– Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:
1. I wish I ……………………. my time last weekend. (2011)
a. didn’t waste b. hadn’t wasted c. wasted d. had wasted
2. What I said yesterday upset my close friend; I wish I …………….. so. (2012)
a. hadn’t said b. haven’t said c. didn’t say d. wouldn’t say
3. Salwa is penniless. She wishes she ………. spent all her money yesterday. (2013)
a. hasn’t b. hadn’t c. didn’t d. doesn’t
4. I wish I …………………. where I left my jacket. (2014)
a. could know b. knew c. had known d. know
5. I feel very sick. I wish I ………………… all that chocolate yesterday. (2014)
a. didn’t eat b. had eaten c. hadn’t eaten d. did eat
6. You are now in bad need of money. I wish you ………. so much money. (2015)
a. aren’t spending b. don’t spend c. hadn’t spent d. haven’t spent
7. Dalia regrets not finishing her work yesterday. She wishes she ………. it. (2015)
a. finished b. has finished c. finishes d. had finished
8. I wish I …………….. go to the stadium tomorrow. (2016)
a. can b. could c. will d. may
9. I wish I …………….. to Mecca next Ramadan. (Azhar – 2011)
a. could travel b. had travelled c. travelled d. will travel
10. I wish I ……….. with you to Mecca when you intend to do it. (Azhar – 2012)
a. travelled b. could travel c. had travelled d. travel
11. I wish I ……………………… her birthday party tomorrow. (Azhar – 2013)
a. will attend b. would attend c. can attend d. could attend
12. I …………….. he would attend the next meeting. (Azhar – 2013)
a. wish b. hope c. eager d. want
13. She’s sorry now. She wishes she ………….. to my advice. (Azhar – 2014)
a. listened b. would listen c. could listen d. had listened
14. She wishes she ……………………. in my place now. (Sudan – 2016)
a. is b. were c. has been d. was being
15. It was an exciting match. I wish I ………………. it. (Azhar – 2015)
a. could watch b. had watched c. watched d. would watch
16. I wish I ………………. my boss yesterday. (Sudan – 2015)
a. met b. had met c. would meet d. was meeting