18801 wish exercise

WISHES AND IMAGINARY SITUATIONS OR EVENTS
Wishes for the present or future:

WISH
WISH +
+ PAST
PAST FORM
FORM OF
OF VERB
VERB

I wish I had more free time.
(I don´t have enough free time,
I wish I weren´t so busy with my work.
(I´m very busy with my work,
We wish we could afford to move.
( We can´t afford to move,
She wishes she didn´t live so far away.
(She lives very far away,

2. Imaginary situations or events in
the present or future:
If
If +
+ PAST
PAST FORM
FORM OF
OF VERB
VERB +
+ WOULD
WOULD

(COULD)
(COULD) +
+ VERB
VERB

If I had more free time, I would go
kayaking.
So I don´t go kayaking).
If I were less busy, I could travel on the
weekends.
so I can´t travel on the weekends).
If I could afford to move, we wouldn
´t live in this place.
so we live in this tiny place).
If she lived closer, she would visit us.
so she can´t visit us).

A . Complete the sentences with the appropriate form of verbs given, as in the example.
1. I wish I had ( have) more money. If I earned (earn) more money, I could have (can have) my own
apartment, and I wouldn´t have to ( not have to) live with my parents.
2. I wish I ____________________ (not have to) commute three hours a day. If I ______________________
(can find) a job closer to home, then I ___________________________________ (not waste) so much
time on the train.
3. I wish I ___________________ ( can finish ) my degree this year. If I _______________________( have )
a degree, then I __________________________ ( can get) a job, and I ___________________________
( be able to ) pay off my student loans.
4. I wish I _____________________________ ( can do ) something more exciting with my life. If I
_________________________(have ) the change, I work _____________________ ( work) in another
country or something like that.