PEG 228, 292, 297-8, 300
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct forms. i wish/if only/i'd rather
1 It's just struck midnight. It's high time we (leave)!
2 If only we (have) a phone! I'm tired of queuing outside the public phone box.
6 Father: I've supported you all through university. Now I think it's time you (begin)to support yourself.
7 I wish I (know) what is wrong with my car.
9 I wish I (ask) the fishmonger to clean these fish.
(I'm sorry I didn't ask him.)
10 It's time we (do) something to stop road accidents.
12 It's high time they (mend) this road.
15 Wife: I'd like to get a job. Husband: I'd much rather you (stay) at home and (look) after the house.
16 If you (tie) the boat up it wouldn't have drifted away.
17 I wish you (not give) him my phone number. (I'm sorry you gave it to him. )
18 If only he (know) then that the disease was curable!
21 I hate driving. I'd much rather you (drive).
22 If only I (be) insured! (But I wasn 't insured.)
24 I wish transistor radios never (be) invented.
25 If only I (keep) my mouth shut! (I said something which made matters much worse. )
26 I'll pay you by cheque monthly. ~I'd rather you (pay) me cash weekly.
27 When someone says something to me, I translate it into French,and then I think of a reply in French, and then translate it into English and say it. ~It's high time you (stop) doing all this translation and (start)thinking in English.
28 I said 'Sunday'. ~
I wish you (not say) Sunday. We'll never be ready by then.
29 But I told you what to do. ~I know you did. If only I (take) your advice!
31 That man has brought us nothing but trouble. I wish I never (set)eyes on him.
32 Can I take your best umbrella?~I'd rather you (take) the other one.
34 I wish I (not try)to repair it. I only made it worse.
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct forms. i wish/if only/i'd rather
1 It's just struck midnight. It's high time we left!
2 If only we had a phone! I'm tired of queuing outside the public phone box.
6 Father: I've supported you all through university. Now I think it's time you began to support yourself.
7 I wish I knew what is wrong with my car.
9 I wish I'd asked the fishmonger to clean these fish.
(I'm sorry I didn't ask him.)
10 It's time we did something to stop road accidents.
12 It's high time they mended this road.
15 Wife: I'd like to get a job. Husband: I'd much rather you stayed at home and looked after the house.
16 If you'd tied the boat up it wouldn't have drifted away.
17 I wish you had not given him my phone number. (I'm sorry you gave it to him. )
18 If only he'd known then that the disease was curable!
21 I hate driving. I'd much rather you drove.
22 If only I had been insured! (But I wasn 't insured.)
24 I wish transistor radios had never been invented.
25 If only I'd kept my mouth shut! (I said something which made matters much worse. )
26 I'll pay you by cheque monthly. ~I'd rather you paid me cash weekly.
27 When someone says something to me, I translate it into French,and then I think of a reply in French, and then translate it into English and say it. ~It's high time you stopped doing all this translation and started thinking in English.
28 I said 'Sunday'. ~
I wish you had not said Sunday. We'll never be ready by then.
29 But I told you what to do. ~I know you did. If only I'd taken your advice!
31 That man has brought us nothing but trouble. I wish I'd never set eyes on him.
32 Can I take your best umbrella?~I'd rather you took the other one.
34 I wish I had not tried to repair it. I only made it worse.