Question

Exercise 1. Open the brackets. Joseph wishes he ______ (not cheat) in the exam. The teacher was very angry with him. I wish I ______ (not speak) so loudly. My baby brother woke up. Michael wishes his father ______ (give) him £100 for the school trip next month. Mr.Parker wishes there ______ (not be) mosquitoes around. They bite him badly. I wish people ______ (not cut) the trees any more. My mother wishes I ______ (take) her to the hospital for her operation this weekend. Timothy wishes she ______ (not eat) too many strawberries.She has got a terrible stomachache. Pam wishes she ______ (have) an mp3 player. She could listen to music now. I wish I ______ (know) more about cooking. I have to prepare something special for my guests. We wish we ______ (win) the match next Sunday. We will be this year's champion then. Exercise 2. Fill in the brackets with one of the phrases: on cloud nine, a fish out of water, fed up, as hard as nails, spaced out, on pins and needles, bent out of shape When he finally proposed to her, she was _______. Dave, are you listening? You look totally _______! The movie was so suspenseful, I was ________ the whole time! I’ve had a terrible day at work and I’m feeling completely _______ ! After living in Hong Kong for most of his life, Lee was ______ in Los Angeles. She’ll be good in business – she’s________ . She got _______ over the new dress code at work. Exercise 3. Fill in the blanks using CAN – CAN’T - COULD – COULDN’T - DIDN’T NEED TO - MUST – MUSTN’T - NEEDN‘T You __________________ drive a car when you’re 18. Jack spends the whole day just walking around. He __________________ have a job. When I was in school I __________________ do a hand stand, but now I’m too old. I __________________ do one any more. My mother keeps telling me that we __________________ wash our hands before we sit down at the dinner table. You __________________ buy the tickets. I got two for free from dad. She __________________ speak so rudely to her parents. The teacher always tells us we __________________ cheat during a test. I __________________ stop laughing. The joke was so funny. I __________________ look at you. You’re so dirty. What were you up to ? __________________ you turn down the volume ? – It’s too loud.

Answer 1

Exercise 1

Joseph wishes he had not cheated in the exam. The teacher was very angry with him.
I wish I had not spoken so loudly. My baby brother woke up.
Michael wishes his father gave him £100 for the school trip next month.
Mr. Parker wishes there weren't mosquitoes around. They bite him badly.
I wish people didn't cut the trees any more.
My mother wishes I took her to the hospital for her operation this weekend.
Timothy wishes she hadn't eaten too many strawberries.She has got a terrible stomachache.
Pam wishes she had an mp3 player. She could listen to music now.
I wish I knew more about cooking. I have to prepare something special for my guests.
We wish we won the match next Sunday. We will be this year's champion then.


Exercise 2

When he finally proposed to her, she was on cloud nine.
Dave, are you listening? You look totally spaced out!
The movie was so suspenseful, I was on pins and needles the whole time!
I’ve had a terrible day at work and I’m feeling completely fed up!
After living in Hong Kong for most of his life, Lee was a fish out of water in Los Angeles.
She’ll be good in business – she’s as hard as nails.
She got bent out of shape over the new dress code at work.


Exercise 3

You can drive a car when you’re 18.
Jack spends the whole day just walking around. He must have a job.
When I was in school I could do a hand stand, but now I’m too old. I can't do one any more.
My mother keeps telling me that we must wash our hands before we sit down at the dinner table.
You needn't/didn't need to buy the tickets. I got two for free from dad.
She mustn't speak so rudely to her parents.
The teacher always tells us we mustn't cheat during a test.
I couldn't stop laughing. The joke was so funny.
I can't look at you. You’re so dirty. What were you up to?
Could you turn down the volume ? – It’s too loud.