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English Wish & If Only Exercises

The document contains 75 multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions about using "wish" and "if only" to express regrets and desires in different situations. The questions test understanding of when to use different verb tenses and structures like "wish" vs. "if only" in sentences describing hypothetical or contrary-to-fact scenarios. There are also examples of incorrect usage to identify errors and sentences to rewrite using the target structures.

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English Wish & If Only Exercises

The document contains 75 multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions about using "wish" and "if only" to express regrets and desires in different situations. The questions test understanding of when to use different verb tenses and structures like "wish" vs. "if only" in sentences describing hypothetical or contrary-to-fact scenarios. There are also examples of incorrect usage to identify errors and sentences to rewrite using the target structures.

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WISH- IF ONLY

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1. She wishes her father ________ here now to help her.
A. has been B. is being C. is D. were
2. Julie goes to bed late. her mother wishes _______.
A. she went to bed early B. she went to bed late
C. she doesn’t go to bed late D. she goes to bed early
3. My father won’t lend me his car. I wish _______ .
A. he lent me his car B. he didn’t lend me his car
C. he would lend me his car D. he wouldn’t lend me his car
4. We wish we _____ a large house, but we can’t afford it now.
A. have B. had C. can have D. will have
5. I’m sorry I haven’t got any money on me. I wish I _______.
A. I have got no money on me B. I have some money on me
C. I had got no money on me D. I had some money on me
6. It’s a pity she didn’t take her doctor’s advice. She wishes ________.
A. she took her doctor’s advice B. she had taken her doctor’s advice
C. she takes her doctor’s advice D. she would take her doctor’s advice
7. My father is not free today. I wish ______.
A. my father is free today B. my father won’t be busy today
C. my father would be free today D. my father were free today
8. I’m afraid our team will lose the game today. I wish _______.
A. our team would win the game today B. our team won the game today
C. our team didn’t lose the game today D. our team had won the game today
9. My friends didn’t take part in the game. I wish _______.
A. My friends took part in the game B. My friends would take part in the game
C. My friends did take part in the game D. My friends had taken part in the game
10. She wishes he ______ his letter of application earlier.
A. would write B. had written C. wrote D. would wrote
11. I wish you ______ make so much noise. I’m trying to work.
A. shouldn’t B. needn’t C. couldn’t D. wouldn’t
12. It wasn’t fine. I wish _______.
A. it was fine B. it would fine C. it will fine D. it had been fine
13. She wishes she ______ to told you the bad news yesterday.
A. is not asked B. was not asked C. were not asked D. had not been asked
14. My uncle wishes he ______ time when he was young.
A. wouldn’t waste B. didn’t waste C. hasn’t waste D. hadn’t waste
15. -Minh: you speak English very well.
–Huong: Yes but I wish I _____ other languages well, too.
A. can speak B. am speaking C. spoke D. speak
16. I wish we ____ shopping here together.
A. would go B. will go C. can go D. go
17. I’m not able to visit London. I wish I ______go there.
A. can B. will C. may D. could
18. I wish that the weather _______ not so warm.
A. be B. was C. are D. were
19. I’m sorry I missed your birthday party. I wish I _____ your birthday party.
A. wouldn’t miss B. didn’t miss C. hadn’t missed D. had missed
20. I wish you ______ me a new one instead of having it _____ as you did.
A. gave/ to repair B. would give/ to repair
C. had given/ to repaired D. had given/ to be repair
Find out the mistakes
21. Peter wished that he has gone to the party last week.
22. I sometimes wish that I will have another car.
23. I wish my house were so large as John’s.
24. I wishes you had been at the meeting yesterday.
25. She wishes he will stop interrupting her whenever she speaks.
26. I wish I didn’t say that to him yesterday.
27. I wish I wasn’t absent from class yesterday.
28. I wish my sister will go camping with me tomorrow.
29. She wishes that we didn’t send her the candy yesterday because she’s on a diet.
30. I have a lot of work to do. I wish I have more time.
31. She wishes she could speak English as fluent as her sister.
32. I wish I could make a 20000 miles-undersea trip in a nuclear submarine.
33. I really wish we can make a trip around the world.
34. He got bad marks. He wishes he reviewed his lesson carefully.
35. I wish I didn’t speak to him so severely yesterday.
36. She wish she could speak English well.
37. If only it didn’t rained.
38. I wish I was a doctor to save people.
39. If only my father gives up smoking.
40. I wish you will come to my party next week.
41. I wish it stops raining now.
42. If only you are my sister.
43. I wish Miss Hoa will come here and stay with us next week.
44. I wish I am at home with my family now.
45. If only I could been there with you.
Rewrite sentences with “ if only”
46. I can’t go out because it is raining.
47. It rains today.
48. I don’t know how to speak French.
49. They live in the city but they don’t like.
50. I have to do a lot of homework today.
51. Mai is short.
52. Hoa doesn’t have a sister.
53. It is cold and windy.
54. I can’t go fishing with my friends.
55. What a pity. You don’t study hard.
56. Nam always go to school late.
57. I will have a test tomorrow.
58. Hong can’t swim.
59. She won’t visit me again
60. I regretted not telling him what happened last night.
Rewrite sentences with “ wish”
61. Nam always go to school late.
62. I’d like they to keep quiet.
63. You have to clean the floor after meals.
64. I’m sorry that I didn’t do the homework last night.
65. It’s a pity that you didn’t tell me about that.
66. I regret staying up late last night.
67. I ‘m sorry that you can’t join in the trip with us.
68. The weather was very cold ,so we couldn’t go swimming.
69. You are making too much noise.
70. I’d love to speak many languages.
71. I regret not going to airport to say goodbye her.
72. I regret going out alone at the night.
73. I regret that you weren’t here yesterday.
74. He regretted that he made many mistakes in his exam.
75. He keeps talking in my class

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