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

0%

0 0 0

Back Restart

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

wouldn't/didn't rain

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

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

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

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

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.

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

I wish I had seen an elephant

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 regret never learning to play a musical instrument

I wish I had learnt a musical instrument.

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 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.

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.

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

had gone

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

was/were

Your co-worker is always late

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

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

would listen

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

wouldn't play

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.

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?

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.

I want to be smaller

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

A real regret you have

-----

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.

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

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

hadn't said

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.

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

were/was