Answer Key

Exercise

Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets...
  1. I wish you  [did not, didn't] have to work every weekend. (DO NOT)
  2. I wish I  [was not, wasn't, were not, weren't] so tired. I don't have any energy today. ( NOT BE)
  3. Everybody wishes she  [would go] home. She is ruining the party. (GO)
  4. He always  [wished] for a chance to play professional football, and at last he has it. (WISH)
  5. Now she wishes she  [had gone] to university. (GO)
  6. We all wish you  [would stop] dating that horrible punk musician! (STOP)
  7. I wish you  [had come] to my birthday dinner. Everyone else that I invited came. (COME)
  8. I feel terrible. I wish I  [had not eaten, hadn't eaten] so many turtle burgers. (NOT EAT)
  9. Do you sometimes wish you  [spoke] better English? (SPEAK)
  10. I wish it  [had been] warmer during our holiday. The beach wasn't much fun under six inches of snow! (BE)