Wish & If Only exercises — Set 4: Advanced Wishes and Regrets: As If, Would Rather, If Only & Unreal Past (Worksheet)
Worksheet • 20 questions • 18 min
The director spoke with such authority about the archaeological site as though she there on the original expedition decades earlier.
Despite having no formal training, he handles the negotiations as if he a seasoned diplomat.
When the audit results were announced, the finance manager reacted as if she about the discrepancies all along.
My colleague treats every minor inconvenience as though it a catastrophe of global proportions.
After reading just one chapter, the student discussed the novel as though she the entire book twice.
The project deadline is tomorrow, but I'd rather you the proposal until you're completely satisfied with it.
Given how the situation escalated, I'd rather we the clients about the delay sooner.
I know you want to help, but I'd sooner this problem on my own.
The board would rather the CEO the restructuring plan at next week's meeting rather than today.
I wish I that job offer in New York five years ago. I wouldn't be stuck in this dead-end position now.
If only the government in renewable energy a decade ago, we wouldn't be facing such severe energy shortages today.
She wishes she more attention to her financial adviser's warnings. She might not be in such serious debt now.
Suppose the company bankrupt last year — would you have been able to find another job quickly?
What if the key witness the truth during the trial? The verdict might have been completely different.
Imagine the internet never been invented — do you think society would be better or worse off?
In a formal letter to shareholders: 'The Board of Directors to announce a significant restructuring of the company's operations.'
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I wish the council something about the potholes on our street. They've been there for months and nobody seems to care.
In quiet moments of reflection, she sometimes wishes her career more creative opportunities — though she deeply values the stability her job provides.
With mounting evidence of data breaches across the industry, it's high time the organisation a comprehensive cybersecurity framework.
Wish & If Only exercises online (Worksheet)
Challenge yourself with C1-level exercises for expressing wishes and regrets using advanced structures: as if and as though with unreal tenses, would rather with different subjects using past simple and past perfect, mixed time-frame wishes connecting past regrets to present consequences, it's high time with complex scenarios, and formal uses of wish. Practise wish clauses and if only patterns at the highest level — ideal for CAE and advanced exam preparation.