Wishes and regrets B2 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle | The Most Fun Classroom Games!

I want you to stop changing the channel constantly. It's really annoying me.

I wish you would stop changing the channel. / I wish you wouldn't change the channel all the time.

The meeting should have started 15 minutes ago. (use it's time....)

It's time we got this meeting started. / It's time we started the meeting.

Ask someone what animal they would be if they could be any animal at all. (Use supposing)

Supposing you were/could be an animal, what would you be?

She should have left for the airport 30 minutes ago. (Use it's time....)

It's (high) time she left for the airport.

I want you to stop leaving your dirty dishes in the sink. I am annoyed.

I wish you wouldn't leave your dirty dishes in the sink. / I wish you would wash your dirty dishes.

I am now sorry I didn't study enough at school.

I regret not studying more at school. / I wish I had studied more at school.

You painted the living room green. It's a horrible colour

I wish I hadn't painted the living room this colour. / I wish I had chosen another colour.

Your friend always interrupts you when you are talking. You're annoyed.

I wish my friend wouldn't interrupt me all the time.

I'm starving. If only there _____ (be) a restaurant open now.

was/were

I wish people _____ (play) loud music on the train. What's wrong with using headphones?!

wouldn't play

If only I _____ (say) that to her. She's not speaking to me now.

hadn't said

If only he _____ (be) here now. He'd know what to do.

were/was

We're having such a lovely time in Scotland. If only it _____ (rain) all the time, though!

wouldn't/didn't rain

I'm so tired. I wish I _____ (go) home earlier last night.

had gone

I'm not saying it again. I wish you _____ (listen) when I'm talking. I'm annoyed.

would listen

He wishes he ____ (travel) back in time and visit Ancient Rome.

could travel

If only they _____ (ask) you for advice before they started the project. You're the expert!

had asked

You are in trouble for not paying your bills

I wish I could pay the bills. / I wish I had paid the bills. / I wish I had more money.

I don't have any honey

I wish I had some honey. / I wish I had my own beehive.

I want to be smaller

I wish I was/were smaller. / I wish I wasn't/weren't so big.

The man next to you on the train can't stop eating roasted chicken

I wish he wouldn't eat chicken on the train. / I wish he would eat his chicken somewhere else.

Your computer broke and you have lost all your files

I wish I had bought a better computer. / I wish my computer hadn't broken. / I wish I had backed up all my files.

You regret never learning to play a musical instrument

I wish I had learnt a musical instrument.

You need to make a call but the phone is dead

I wish I had charged my phone last night. / I wish I had my charger with me. / I wish there was a public phone here.

You ate too much chocolate last night and now you regret it

I wish I hadn't eaten so much chocolate last night

It's only Monday but you already want it to be the weekend

I wish it was/were the weekend already.

There is a big queue to get into the night club and it's raining

I wish they would just let us inside. / I wish it would stop raining. / I wish all these people would go home.

You went on safari, but didn't see an elephant.

I wish I had seen an elephant

Your co-worker is always late

I wish he would come to work on time. / I wish he wasn't late all the time.

A real regret you have

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