Wish-sentences

We use the verb wish and the expression to express wish. If only is stronger than I wish. Wish indicates the situation that is unreal, it's always followed by a past tense.

Unreal Present

Wish / If only + Past Simple /Past Continuous (expresses a wish that something would be different in the present)

Unreal Past

Wish / If only + Past Perfect (expresses regret that something happened or didn't happen in the past)

Wish / If only + would is used to express polite imperative and / or annoyance)

1. I wish I ... in a warmer country. It’s so cold here.

If only I ... a dog.

I wish you ... the situation long ago.

If only I ... about the people with whom I travelled last year.

I wish my sister ... real friends.

 I wish I ... younger and more beautiful.

If only the children ... in this competition.

I wish I ... now.

I wish I ... English like Jane does.

I wish you ... insulting people.

I wish you ... so much noise.

I wish people ... in the cinema when other people watch the film.