Pay attention to the given sample sentences from the texts and complete the rules by choosing the correct options.

1. “I wish I were with my friends.”
    We express a regret about a present state with a wish + _______________ or continuous.

 

2. “I wish I had waited for my husband before leaving the house.”
      We express a regret about the past with a wish + _______________

3. “I wish I could meet her somewhere else.”
      We express a _______________ with wish + could.

 

4. “If only we hadn’t been so sentimental!”
      We use ‘if only’ if the feeling is _______________

 

5. “I shouldn’t have counted on a phone call.”
      We use SHOULD HAVE or SHOULDN'T HAVE to express _______________ about actions in the past.

 

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