I. Paraphrase the sentences using “I wish”
1. I’m sorry you are not busy today.
2. It’s a pity they have so little time
3. I’m sorry you lost your phone.
4. It’s a pity you didn’t come there yesterday.
5. I’m sorry he didn’t win the match.
1. I wish you were busy today.
2. I wish they had more time.
3. I wish you had not lost your phone.
4. I wish you had come there yesterday.
5. I wish he won the match.
II. Translate into English.
1. I’m sorry you are not busy today.
2. It’s a pity they have so little time
3. I’m sorry you lost your phone.
4. It’s a pity you didn’t come there yesterday.
5. I’m sorry he didn’t win the match.
II. Translate into English.
1. Лучше бы ты не был так упрям и послушал нас.
2. Жаль, что он такой легкомысленный.
3. Жаль, что он не очень серьезен.
1. I wish you were not so stubborn and listened to us.
2. I wish he were not so frivolous.
3. I wish he were not very serious.
1. I (do not know) what to give my brother for his birthday.
2. Do they want to publish this book in July?
3. She (thinks) he (drives/is driving) dangerously.
4. He (understands) that he (eats/is eating) noisily, but he always (forgets) about it.
5. Who is that man who (is standing) in the doorway?
6. I (have) no time now, I (am having) dinner.
7. Does your family (leave) St. Petersburg in summer? – Yes, we always (go) to the seaside. We all (like) the sea. Mother (stays) with us to the end of August, but father (returns) much earlier.
8. Where are Tom and Nick now? – They (are having) a smoke in the garden.
2. By the time the children have gone to school.
3. He could not walk because he broke his leg.
4. Yesterday by 9 pm I finished homework.
5. The shop closed by the time I got there.