Question

PUT THE VERBS IN BRACKETS INTO THE CORRECT FORMS 1. For a moment I wished I (to refuse) to come. 2. You’ll wish you (to stay) back home. 3. I sometimes wish I (to be) like other girls, not a child prodigy with a life of problematic achievement in front of me. 4. Don’t you wish you (to be invited)? 5. I wish 1 (to know) what to tell you. 6. Another wished I (not to look) so much like a “cover girl” as she put it, she meant I looked fast. 7. Sometimes Mother wished we (to stay) in the North. 8. Do you never wish now you (to take) her advice? 9. I wish you (not to let) her wear those ridiculous clothes. 10. Oh, what a pretty dress! I wish 1 (to have) one like that.

Answer 1

1. For a moment I wished I (had refused) to come. 2. You’ll wish you (had stayed) back home. 3. I sometimes wish I (were) like other girls, not a child prodigy with a life of problematic achievement in front of me. 4. Don’t you wish you (had been invited)? 5. I wish I knew what to tell you. 6. Another wished I (had not looked) so much like a “cover girl” as she put it, she meant I looked fast. 7. Sometimes Mother wished we (had stayed) in the North. 8. Do you never wish now you (had taken) her advice? 9. I wish you (did not let) her wear those ridiculous clothes. 10. Oh, what a pretty dress! I wish I (had) one like that.

Answer 2

Certainly! Let's fill in the correct forms for each sentence:

1. For a moment, I wished I had refused to come.

2. You’ll wish you had stayed back home.

3. I sometimes wish I could be like other girls, not a child prodigy with a life of problematic achievement in front of me.

4. Don’t you wish you were invited?

5. I wish I knew what to tell you.

6. Another wished I would not look so much like a “cover girl” as she put it; she meant I looked fast.

7. Sometimes Mother wished we could stay in the North.

8. Do you never wish now you had taken her advice?

9. I wish you would not let her wear those ridiculous clothes.

10. Oh, what a pretty dress! I wish I had one like that.