Wish + past simple; wish + past perfect - 3
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I don't understand this point of grammar. I wish I __________ it better.
- understood
- would understand
- had understood
I should never have said that. I wish I __________ that.
- hadn't said
- wouldn't say
- didn't say
I miss my friends. I wish my friends __________ here right now.
- were
- would be
- had been
This train is very slow. The earlier train was much faster. I wish I __________ the earlier train.
- had caught
- would catch
- caught
I didn't see the TV programme but everybody said it was excellent. I wish I __________ it.
- had seen
- would see
- saw
I cannot sleep. The dog next door is making too much noise. I wish it __________ quiet.
- would keep
- had kept
- kept
I went out in the rain and now I have a bad cold. I wish I __________ out.
- hadn't gone
- wouldn't go
- didn't go
It was a stupid thing to say. I realise that now. I wish I __________ it.
- hadn't said
- haven't said
- wouldn't have said
- didn't say
I went out in the rain and now I have a bad cold. I wish I __________ out.
- hadn't gone
- wouldn't go
- didn't go
I hate living in England. It's cold and it's damp. I wish I __________ in Spain.
- lived
- would live
- had lived
My car is too small. I wish I __________ a bigger one.
- had
- would have
- had had
You're always moaning about something or other. I wish you __________.
- would shut up
- shut up
- had shut up
I feel sick. I wish I __________ so much chocolate.
- hadn't eaten
- didn't eat
- haven't eaten
- wasn't eating
I wish my grandmother __________ so far away.
- didn't live
- hadn't lived
- wouldn't live
- isn't living
Sometimes I wish I __________ science at university instead of literature and philosophy.
- had studied
- was studying
- would have studied
- studied
This exercise is very boring. I wish the teacher __________ us some more interesting things to do.
- would give
- had given
- gave
I did terrible on the history test yesterday. I wish I __________ harder.
- had studied
- were studying
- studied