Sentences 2 and 6 are the past simple and refer to the present.

Sentences 2 and 6 are the past simple and refer to the present.

1     I wish I hadn’t eaten two pieces of cake.

2     I wish I’d gone to university.

3     I wish it wasn’t my turn to cook tonight.

4     I wish I knew where we were.

5     I wish we didn’t have to go your parents for dinner.

6     I wish I’d bought those shoes I saw in the sales.

Page 51 Exercise 5c

1     D

2     C

3     F

4     B

5     A

6     E

Page 51 Exercise 6a

Speaker 1   E

Speaker 2   F

Speaker 3   B

Speaker 4   C

Speaker 5   A

Sentence D is not needed

 

Page 51 Exercise 6b

1     ‘I really fancied her.’ – He was attracted to the girl.

‘Now it’s too late.’– It’s too late because the girl who he was too afraid to chat up is now engaged to be married.

2     ‘Someone has to say to you that you really don’t have to do this.’ – This is what her sister said on the way to her wedding.

‘I spent the next 15 years trying to get out of it.’– This is how long it took her to get divorced.

3     the Russian Revolution – Her (Polish) grandmother was in Russia during the revolution and met many interesting people (painters, writers). Her granddaughter wishes she could have talked to her about this time.

old letters– By reading her old letters the granddaughter is finding out about her life.

4     ‘It was a crazy idea and totally out of character’ – The man was normally very honest.

‘in the long run it was probably a good thing’ – He realizes now that in the end it probably had a positive effect on his life because he never stole anything again.

5         ‘My parents were really keen for me to change’– Her parents wanted her to go to a better school.

‘but I was totally against the idea’– At the time she didn’t want to change schools.

4&5 Colloquial English

 

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