Test "I wish..."

 

Part 1 

 

Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.

Example: I wish you … so fast, it is quite dangerous. (not/drive)
I wish you would not drive so fast, it is quite dangerous.

1. I wish you … to your grandmother like this anymore. She’s brought you up, for God’s sake! (speak)

2. I wish we … BMW last year, it needs too much fuel! (not/buy)

3. I wish your son … his bike so fast. It’s only a matter of time till he gets into an accident. (ride)

5. I wish I … rich like a princess. (be)

6. Thomas wishes he … a policeman. (not/be)

7. I wish I … John like that. He was so upset yesterday. (not/treat)

8. Fanny wishes she …. Math at university. She wouldn’t have such problems now. (study)

9. He wishes he … a bigger car. He’s got a big family now, and they can’t travel all together. (buy)

10. I wish my son …. to a good high school in a few years. (go)

 

11. He wishes his girlfriend … his marriage proposal when he presents her the engagement ring.  (accept)

 

12.  Michael wishes his father … him £100 for the school trip next month. (give)

13. My mother wishes I … her to the hospital for her operation this weekend. (take)

14. We wish we … the match next Sunday. We will be this year's champion then. (win)

15. She wishes she … a bigger house. (have)

16. They wish they … go to Paris. (can)

 

17. My mother wishes I … an engineer when I grow up. (become)

 

18. Joseph wishes he … in the exam. The teacher was very angry with him. (cheat

 

19. I wish I … so loudly. My baby brother woke up. (speak)

20. Mr. Parker wishes there … mosquitoes around. They bite him badly. (not/be)

21. I wish people … the trees any more. (cut)

22. Angela wishes she … too many burgers. She has got a terrible stomachache. (eat)

23. Pam wishes she … an iPod. She could listen to music now. (have)

24. I wish I …. more about cooking. I have to prepare something special for my guests. (know)

25. The students wish they …. more. They all got bad marks from the math’s exam. (study)

 

 

Part 2

 

Complete the sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence before it.

Example: We have no money to buy a car.
I wish we had money to buy a car.

26. It’s snowing outside. (snow) I wish it … .

 

27. We’ve run out of petrol. (have)  I wish we … .

 

28. People at work always shout at me. (shout) I wish people at work … at me.

 

29. I acted very rudely in front of the headmaster. I wish I… so rude

 

30. I don’t know how to ride a bicycle. (ride) I wish I … a bike.

 

31. She never listens to me. (listen) I wish she … to me.

 

32. I can’t speak French. (speak) I wish I … French.

 

33. I’m not tall, dark and handsome. (be) I wish I … tall, dark and handsome.

 

34. I was caught robbing a bank. (be caught) I wish I … .

 

35. I crashed the car when I was drunk. (drive) I wish I … my car while drunk.

 

36. Stop behaving like that! (behave) I wish you … like that.

 

37. I failed my exam because I didn’t study. (study) I wish I … .

 

38. I don’t want to go to school, but I have to. (have) I wish I … to go to school.

 

39. My girlfriend left me after we argued. (argue) I wish we

 

40. I lost a lot of money at cards yesterday. (play) I wish I… cards.