с Английским,тема Wishes
WISHES
TRANSFORM THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES:
1.- I lent John my tennis racket and he broke it
I wish ...I hadn’t lent it to him
2.- He is always breaking my things
I wish ...
3.- Tom can’t speak French
He wishes ...
4.- I don’t like the town where I live
I wish ...
5.- Her husband never eats what she cooks
She wishes ...
6.- I got sunburnt because I didn’t use sun cream
I wish ...
7.- Mary’s wedding was a disaster because it rained torrentially
She wished ...
8.- The plane was delayed because there was a
strike at the airport
I wished ...
9.- All my friends are on the beach
I wish ...
10.- He is telling stupid jokes all the time
Everybody wishes ...
11.- Susan has very little free time
She wishes ...
12.- Everybody saw him fall down in the middle of the street
He wished ...
13.- She never locked her car and it was robbed
She wishes ...
14.- TV programmes are always the same
People wish ...
15.- I forgot to water the plants and they died
I wish ...
To transform this sentence, we use the past perfect tense ('hadn't' + past participle) to express a regret about a past event. In this case, the regret is about lending the tennis racket to John and it getting broken.
2. I wish he wouldn't break my things.
To transform this sentence, we use the modal verb 'wouldn't' to talk about a repeated or habitual action that we want to change. In this case, the action is him always breaking the speaker's things.
3. He wishes he could speak French.
To transform this sentence, we use the modal verb 'could' to talk about an ability or possibility. In this case, Tom wants to express his desire to speak French, which he currently cannot do.
4. I wish I liked the town where I live.
To transform this sentence, we use the past simple tense ('liked') to talk about a present situation that we want to change. In this case, the speaker does not enjoy living in their town and wants to express their wish to like it.
5. She wishes her husband would eat what she cooks.
To transform this sentence, we use the modal verb 'would' to talk about a repeated or habitual action that we want to change. In this case, the action is her husband never eating what she cooks.
6. I wish I had used sun cream.
To transform this sentence, we use the past perfect tense ('had + past participle') to express a regret about a past event. In this case, the regret is about not using sun cream and getting sunburnt.
7. She wished Mary's wedding hadn't been a disaster because it rained torrentially.
To transform this sentence, we use the past perfect tense ('hadn't been') to express a regret about a past event. In this case, the regret is about Mary's wedding being a disaster due to heavy rain.
8. I wished the plane hadn't been delayed because of a strike at the airport.
To transform this sentence, we use the past perfect tense ('hadn't been') to express a regret about a past event. In this case, the regret is about the plane being delayed due to a strike at the airport.
9. I wish I were on the beach with all my friends.
To transform this sentence, we use the past simple tense ('were') instead of the present simple tense 'are' to express a desire for a situation that is not true in the present. In this case, the speaker wishes they were on the beach with their friends, which is not the case currently.
10. Everybody wishes he wouldn't tell stupid jokes all the time.
To transform this sentence, we use the modal verb 'wouldn't' to talk about a repeated or habitual action that we want to change. In this case, the action is him telling stupid jokes all the time.
11. She wishes Susan had more free time.
To transform this sentence, we use the past simple tense ('had') to talk about a present situation that we want to change. In this case, Susan has very little free time and the speaker wishes she had more.
12. He wished nobody had seen him fall down in the middle of the street.
To transform this sentence, we use the past perfect tense ('had + past participle') to express a regret about a past event. In this case, the regret is about people seeing him fall down in the middle of the street.
13. She wishes she had locked her car because it was robbed.
To transform this sentence, we use the past perfect tense ('had + past participle') to express a regret about a past event. In this case, the regret is about not locking her car and it getting robbed.
14. People wish TV programmes weren't always the same.
To transform this sentence, we use the past simple tense ('weren't') to talk about a present situation that we want to change. In this case, people wish that TV programmes were not always the same.
15. I wish I had watered the plants because they died.
To transform this sentence, we use the past perfect tense ('had + past participle') to express a regret about a past event. In this case, the regret is about forgetting to water the plants, which resulted in their death.