Question

3. Read the following sentences and decide which form of the verbs in bold is correct.
a) Suzy failed most of her exams and now she wishes she would work / had worked harder.
b) The weather is terrible today. I wish it was / is a bit warmer.
c) It really annoys me that you never do anything around the house. I wish you did / would do something from time to time.
d) We went to a new restaurant for lunch and I´ve been feeling sick all afternoon. I wish we hadn´t go / didn´t go there.
e) The sky is cloudy. I wish the sun shone / was shining now.
f) Now that Peter is in Japan on a business trip, he wishes he understood / had understood Japanese.
g) I wish I hadn´t been / wasn´t out of the office when the director called me yesterday
h) Jeremy wishes it had stooped / would stop raining, so he can play basketball with his friends.

Answer 1

1. has worked harder
2. it was
3. did
4. didn't go
5. was shining
6. he understood
7. wasn't
8. would stop raining