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9, CCi‘(‘éfe Wer species SSCS) extinct if people
(take) better care of the environment?

10. It___—COCs—<CSCSC—SSSS (bee) better for the environment if scientists
(spend) their energy on living species, not extinct species.

13.4 Wish + Simple Past/Would

1. Use the simple past or past progressive after wish | We wish we lived in a nicer place.
fo talk about present or future situations that you | | wish | didn’t have to work tomorrow.
would like to be different. | wish | were sitting on a beach right now.

2.Use were for all subjects after wish. Was is often | wish it were warmer. Then, | could go swimming.
used in informal conversation. I can’t pay my bills. | wish | were rich.

3. Could (not can) can be used after wish. | wish | could go to the party next week.

4.Use would + the base form of the verb when you__‘| | wish it would stop raining.
are dissatisfied or unhappy with something or | wish you wouldn't leave your dishes in the sink.
someone.

5.Be careful! Do not confuse wish with hope. Wish | | wish | did better on tests, but! never do.

expresses a regret for something that will not | hope | do better on this test. I've studied a lot.
happen. Hope expresses a desire for something
that might happen. The simple past is used with
wish, while the simple present is used with hope.

Complete the exercises.

Circle the correct word(s) to complete each statement.

1. IwishIl am I@erda scientist.

2. IThope I am helping / were helping the environment.

3. Iwish I do / did more interesting work every day.

4. IThope I can find / could find a better job.

5. I wish I ean work / could work on a team.

6. I wish I am sitting / were sitting outside right now.

7. I wish I live / lived someplace else.

8. I wish my parents called / calls me more often.

9. I wish I have / had a fancy car.

10. I wish our teacher wouldn't gave / give us a lot of tests.

B SPEAK. Work with ao partner. Say which of the statements in exercise A are true for you.
Change the other statements to make them true for you.

Number 1 isn’t true for me. I wish I were a musician, not a scientist.

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