Five-Minute Tests
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Tick v the sentences which are correct and correct those which aren’t.
1. Could you stop to interrupt me please?
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2. You must remember to ring us.
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3. We regret to move to Scotland.
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4. I meant ringing you but I forgot.
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5. I have tried going in for sports but I’m too unfit.
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Key: 1. stop interrupting; 2. v; 3. regret moving; 4. meant to ring; 5. v
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Tick v the correct conditional paraphrase.
1. I wish I didn’t have to leave.
a) I have to leave and I don’t want to. ____
b) I had to leave and I didn’t want to. ____
2. He wishes he knew Ann’s address.
a) He doesn’t know her address but he wants to. ____
b) He didn’t know her address but he wanted to. ____
3. I wish I could sing.
a) I hope to be able to sing. ____
b) I can’t sing, but I would like to be able to. ____
4. He wishes he’d gone to university.
a) He didn’t go to university and he regrets it. ____
b) He doesn’t go to university but he would like to. ____
5. I wish you hadn’t told me the truth.
a) I don’t want you to tell me the truth. ____
b) I regret that you told me the truth. ____
6. I wish they hadn’t asked us to delay a case.
a) Unfortunately they did ask us to delay a case. ____
b) I hope they won’t ask us to delay a case. ____
Key: 1. a; 2. a; 3. b; 4. a; 5. b; 6. a
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Rewrite these sentences using “I wish” followed by the correct tense.
1. I can’t swim.
I wish _____________________________________________________
2. Unfortunately, she asked me to help her.
I wish _____________________________________________________
3. I didn’t know the right answers to the questions.
I wish _____________________________________________________
4. I spent all my money on trifles.
I wish _____________________________________________________
5. Unfortunately, I’m not at home.
I wish _____________________________________________________
Key:
1. I wish I could swim.
2. I wish she hadn’t asked me to help her.
3. I wish I had known the right answers to the questions.
4. I wish I hadn’t spent all my money on trifles.
5. I wish I were at home.