Wishes and regrets: I wish/If only | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 12 Public

present, future and past and impatience or annoyance.

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I'm sorry but I'm terribly busy. I wish I ............... (have) more time to help you.

I'm sorry but I'm terribly busy. I wish I had more time to help you.

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So this good-looking guy in the picture is you? I wish I ................. (meet) you 10 years ago!

So this good-looking guy in the picture is you? I wish I had met you 10 years ago!

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No, you're wrong! I wish you .................... (listen) to me carefully for once!

No, you're wrong! I wish you would listen to me carefully for once!

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I don't know how I can pay this back. I wish I ................... (not buy) that expensive car!

I don't know how I can pay this back. I wish I hadn't bought that expensive car!

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If only she .......... (be) in the office. She knows how to fix it.

If only she was in the office. She knows how to fix it.

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I didn't hear the news. If only my brother ............... (tell) me about it the day before.

I didn't hear the news. If only my brother had told me about it the day before.

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I wish you ........................... (not play) computer games all the time. It's getting on my nerves.

I wish you wouldn't play computer games all the time. It's getting on my nerves.

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It's been raining all day today. I wish it ......................... (stop)! I want to go jogging!

It's been raining all day today. I wish it would stop! I want to go jogging!

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I'm afraid I won't be able to come tomorrow. I wish I ...............(feel) better.

I'm afraid I won't be able to come tomorrow. I wish I felt better.

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I'm still very sleepy. If only I .................... (go) to bed earlier last night.

I'm still very sleepy. If only I had gone to bed earlier last night.

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I hate travelling to work by train. If only my office ...............(be) closer.

I hate travelling to work by train. If only my office was/were closer.

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I feel sick. I wish I ........................ (eat) so much!

I feel sick. I wish I hadn't eaten so much!

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