Wish Exercise 1

I wish things were different! Make sentences using ‘wish’ + past simple about the things I don’t like. You can put in ‘that’ if you want, or leave it out.

For example: ‘I’m cold’ becomes ‘I wish (that) I wasn’t cold’.

1.	I don’t have a car.

2.	I can’t play the piano.

3.	I’m at work.

4.	It’s winter.

5.	I’m ill.

6.	I don’t have new shoes.

7.	I can’t afford to go on holiday.

8.	I don’t have time to read lots of books.

9.	I can’t drive.

10.	My laptop is broken.
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Answers to ‘Wish Exercise 1’:

1.	I wish (that) I had a car.
2.	I wish (that) I could play the piano.
3.	I wish (that) I wasn’t at work.
4.	I wish (that) it wasn’t winter.
5.	I wish (that) I wasn’t ill.
6.	I wish (that) I had new shoes.
7.	I wish (that) I could afford to go on holiday.
8.	I wish (that) I had time to read lots of books.
9.	I wish (that) I could drive.
10.	I wish (that) my laptop wasn’t broken.