BÀI TẬP VỀ CÂU “WISH”

21. I wish I ________ a lot of interesting book.

            A. have                                 B. has                        C. had                        D. will have

22. I wish I _________ her tomorrow.

A. would meet                   B. met                       C. meet                     D. will have

23. I wish I ________ your sister.

            A. is                                        B. am                         C. was                       D. were

24. I wish they _________ the match last Sunday

            A. had won                         B. won                      C. win                        D. would win

25. I wish they __________ soccer well.

            A. had played                     B. played                 C. play                       D. would play

26. She wishes she ___________ come here to visit us.

            A. will                                    B. may                      C. would                  D. can

27. I wish yesterday _________ a better day.

            A. is                                        B. had been             C. was                       D. were

28. He wisheshe__________ many languages.

            A. could speak                   B. am                         C. will speak           D. can speak

29. I wish tomorrow ___________ Sunday.

            A. will be                              B. would be                        C. was                       D. were

30. I wish I ________ a movie star .

A. is                                        B. am                         C. was                       D. were

31. I wish I ______ to retake my exams.

A. do not have                   B. will not have     C. am about             D. did not have

32. The spacemen felt as if he ______ in a paradise.

A. had been                         B. falls                       C. fall                         D. has fallen

33. He afflicted mother felt as though she ______ on the verge of dying

A. has been                         B. had been             C. were                     D. was

34. I wish another more effective teaching method______ used.

A. is                                        B. was                       C. were                     D. has been

35. She wishes she ______ a fairy now.

A. was                                   B. were                     C. is                            D. were

36. She spent money as if she always______ plenty of it.

A. have                                 B. had                       C. had had               D. should have

37. She spends money as if she always______ plenty of it.

A. has                                                B. have                     C. has had                D. had

38. She talks too much but I wish she______

A. didn't                               B. doesn't                C. won't                    D. wouldn't

39. They will drink wine but I wish they______

A. didn't                               B. don't                    C. won't                    D. wouldn't

40. She made lot of mistakes but I wish she______

A. didn't                               B. hadn't                  C. wouldn't             D. did

41. My wife wishes she______ the guitar now

A. could play                                                          B. can play             

C. could have played                                           B. plays

42. Yesterday he missed the lesson. He wishes he______ it.

A. didn't miss                     B. hadn't miss        C. hasn't missed    D. hadn't missed

43. I suggest that the doctor_____ up his mind without delay.

A. makes                              B. make                    C. made                    D. is to make

44. This poor old man wishes he_____

A. wasn't born                                                       B. has never been born

C. had never been born                                     D. would never be born

45. I am not a teacher of English, but suppose I _____, then I _____ set up a language centre.

A. am/ can                                                               B. were/ can

C. was/ could                                                         D. were/ could

46. His friends suggest that the _____ for that post.

A. applies                             B. apply                    C. applying              D. will apply

47. It's high time we_____ these mice.

A. are getting rid of                                              B. are going to get rid of

C. get rid of                                                             D. got rid of

48. It is necessary that children_____ of their old parents.

A. to take care                    B. takes care                       C. took care             D. take are

49. I wish this English course_____ the whole year.

A. will last                            B. may last              C. lasted                   D. last

50. It is essential that the sponsor_____ the file early.

A. make                                B. makes                  C. made                    D. making

51. The clients demanded that the doctor's office_____ earlier.

A. opening                           B. opened                C. open                     D. to open

52. He was not a dutiful son. I wish he_____

A. was                                   B. were                     C. has been              D. had been

53. It is cold now. The homeless child wishes he_____ in a cosy family

A. has been                         B. will be                  C. were                     D. is

54. What would you suggest that he_____?

A. will do                             B. would do                        C. do                          D. did

55. She wishes she _________a lot of money now.

            A. had                                   B. had had               C. will have             D. has

56. I miss my old mototbike, I wish I _________ it. I had it for years.

            A. haven’t sold                   B. didn’t sell           C. hadn’t sold         D. had sold

57. I am sorry you failed the final test – Frank, I wish ______ harder.

            A. have studied                 B. had studied       C. could studied    D. would have studied

58. I wish you _______ making mistake. It’s bothering me.

            A. can stop                          B. stop                      C. would stop         D. are going to stop

59. I wish I _______ my parents to let me stay out later on Sunday nights.

          A. can convince                       B. had convince   

C. convinced                            D. could convince

60. There must be something in everybody’s life that they really wish they ___________ differently, mustn’t there?

            A. have done                                  B. were doing                   

C. had done                                                D. would do

61. I wish international communications like the “internet” __________ more frequently to aid environmental and health projects instead of for promoting big business.

            A. are used                          B. were used                      C. have been used            D. will be used

62. Lorena wishes that she ___________ for the school’s softball team in the game this afternoon.

            A. could play                      B. would rather play      

C. can play                           D. should have played

63. I wish that you ___________ so much around the children.

            A. may not smoke                        B. wouldn’t smoke

            C. wouldn’t smoke                       B. had better not smoke

64. At the end of the campaign all the contributions were listed, with Amanda’s donation being the smallest of all; I wish she ___________ more generous on that particular occasion.

            A. was                                   B. would have been         C. had been             D. were

65. I often wish I ___________ back to my childhood, when I had fewer responsi­bilities.

            A. went                                 B. could go              C. would have gone         D. can go

66. I’m sorry that I sent our driver for you. I wish I __________ you at the airport myself, but I had a meeting with the production team.

            A. can meet                         B. could have met                        C. have met             D. would meet

67. I wish you __________ your sleeping bag at home.

            A. won’t leave                    B. hadn’t left                       C. haven’t left         D. don’t leave

68. I wish they __________ alone when the operation begins.

            A. haven’t been                 B. won’t be                          C. wouldn’t be       D. hadn’t been

69. I’m sitting here in my car wishing the breakdown truck __________.

            A. would arrive                 B. will arrive

            C. has arrived                    D. D: is arriving

70. I wish you ___________ whistling while I am trying to concentrate.

            A. will stop                          B. should stop

            C. should stop                    D. had stopped

71. I really wish I __________ but I don’t have enough patience.

            A. could have knitted      B. have knitted

            C. would knit                     D. could knit

72. I can’t go fishing with you because my wife is giving a party tomorrow. I wish __________.

            A. you came                                    B. she were not

            C. you wouldn’t                D. she would not

73. Jane wishes that she ___________ her cousins in Hamburg again next year.

            A. might be visiting          B. ought to have visited

            C. can visit                           D. could visit

74. Jane wishes that she ___________ her cousins in Hamburg again next year.

            A. might be visiting          B. ought to have visited

            C. can visit                           D. could visit

75. I don't understand this point of grammar. I wish I ______ it better.

            A. understood                   B. would understand

            C. had understood                       D. understands