Question

1. The runner wishes his legs​.......... (​be) longer.

2. I do wish you​.......... (​stop) playing that song over and over again– it’s driving me mad!
3. I wish I​.......... (​not start) smoking when I was a teenager. It’s so hard to give up.
4. I wish the bus​.......... (​come) soon! I’ve been waiting here for twenty minutes.
5. Don’t you wish you​.......... (​live) in a quieter part of town?
6. I wish you​.......... (​not be) so busy – I’d love to come and visit you.
7. Do you think Ela sometimes wishes she​.......... (​have) curly hair?
8. My mum has always wished she​.......... (​can ride) a horse.
9. I’m hungry. I wish I​.......... (​buy) something to eat when we were in that shop.
10. My friend wishes he​.......... (​not have to) work so much.0

11. We wish we​‘d gone.......... (​go) to the same place as you on holiday last month. It sounds fantastic.
12. I wish you​.......... (​lose) your keys all the time!!! It has already cost me a fortune to change the lock so many times.
13. I wish I​.......... (​move) to Britain a year ago! I hate this weather.
14. I wish my father​.......... (​not slurp) the soup when he’s eating! It’s so embarrassing! 15. The students wish the school term​.......... (​be) over and they could have a rest.

Answer 1

The sentences should all be completed using the subjunctive mood to express the wishes or hypothetical situations described. Each sentence has been completed accordingly, showing the correct verb forms in context.

Step-by-step explanation:

The sentences presented demonstrate the use of the subjunctive mood which is commonly used to express wishes, suggestions, or hypothetical situations. Below are the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses.

1. The runner wishes his legs were (be) longer.
2. I do wish you would stop (stop) playing that song over and over again– it's driving me mad!
3. I wish I hadn't started (not start) smoking when I was a teenager. It's so hard to give up.
4. I wish the bus would come (come) soon! I've been waiting here for twenty minutes.
5. Don't you wish you lived (live) in a quieter part of town?
6. I wish you weren't (not be) so busy – I'd love to come and visit you.
7. Do you think Ela sometimes wishes she had (have) curly hair?
8. My mum has always wished she could ride (can ride) a horse.
9. I'm hungry. I wish I had bought (buy) something to eat when we were in that shop.
10. My friend wishes he didn't have to (not have to) work so much.
11. We wish we had gone (go) to the same place as you on holiday last month. It sounds fantastic.
12. I wish you wouldn't lose (lose) your keys all the time!!! It has already cost me a fortune to change the lock so many times.
13. I wish I had moved (move) to Britain a year ago! I hate this weather.
14. I wish my father wouldn't slurp (not slurp) the soup when he's eating! It's so embarrassing!
15. The students wish the school term were (be) over and they could have a rest.

Answer 2

1. to be
2. stop
3. had not
4. would come
6. werent so
7. could have
8. could ride
9. could buy
10. didn't
12. wouldn't
13. could move
14. wouldn't
15. would be

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