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Supplementary support for the language you have already met in the course. Showing Lesson 30 — If Only… I Wish.

Lesson 30 drill — I wish / if only — present regrets and dissatisfaction

Wish/if only + past simple = wish the present were different. Wish/if only + would + infinitive = annoyed about someone else's present behaviour.

Choose: 'I wish I ____ more free time.'

Which is correct for irritation at someone's habit?

Choose: 'If only I ____ drive.'

Which is INCORRECT?

Pick the natural wish sentence:

I wish I ____ more free time.

If only I ____ drive — I'd save so much on taxis.

I wish he ____ leave his dishes in the sink.

I wish I ____ better at languages.

If only I ____ what to say to her.