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Q Complete the third conditional sentences with the verb in
Wish or hope?
brackets.
Optimistic about something? I hope everybody arrives on
Use hope. time, so that our departure 1 If you ..(not / arrive) late at the check -in
isn t delayed. desk, we (not / miss) our flight.
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Pessimistic about something happening, or sure it won’t 2 If they ...(go) to bed at a reasonable time,
happen? Use wish. they (not / wake up) so late.
Talkingabout a present I wish I had an American work 3 If she .(enrol) on the advanced course at art
situation? Use wish + past permit. school,she (might get) the fashion design
simple. She wishes she had more time job she really wanted.
to complete the project. 4 If you (be) born in that part of Switzerland,

Talkingabout something I wish you would be more you probably (learn) to speak three
you would like to happen or considerate towards the other languages as well.
something you would like members of the group.
5 If Ben (not go) on that motorbike trip
someone to do? Use wish + He wishes his children would round South America,he (never meet) his
would. make a greater effort at future wife.
school.
6 She (take) a taxi from the railway station,if
Talkingabout past time? Use I wish I hadn’t taken your she (have) enough money.
wish + past perfect. advice about accepting
that position in the sales
department.
WISH, IF ONLY AND HOPE
She wished she hadn't set out
on the journey.
Wish, if only
PRACTICE • We use wish / if only + past simple to say we would like a
Q Choose the correct verb tense. present situation to be different:
I wish I lived in a villa overlooking the sea. (I don’t live in a villa
1 If the bank to give me a loan,I wouldn’t have bought overlookingthe sea now.) PDF from sachtienganhhanoi.com
that expensive motorbike. If only it was the end of the summer term! (But it isn’t - it’s the

A didn’t agree B doesn’t agree C hadn’t agreed middle of the summer term.)
Note: This use of wish / if only is similar to the second
2 I wouldn’t have stayed at that luxury resort,if you it
to me. conditional, as it uses a past tense to refer to something
which is contrary to the facts in the present.
A didn’t recommend B don’t recommend
C hadn’t recommended • We use wish / if only +would to say if we want:
• somethingto happen:
3 She would have been seriously injured in that car crash if I wishthat terrible noise would stop. (I can’t make it stop
she her seat belt. and I want it to stop.)
A wouldn’t wear B didn’t wear • someone to start doing something they don’t do:
C hadn’t been wearing If only you'd do the washing up occasionally!
• someone to stop doing something which annoys us:
4 If you for my support, I would have willingly helped
you in any way I could. If only my friends wouldn't keep asking me to go out with
them when I'm trying to revise!
A had asked B asked C ask
• We use wish / if only + past perfect to talk about things which
5 I would have been extremely disappointed,if you with we are unhappy about which happened in the past:
us on holiday.
He wishes he had completed the project by the deadline. (He
A don’t come B hadn’t come C wouldn’t have come didn’t complete the project by the deadline - perhapsif he
had completed it,he would have been promoted.)
6 If he rushing to take his pregnant wife to the maternity
clinic, he wouldn’t have driven through a red traffic light. Note: This use of wish / if only is similar to the third
conditional,i.e.it uses a past perfect tense to refer to
A wasn’t B hadn’t been C wouldn’t be something which is contrary to the facts in the past.

• If only means ‘I wish’. When talking about other people, we
use he wishes,they wish, etc. We use if only when we feel
something very strongly. Otherwise we use / wish.