Write sentences with “I wish”.

 

1. The lecture is very interesting but you have to go. – You say: I wish

 

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2. You’ve taken up bungee jumping. Now you want to back out. – You say: I wish

 

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3. You are at the party. You’re bored. – You say: I wish

 

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4. You got up very early and now you feel sleepy. – You say: I wish

 

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5. You didn’t like the film you saw at the cinema yesterday. – You say: I wish

 

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6. It’s raining. You don’t have your umbrella with you. – You say: I wish

 

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6.5. Which of the sentences (a,b,c) has a similar meaning with the given sentence.

 

1. I wish you could come.

a) I want to come to you.

b) It’s a pity you couldn’t come.

c) It’s a pity you can’t come.

 

2. I wish I hadn’t gone to the party.

a) I don’t want to go to the party.

b) I went to the party and now I regret (сожалею).

c) I didn’t go to the party and now I regret.

 

3. I wish I had gone to the party.

a) I want to go to the party.

b) I went to the party and now I regret.

c) I didn’t go to the party and now I regret.

 

4. If he had gone to University be would have found a well-paid job.

a) He didn’t go to University and be didn’t find a well-paid job.

b) He went to University and then found a well-paid job.

c) If you want to have a well-paid job, go to University.

 

5. He could concentrate if there wasn’t too much noise.

a) There wasn’t too much noise and he could concentrate.

b) There isn’t too much noise and he can concentrate.

c) There is too much noise and he can’t concentrate.

 

6. If the weather had been fine we would have had a good time.

a) The weather isn’t fine, so we don’t have a good time.

b) The weather wasn’t fine, so we didn’t have a good time.

c) The weather was fine and we had a good time.

 

 

7.1. Put the verb in brackets in the correct form.

 

1) If I lend you 1000 dollars when_________ you _______(repay) me?

 

2) She will be absolutely furious if she ________(know) about it.

 

3) If I were sent to prison, ________you_______(visit) me?

 

4) If you wash my car I _____________ (give) you 10 dollars.

 

5) If she ____________(arrive) five minutes earlier she would have got a ticket.

 

6) If he ____________ (come) late I won't open him.

 

7) If you _____________(speak) more slowly she might have understood you.

 

8) You could get a job easily if you ____________(have) a degree

 

 

7.2. Translate the following sentences into Russian.

 

1. Если он завтра придет, мы зайдем к вам вместе

 

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2. Если бы он завтра приехал, мы бы зашли к вам вместе.

 

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3. Если бы он приехал вчера, мы бы зашли к вам вместе.

 

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4. Если вы будете внимательнее, вы не будете делать таких ошибок.

 

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5. Если бы он был внимательнее, он не делал бы таких ошибок.

 

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6. Если бы он внимательнее слушал объяснение, он не сделал бы этой ошибки.

 

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7. Если бы он был хорошим шофером, он не попал бы в аварию.

 

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8. Если бы вы тогда извинились перед ним, вы бы сейчас не чувствовали себя так неловко.

 

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9. Если бы я не был так занят, я бы с удовольствием принял ваше приглашение, но, к сожале­нию, у меня слишком много работы.

 

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State the type of conditional sentences and underline predicates.

 

1. If they offer us their help, we'll accept it.

 

2. I was sure that if George took part in the competition, he would win the prize.

 

3. If Walter insisted, I would join them tomorrow.

 

4. She said that if Harris insisted, she would join them.

 

5. If Dorothy were more polite, she would not behave like that.

 

6. If they were here now, we'd speak to them.

 

7. She said that if they were here, she'd speak to them.

 

8. If he were here, he could help us.

 

9. If they were here, they might help us.

 

10. If I were you, I wouldn't treat the boy like that.

 

11. If I were you, I wouldn't have got offended.

 

12. If I had been in your place, I wouldn't have got offended.

13. If anything had been wrong with the car, they would have gone by train.

 

14. If he were not so absent-minded, he would not have forgotten it.

 

15. If the customer had taken part in the competition, he might have won it.

 

 

7.4. Finish up the sentences.

 

1) If I leave the door open _____________________________________________

 

2) If I had a car _____________________________________________________

 

3) I would have sent for the doctor if.____________________________________

 

4) She might have passed the exam if.____________________________________

 

5) If they hadn't turned the radio.________________________________________

 

 

7.5. Make up possible sentences.

 

			were very happy
			were disappointed
	speak		knew nothing about it
You	looked	as if you	suspected me
	behave		had lived in Norway
			had been working the whole day
			had been ill for a long lime

 

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Complete with the verbs in the correct tense.

 

1. If you catch the train early, you _________(get) there at dinner-time.

 

2. If they __________(wake up) before us, they will call us.

 

3. If he changes his job, he_________ (have) another timetable.

 

4. If she _______(read) the short story, she will be fascinated.

 

5. If we speak several languages, we _______(have) no problems in the congress.

 

6. If you ________ (send) the report today, I will receive it tomorrow.

 

7. If it is fine tomorrow, we _________(go) for a walk.

 

8. If you __________ (do) this in a short time, I will wait for you.