VI. Wishes 1 Rewrite the sentences using wish / if only. 1) I want to go for a walk.
2) He wants to go travelling.
3) She wants to have a picnic.
4) I can't see properly.
5) They don't have a lighter with them.
6) We'd like to have more free time.
7) I can't find my torch.
8) You don't have a sleeping bag.
9) There is no first aid kit at hand.
10) The school is far from my house.

Sure! Let's start with the first sentence: "I want to go for a walk." If we want to express a wish or desire, we can use the word "wish" or "if only" followed by the verb in the past simple form. So, we can rewrite the sentence as: "I wish I could go for a walk." Here, we changed the verb "want" to "wish" and added "could" before the verb "go" to indicate a desired action that is not possible in the present. Moving on to the second sentence: "He wants to go travelling." Using the same rule, we can rewrite it as: "He wishes he could go travelling." Again, we replaced "want" with "wish" and added "could" before the verb "go" to indicate a desired action that is not currently possible. Let's continue with the third sentence: "She wants to have a picnic." We can rewrite it as: "She wishes she could have a picnic." Here, we applied the same rule as before, replacing "want" with "wish" and adding "could" before the verb "have" to express a desired action that is not feasible at the moment. Now let's move on to the fourth sentence: "I can't see properly." In this case, we can express a wish for a different situation by using "if only" followed by the verb in the past simple form. Thus, we can rewrite the sentence as: "If only I could see properly." Here, we used "if only" instead of "wish" to indicate a desired change in the current situation. Next is the fifth sentence: "They don't have a lighter with them." To express a wish for a different situation, we can rewrite it as: "If only they had a lighter with them." This time, we used "if only" followed by the verb in the past simple form to indicate a desired possession that is currently lacking. Moving on to the sixth sentence: "We'd like to have more free time." Here, we can use either "wish" or "if only" to express the desire. So, we can rewrite it as: "We wish we had more free time" or "If only we had more free time." In both cases, we changed "like to have" to "had" to indicate a desired possession that is lacking. Next is the seventh sentence: "I can't find my torch." We can express a wish for a different situation by using "if only" followed by the verb in the past simple form. Hence, we can rewrite the sentence as: "If only I could find my torch." Just like in the previous example, we used "if only" followed by the verb in the past simple form to indicate a desired change in the current situation. Moving on to the eighth sentence: "You don't have a sleeping bag." We can rewrite it as: "If only you had a sleeping bag." Here, we used "if only" followed by the verb in the past simple form to indicate a desired possession that is currently lacking. Now let's move on to the ninth sentence: "There is no first aid kit at hand." We can express a wish for a different situation by using "if only" followed by the verb in the past simple form. Thus, we can rewrite the sentence as: "If only there was a first aid kit at hand." Similar to previous examples, we used "if only" followed by the verb in the past simple form to indicate a desired change in the current situation. Finally, the tenth sentence: "The school is far from my house." To express a wish for a different situation, we can rewrite it as: "I wish the school wasn't far from my house." Here, we used "wish" followed by the verb in the past simple form to indicate a desired change in the current situation. So, after rewriting the sentences using "wish" and "if only," the answers are: 1) I wish I could go for a walk. 2) He wishes he could go travelling. 3) She wishes she could have a picnic. 4) If only I could see properly. 5) If only they had a lighter with them. 6) We wish we had more free time / If only we had more free time. 7) If only I could find my torch. 8) If only you had a sleeping bag. 9) If only there was a first aid kit at hand. 10) I wish the school wasn't far from my house. I hope this explanation helps you understand how to use "wish" and "if only" to express wishes and desires. Let me know if you have any further questions!