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    The document discusses grammar structures that can follow the phrase 'I wish' including using would/wouldn't with various verbs and using verbs in the simple past or past perfect tense. Examples are provided to illustrate the different structures including wishes about weather, family/friends, grades, clothing, money and work.

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    5B Grammar structures after wish

     a Complete the sentences with would / wouldn’t and a verb from the list.

    leave ​let  clean ​stop ​raining ​do ​not borrow ​not make ​not wear

    Rachel
    1 I wish my mom would leave me alone! She’s always
    interfering with what I do.
    2 I wish my brother my things. He never
    puts them back. Rachel
    Frankie
    3 I wish it ! Then we could go out and play
    baseball.
    4 I wish mom and dad me have a dog.
    Then I could take him for walks. Frankie
    Mr. Taylor
    5 I wish the kids their homework without
    me having to help them.
    6 I wish my wife me eat salad every day.
    I’d rather have fries and a burger! Mr. Taylor
    Mrs. Taylor
    7 I wish the children their bedrooms. Then
    I wouldn’t have to do it!
    8 I wish my husband that old jacket! He
    looks awful in it. Mrs. Taylor

      b Complete the sentences with a verb from the list in the simple past or past perfect.

    be ​
    earn ​
    have ​
    not argue ​not be ​not shout ​not tell ​try on

    1 Rachel: I wish I hadn’t argued with Lilly and Sophie. Now I have no one to go out with.
    2 Rachel: I wish I mom and dad about my grades. Now they’re worried I
    won’t get into college.
    3 Frankie: I wish I taller. Then I could be on the basketball team.
    4 Frankie: I wish I the latest version of this game. The one I’ve got is two
    years old!
    5 Mr. Taylor: I wish we more money. Then we could have a bigger house.
    6 Mr. Taylor: I wish I these pants before buying them. They’re too tight.
    7 Mrs. Taylor: I wish I at my boss yesterday. Now he won’t promote me.
    8 Mrs. Taylor: I wish everything so expensive. Then we could save for
    a vacation.

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     c Write three sentences beginning I wish: one with simple past, one with past perfect, and one
    with person + would.

    160 American English File 2nd edition Teacher’s Book 4 Photocopiable © Oxford University Press 2014

    4775762_AEF2e_TB4_PCMs Grammar.indd 160 9/4/14 11:26 AM

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