11.7 Expressing wishes, etc.: I wish', 'if only', 'it's (high) time'11.7C
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I**)Write:'Would' and 'could' after 'I wish' and 'if only' [> LEG 11.42.4]
We must use could, not would, after / and we. Compare:
I can't swim. -» I wish I could swim.
We weren't together! -» I wish we could have been together.
We sometimes use I wish you {he, she, etc.) would(n't) like an imperative:
(I am making a lot of noise!) -» I wish you wouldn't make so much noisel
(He is making a lot of noise!) -» I wish he would be quiet!Supply would, wouldn't от could.1 I wish they -ШШ^Ф. be quiet.
2 We wish you drive so fast.
3 We wish we come to London with you.
4 I wish I have seen the film with them.
5 We really wish she change her mind and come on holiday with us.
6 If only we have good weather like this the whole year.'It's (high) time' and 'It's (about) time' [> LEG 11.41,11.43]
We use It's time, It's high time and It's about time to express present or future wishes, or to
express our impatience about things that haven't happened yet:
Kim can't even boil an egg. - I know. It's time/high time/about time she learnt to cook!Respond to these sentences with It's high time or It's about time.1 John and Julie have been engaged now for over ten years.
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2 We haven't been out for an evening together for ages, have we?3 It's very late. You should both really go now.4 The boys' room is terribly untidy.11.7E Context
Write: Put in the right forms for the words in brackets.È ^k? HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME! WISH YOU WERE HERE!- г'/ While trying to sail round the world in a small boat, Harry, Sandy and Joe were
PmWjb shipwrecked one night. 'I wish there (be)^1 ...ЩШ./.ШФЬ. an island nearby,' Harry
^^к sa'd- By morning, they were washed up on to a desert island. For six months they
'щ/ziç^ly ñ J Л ip ''vecl on iish> nuts and fruit. One day, they saw a bottle on the shore. 'If only it
(contain)^2 a note or something!' Sandy said They opened it and a
'''^^'jBt^ genie appeared. 'It's high time someone (open)^3 that bottle!' the
fl'^liïV^1 '' Uи fit genie gasped. 'I'm so grateful, I'll give you one wish each. You first,' the genie said,
Ae(1 pointing to Harry. 'That's easy,' Harry said. 'I wish I (be)^4 with my
family.' And (whoosh!) he disappeared. 'Me too,' Sandy said. 'If only I (can be)
(^5) in dear old Glasgow.' And (whoosh!) off he went. 'And you, sir?'
i wish i could have my friends back!' the genie asked Joe. 'I wish I (have)^6 my friends back!' Joe said.