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Grammar in context 2
3a Use the ideas below to write about at least five of your imaginary wishes about the present. be a millionaire
5 Look at the pictures. What do you think the people are saying? Use I wish you would / wouldn’t .
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1 Look at the sentences (1–5) and choose the correct alternatives in a–c. 1 I wish I had enough money to buy it. 2 If only my feet were smaller! 3 I wish I ’d bought a better one. 4 If only I ’d had my lunch before going to the supermarket. 5 I wish you wouldn’t do that! a Sentences 1 and 2 use I wish/If only + the present simple/past simple to talk about present/past situations. They express imaginary wishes. b Sentences 3 and 4 use I wish/If only + the past simple/past perfect to talk about present/past situations that we would like to be different. They express regrets. c Sentence 5 uses I wish/If only with the past simple/would to talk about habitual behaviour that the speaker wants/doesn’t want to criticise and change.
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have super-strength
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have my own swimming pool
be able to fly
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reasons for your wishes. If only I lived by the sea because I love swimming and lying on the beach.
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2 77 Listen to four conversations. Which conversation is about somebody who: a doesn’t like shopping? b needs help to buy something? c bought too many things? d found a bargain for somebody else?
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3 77 Listen again. Choose the conversation in which a speaker … 1 has been lying to their friend to avoid going shopping with them. 1/2/3/4 2 spent more time and money shopping than they had planned. 1/2/3/4 3 thinks they made a mistake by spending less money on a product. 1/2/3/4 4 needs somebody else to pay for what they want to buy. 1/2/3/4 5 is unhappy with their friend’s behaviour. 1/2/3/4 6 can’t find what they want to buy. 1/2/3/4 7 writes down what they need to buy to save money. 1/2/3/4 8 has a friend who doesn’t mind going shopping with them. 1/2/3/4 Critical thinkers 4
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6 Choose the best alternative. 1 I wish I was/would be famous. 2 If only I went/had gone to New York for my holidays last year. 3 I wish my friends would have/wouldn’t argue all the time. 4 If only my hair was/had been longer and curlier! I don’t like the way it is now. 5 I wish the sun shone/had shone more last summer. 6 If only I didn’t have to/hadn’t had to study next weekend. 7 I wish I knew/had known how to play the guitar. I’d play a song for you! 8 I wish I was born/had been born in Ancient Egypt. Use it … don’t lose it!
4 Read the different situations. Write what you think the people regret. 1 Jack bought a shirt last weekend, but now he’s decided he doesn’t like it. Jack wishes he hadn’t bought the shirt. 2 Tanisha didn’t listen to her teacher’s instructions and now she doesn’t know what to do. 3 Lee forgot to get a present for his mum for Mother’s Day. 4 Sara chose a book to read from the library, but she isn’t enjoying it. 5 Dan spent all his money at the weekend, but now he thinks he bought things he didn’t really need. 6 Diego got angry with his best friend and realises now that it was wrong. 7 Nathalie is sorry because she thinks she didn’t try her best in her last exam. 8 Robert didn’t have time for breakfast this morning and now he’s hungry.
2 Look at these shoppers’ comments. Write what the people wish was different. 1 Maddy: ‘It isn’t my size.’ Maddy wishes it was her size. 2 Ryan: ‘I can’t afford this shirt.’ Ryan wishes … 3 Gina: ‘There are so many people here.’ Gina wishes … 4 Mark: ‘They haven’t got the shirt in white.’ Mark wishes … 5 Silvia: ‘I don’t know what UK size 12 is.’ Silvia wishes … 6 Olivia: ‘My friend doesn’t like shopping for clothes.’ Olivia wishes … 7 Carlo: ‘I can’t find a present for my friend.’ Carlo wishes … 8 Emma: ‘There isn’t a changing room.’ Emma wishes …
Do you think it’s a bad idea to buy things ‘on impulse’, without planning to buy them before going to the shops? What makes you say that? Use ideas in the listening and/or other facts, opinions and experiences to justify your opinion. Then share your ideas with a partner.
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