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UNIT 7 Communication Expressing Wishes and Regret

This document contains an English lesson about expressing wishes and regrets using structures like "wish" and "if only". It provides example sentences and conversations to illustrate how to change verb tenses and switch from negative to affirmative statements. Students are asked to practice rewriting sentences to express wishes or regrets using these structures. The lesson emphasizes using conditional sentences in the past perfect and past tenses to talk about wishes for past situations and regrets about past actions.

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UNIT 7 Communication Expressing Wishes and Regret

This document contains an English lesson about expressing wishes and regrets using structures like "wish" and "if only". It provides example sentences and conversations to illustrate how to change verb tenses and switch from negative to affirmative statements. Students are asked to practice rewriting sentences to express wishes or regrets using these structures. The lesson emphasizes using conditional sentences in the past perfect and past tenses to talk about wishes for past situations and regrets about past actions.

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NADOR ALJADIDA HIGH SCHOOL 2 nd Year Bac Teacher: Mr.

AABKARI

Unit 7 Communication: Expressing wishes & regrets (wish & If only)


A- Read the dialogue and answer the questions below
Mike: You know? Sometimes I feel sorry I went into business.
Adam: Really? Don’t you like what you are doing?
Mike: Well, I get a good salary, but the job doesn’t really interest me. I wish I hadn’t followed my family’s advice.
If I had gone for law, I would have been a lawyer.
Adam: There are thousands of university graduates going in for that job though.
Mike: yes, I know. But still, I regret having chosen this career.
1- What does mike do? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
2- Does he like his job? Why? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
3- What does he regret? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4- What does he say to express his regret? ………………………………………………………………………………………………
…….……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

:To express a wish or regret, we need to


Change the verb tense: Present Past simple Past Past perfect -1
)+ –( / )– +( Switch from negative to affirmative (and vice versa) -2
.Present: I don’t know the answer to this question I wish / If only I knew the answer to this question
.After wish and if we can use were instead of was
E.g. I’m not rich.I can’t help poor people I wish I were a rich man. (If I were rich I could help poor people)
.Past: I didn’t know the answer to that question I wish / If only I had known the answer to that question
Examples:
1- I don't have enough money to buy this laptop. (Present)
I wish I had enough money. (Simple past)
2- I couldn’t buy that mobile phone from the shop yesterday. It was too expensive! (Past)
If only it hadn’t been expensive. (past perfect)
-We can use conditional 3: I could have bought that mobile phone if it hadn’t been too expensive.
Practice:
Rewrite these sentences to express wishes/ regrets
1- Karima didn't take her mother's advice. Now she regrets it!
She wishes ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2-I ate so much and I feel sick now. If only ……………………………………………………………………………………………
-We can use conditional 3: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3- I’m so sorry, my friend! I really want to help you but I can’t.
I wish ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4- His scooter was stolen because he didn’t lock it. If only ……………………………………………………………………
-We can use conditional 3: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5- My uncle regrets having divorced his American wife.
My uncle wishes ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
6- Brahim wasted his time surfing the Internet. Now,he has no time to revise for the exam. .
He wishes ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
We can use conditional 3: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7- You got up late and missed the bus. I wish…………………………………………………………………………………
We can use conditional 3: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
8- You didn’t apply for the job advertised in the newspaper, so you didn’t get it.
I wish ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
We can use conditional 3: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
9- Bob didn’t apply for the job advertised in the newspaper, so he didn’t get it.
- He wishes…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
- We can use conditional 3: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
10-I feel really sick because I ate too much couscous last night. I wish…………………………………………………………………
11-It’s a difficult question. I don’t know the answer. If only………………………………………………………………the answer.
12-I should have listened to you. I wish / If only …………………………………………………………………your advice.
13-We didn’t qualify for the final. If only we………………………………………………………
14-I don’t know many people so I’m lonely. I wish ……………………………………………………………more friends.
15- I didn’t go to Peter’s wedding because I wasn’t invited. I wish ………………………………………………invited.
18- His scooter was stolen because he didn’t lock it. If only ……………………………………………………………………

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