Wishes and regrets

I'm not very fit...I wish______

• I would be fitter

• I were fitter

• I was fitter

It's very hot.

• I wish it were cooler

• I wish it would rain tomorrow

• If only it had rained

I was really lazy in my childhood

• I wish I were more active

• If only I would practice more sport

• I wish I had done more sport

Those children are really noisy

• I wish they were quieter

• I wish they would be quiet

• In only they had been quiet.

We had to abandon the party.

• I wish he would be nicer to me.

• If only he hadn't been so rude, we wouldn't have abandoned the party.

• I wish we hadn't been to the party.

We had a terrible problem with the computer yesterday.

• I wish you would repair it.

• I wish it would never happen again.

• I wish your friend Ramon had been here.

My bike is giving me a lot of trouble.

• I wish I had a better one.

• I wish I had had a better one.

• If only I would have a newer one.

I wish I didn't have to go to work on Saturday.

• This refers to the future

• This refers to the past

I wish I didn't have to go to work on Saturday.

• You may have to go to work on Sunday.

• You have to go to work on Saturday.

• You don't have to go to work on Saturday.

I wish I hadn't bought those shoes.

• This refers to the present.

• This refers to the past.

• This refers to the future.