1 NA - TENSES / I WISH EXERCISES - KEY

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These are the answers for the exercises on narrative tenses and regrets. Sorry about the delay.

WISH/IF ONLY:
Exercise 1:
2. I wish I spoke Russian.
3. I wish I had a car.
4. I wish I was/were hard-working.
5. I wish I was/were good at sport.
6. I wish I liked dancing.
7. I wish it didn´t rain all the time.
8. I wish she didn´t work on Sundays.
9. I wish I could eat eggs.
10. I wish the radio worked.

Exercise 2:
2. I wish it would snow.
3. I wish the phone wouldn´t keep ringing.
4. I wish the baby would stop crying.
5. I wish the kettle would boil.
6. I wish the traffic lights would go green.
7. I wish your mother would write.
8. I wish Pat would find a job.
9. I wish the exam results would come.
10. I wish spring would come.

Exercise 4:
1. I wish I had chosen a different career.
2. I wish I hasçd done more travelling when I had the chance.
3. I wish I had gone to a better school.
4. I wish I had gone to bed earlier last night.
5. I wish I hadn´t got married when I was eighteen.
6. I wish I hadn´t told him the truth.
7. I wish I had saved money when I was earning a good salary.
8. I wish I had studied harder at university.
9. I wish I´d taken better care of my teeth.

NARRATIVE TENSES:
 Exercise 1:
1a
2a
3b
4a

Exercise 2:
1. When nick had saved enough money, he bought a motorbike.
2.Mark put all the dishes away when he had dried them.
3.When I had looked both ways, I pulled out into the road.
4.The golfers when into the clubhouse when they had played the last hole.

Exercise 3:
1. had decided.
2. we were waiting
3.I realized
4. I had forgotten
5. I was
6. I hurried
7. rang
8. They were working
9. heard
10. They found
11. drove
12. I met
13. We had
14. I had said
15. I ran
16. I got
17. were sitting
18. they saw
19. started.

See you tomorrow!!!

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