4. Write sentences beginning I wish…

1. I don’t have a notebook (and I need it).

I wish …

2. I have to install a new computer tomorrow (but I’d like to stay at home).

I wish …

3. I can’t obtain perfect results in physics (and I’d like to).

I wish …

4. There was a job of specialist in the sphere of computer security advertised in the newspaper. I decided not to apply for it. Now I think I was wrong.

I wish …

5. When I was younger, I never learned to program in C++. Now I regret this.

I wish…

6. I’ve bought a lot of parts to my computer and now I’m short of money.

I wish…

5. Write your own sentences beginning I wish…

1. (somewhere you’d like to be now – in computer laboratory, at the university, in a trip etc.)

I wish I …

2. (something you’d like to have – iPad, PSP, iPhone etc.)

I wish I …

3. (something you’d like to be able to do – to fix a computer, to drive a car, to program in C++ and Java easily etc.)

I wish I …

4. (something you’d like to be – a scientist, a software maker, a system administrator etc.)

I wish I …

6. Put in wish(ed) or hope(d).

1. I … you a good luck at your entrance exams.

2. Enjoy your new creative work. I … you have a great time.

3. Good bye. I’m going on business. I … you all the best.

4. I heard you designed a new device, I … all your dreams come true.

5. I … you luck in buying a new computer. I … it works well for you.

7. What do you say in these situations? Write sentences with I wish … would …

1. You are on business now. You want to fly back home as soon as possible, but there is a delay of trips because of the weather.

You say: I wish it would …

2. You are waiting for results of the experiment. You’re getting impatient.

You say to yourself: I wish …

3. You’re looking through a lot of advertisements in order to find a job. Employers won’t take you.

You say: I wish somebody …

4. You can hear a perforator working. It’s been working for a long time and you’re trying to study.

You say: ….

For the following situations, write sentences with I wish … wouldn’t …

5. You have been doing a monotonous work at your job for years. You think you are worthy of a better fate.

You say to yourself: I wish I …

6. You friend does everything very slowly. You don’t like this.

You say to your friend: I wish you …

7. Jack gives his password to all unknown people. This annoys you.

You say to Jack: …

8. Are these sentences right or wrong? Correct them where necessary.

1. I wish my colleague would be here now.

I wish my colleague were here now.

2. I wish you would select the model of a computer at last.

3. I wish I would have more free time to mend all home appliances.

4. I wish our TV set would be bigger.

5. I wish the circumstances would change.

6. I wish you wouldn’t be on business most of the time.

7. I wish our equipment wouldn’t be so old.

8. Put the verb into the correct form.

1. It was an unnecessary work to do.

I wish I hadn’t done it. (I/not/do)

2. I’m fed up with so much calculation.

I wish it would stop. (it/stop)

3. It’s a difficult solution. I wish … to find a way out. (somebody/help)

4. I should have learned all your documents. I wish … your advice. (I/follow)

5. You’re lucky to experiment with different substances. I wish … with you. (I/can/do)

6. Aren’t they ready with their researches yet? I wish … up. (they/hurry)

7. When we were in the USA last year, we didn’t have time to visit all enterprises we planned to visit. I wish … longer. (we/can/stay)

8. I really didn’t enjoy the theme of my research work. I wish … . (I/not/take)

9. Mike still doesn’t know how to deal with this problem. I wish … (he/decide)