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GRAMMAR GUIDE
I wish/If only
6Look at these sentences and answer the questions.
aI wish/If only I’d learntto swim properly when I was a kid.
bI wish/If only Iwastaller.
cI wish/If only peoplewouldn’tmake fun of my favourite sport.
1What tense appears afterI wish/If onlyin sentence a?
2Does this sentence talk about a present or past situation that we would
like to be different?
3What tense appears afterI wish/If onlyin sentence b?
4Does this sentence talk about an imaginary wish for a present or past
situation?
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5What verb form appears afterI wish/If onlyin sentence c?
6Do we use sentence c to talk about habitual behaviour that we like or we
want to criticize and change?
When your mind goes blank in a conversation and you can’tthink of what to say, use fillers to give yourself time to decidewhat you are going to say next. UseErr, The thing is, Well,
You know … It’s also useful to use the questions:What? Who?
Where? Why? When?,etc to think of basic things to say.
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