Unit - 12 Fantasy
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.” - Albert Einstein
Grammar (Page 115)
Wish
A. Study the given examples.
I wish I had a car.
I wish I could speak English fluently.
I wish he would lend me some money.
I wish I lived closer to my family.
I wish they wouldn't park their car in front of my house.
He wishes he could afford a holiday.
They wish they hadn't eaten so much chocolate.
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B. Express your wishes in the following situations in three different ways. Use I wish/If only…….
a. You don’t have a mobile phone (You need one).
Ans:- I wish I had a mobile phone.
Ans:- I wish I could buy a mobile phone.
Ans:- I wish my father would buy me a mobile phone.
b. You don’t know the answer of a question from the lesson.
Ans:- I wish I knew the answer of a question from the lesson.
Ans:- I wish I could know the answer of a question from the lesson.
Ans:- I wish My teacher will tell me a question from the lesson.
c. You can’t play the guitar.
Ans:- I wish I had a guitar.
Ans:- I wish I could play the guitar.
Ans:- I wish my mother would buy me the guitar.
d. It’s cold.
Ans:- I wish I were in campfire.
Ans:- I wish I could burn the fire.
Ans:- I wish my mother would burn some fire.
e. You are feeling sick.
Ans:- I wish I were a doctor.
Ans:- I wish I could visit hospital.
Ans:- I wish my sister would take me to the doctor.
f. You live in a crowded city.
Ans:- I wish I lived in a village.
Ans:- I wish I could live in a crowded city.
Ans:- I wish my parents would sell this house.
g. You feel lonely.
Ans:- I wish I were with my lover.
Ans:- I wish I could Meet my friends.
Ans:- I wish my best friend would come to my house.
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C. Rewrite the following sentences making correction if necessary.
a. I wish my father bought me a bike.
Ans:- I wish my father bought me a bike.
b. I wish I would write poems.
Ans:- I wish I could write poems.
c. I wish I could remember her name.
Ans:- I wish I could remember her name.
d. I wish I had a god job.
Ans:- I wish I had a god job.
e. I wish I would be rich.
Ans:- I wish I were rich.
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