wish to state our wish emphatically.
We use the past perfect after the verb wish to express regret about unreal past situations or events , that is , something happened or didn’t happen in the past .

EXERCISES : Make meaningful sentences , paying attention to the meaning of the sentences below. Begin with I wish .

1 –  Unfortunately I believed you.but you are a liar. ( I wsh you weren’t a liar )
2 –  The hotel we stayed in wasn’t clean . I wish…………………….
3 –  I am sorry I failed  in the exam . I wish………………………….
4 –  You didn’t stop while the light was red,so you were fined . I wsh ……………………..
5 –  He used his father’s car although he didn’t have a driving licence. I wish ………………………..
6 –  She caused an accident because she was drunk. I wish ………………………..
7 –  As they weren’t punctual,they were dismissed. I wish ………………….
8 –  They didn’ t take him to hospital. I wish …………………………
9 –  It was necessary for you to be respectful to your parents , but you weren’ t I wish…………………………
10 – It was wrong,but he still hit the old man. I wish …………………………………

 

 EXPRESSING WISHES Hakkında Bilgi

Tes on wish – clauses

1 –  I feel quite ill now.. I wish I ……………….that last piece of cream cake.

A) had eaten
B) ate
C) hadn’ t eaten
D) didn’ t eat

2 –  I wish you……..me aerier that you wouldn’ t be able to pick Sarah

A) told
B) had told
C) hadn’ t told
D) didn’ t tell

3 –  I wish…….. I you but I really don’ t know how I can

A) could help
B) can help
C) couldn’ t help
D) could helped

4 –  He’s always boasting about how rich his family is.I wish he……………….

A) doesn’ t do
B) couldn’ t do
C) would do
D) wouldn’ t do

5 –  I wish I …………….thinner,then I could wear tighter fitting clothes.

A) were
B) am
C) had been
D) had

 EXPRESSING WISHES Hakkında Bilgi

6 –  I bet he wishes he……………..while he was drunk.

A) had drove
B) hadn’ t driven
C) didn’ t drive
D) drove

7 –  If only you had explained why you were late she…………….so angry.

A) wouldn’ t  have been
B) couldn’ t have been
C) must have been
D) migh not heve been

8 –  They don’ t know where the son is.They wish they……………..

A) had
B) do
C) did
D) could

9 –  Look atr the weather . I wish it………………….

A) would stop rain
B) would stopped raining
C) stopped raining
D) would stop raining

10 –  I wish you…………with us to Marmarisinstead of going to Ankara.We had a really nice time.

A) had come
B) hadn’ t come
C) come
D) came