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GRAMMAR 1 2 Write. What about you? What do you wish a robot could do for you?

For your family? For your school? Work with a partner and compare
Wish statements TR: 8.4 your wishes.

I wish my teacher were a robot. (But my teacher is not a robot!)
I wish I could program a robot. (But I can’t.) For me: I wish a robot could explain my homework to me.
Mom wishes she had a robot that played table tennis! (But she doesn’t have one.)
Dad wishes the vacuuming robot didn’t cost so much. (But it costs a lot.)

1 Read and write. Complete the sentences.

wish could help
1. I a personal robot (can / help) me For my family:

speak English.

2. My family there (be) a robot to cook

for us.

3. I I (not / have) to do everything myself. For my school:

I’d like a personal robot!

4. My sister she (have) a robot to make www.english0905.com

snacks for her.

5. I robots (not / be) so expensive.
3 Compare. Work with a partner. Choose an item from the word bank.
6. My cousins they (have) robots to make Tell your partner a wish you have for that item.

their beds! robot smartphone remote control TV computer watch

7. I I (can) play soccer like ASIMO.

8. Our cat my mom (not / use) a

vacuuming robot. He gets scared!
I wish a remote control
could pause my life! I wish a remote control could
rewind or fast forward my life!

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