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7 Read the sentences. What does each person wish for? Write a sentence about each person.
Use wish + the simple past or wish + would.

1. Kate really wants a pet owl and is sad because she doesn’t have one.
Kate wishes she had a pet owl.

Len sees an injured deer in the road and doesn’t know how to help it.

Josh’s car broke down, and he doesn’t have his cell phone with him.

Cars drive fast down Molly's street. She thinks it’s very dangerous.

Jen wants to go to Australia, but her parents won't let her.

Meg can’t sleep because her neighbors play loud music every night.

Anna’s sister borrows her clothes without asking first. This bothers Anna very much.

It bothers Roland that his roommate never cleans their apartment.

8 WRITE & SPEAK.

A Complete the sentences to make them true about yourself.

1. I wish I

2. I wish people

I wish my family

I wish my neighbors
My family wishes I

My family hopes I

B_ Work with a partner. Share your sentences from exercise A. Ask your partner follow-up
questions.

A: I wish I could play the guitar really well.

B: Really? Do you want to be in a band?

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