Question

Complete the sentences. 6 1 Steve lied to his parents. Now he regrets it. 11 "If only.............. 2 They want to buy a car but they don't have enough money. "If only .......... 3 Helen didn't go to Paris with her friends. Now she regrets it. 11 "If only 4 Stella hasn't got a pet dog and she's sad. "If only ........... 5 Pete didn't go out because it was snowing. 11 "I wish...........​

Answer 1

Ответ:

1. Steve lied to his parents. Now he regrets it.
  "If only I hadn't lied to my parents."

2. They want to buy a car but they don't have enough money.

  "If only we had enough money to buy a car."

3. Helen didn't go to Paris with her friends. Now she regrets it.

 "If only I had gone to Paris with my friends."

4.  Stella hasn't got a pet dog and she's sad.

   "If only I had a pet dog."

5. Pete didn't go out because it was snowing.

   "I wish it hadn't been snowing, I could have gone out then."

Объяснение:

Если нужно выразить сожаление о ситуации в настоящем, то необходимо использовать Past Simple, Past Continuous или конструкцию could + infinitive без to.  

Если нужно выразить сожаление о случившихся или не произошедших действиях в прошлом, необходимо использовать Past Perfect или Past Perfect Continuous.

1 говорящий сожалеет о произошедшем в прошлом

2  сожаление о том, что не устраивает говорящих в настоящем

3 сожаление о ситуации в прошлом

4 сожаление о ситуации в настоящем

5 сожаление о случившемся в прошлом

Answer 2

1. "If only Steve hadn't lied to his parents. Now he regrets it."
2. "If only they had enough money to buy a car. "
3. "If only Helen had gone to Paris with her friends. Now she regrets it."
4. "If only Stella had a pet dog. She's sad without one."
5. "I wish Pete hadn't gone out because it was snowing."