CLASS 1

Extend your vocabulary – verbs used with truth and lies

1 Match the verbs in the box to the two nouns. Which verbs can go with both nouns?

expose Truth Lies

face FACE THE TRUTH EXPOSE LIES

reveal REVEAL THE TRUTH REVEAL LIES

stretch STRETCH THE TRUTH make up LIES

learn LEARN THE TRUTH TELL LIES

make up TELL THE TRUTH

tell

Grammar: Wishes and Regrets

A wish: A desire, something that you want to do/be.

A regret: A wish about something in the past. To be sorry about something.

Change:
Tense (present-past; past-past perfect).
Negative-affirmative; affirmative - negative.

For wishes in the present: Past Simple Tense

IF ONLY… I wasn’t hungry.
I WISH… I could concentrate on the class.
For regrets (about the past): Past Perfect Simple Tense
IF ONLY… I had learnt to swim when I was a child.
 Exercises
1. Which word completes the sentence?
• Your colleague talks a lot and you don’t like it. What could you say?
o If only he would be quiet!
• What CANNOT go in the space?
o He’s really handsome! If only I would be ten years younger!
• Your computer isn’t working. What could you say?
o If only this computer were working!
• You want to go to Sally’s party, but you can’t. What can you say?
o I wish I could go to your party.
• You saw a great cellphone on sale but you didn’t have enough money. The next day, you go to the
shop. It has been sold. What do you say?
o If only I’d had more money with me yesterday!
• Your friend keeps hitting you. What do you say?
o I wish you’d stop doing that!

Grammar Exercises - If only / I wish ...

✓ Do the exercises and click on the button to check your answers.
✓ Decide whether these statements express a "wish" or a "regret":
1. I wish I could fly. Wish
2. If only she had seen the doctor earlier. He could have saved her. Regret
3. If only I traveled to New York. Wish
4. I wish I were a doctor. Wish
✓ Choose the correct answer:
1. Alice didn't get a good grade. She wishes she (work) had worked harder
2. Tom likes football very much. He wishes he (become) became a professional football player.
3. He was running very fast when he had a heart attack. If only he (not/run) hadn't run so fast.
4. She's keen on computers. She wishes she (study) studied computer science next school year.
 5. I am sorry I don’t know how to use the computer.If only I knew how to use it.
6. I stayed late at work and missed the last bus. I wish I had not stayed at work late.

Look at each situation and decide if it describes a past or a present situation. Then write a
sentence using "wish"

1. I am not very tall.

I wish I was taller.

2. I didn't learn English when I was younger.

I wish I had learned English. when I was younger.

3. I can't speak perfect English.

I wish I could speak. perfect English.

4. My hair isn't blonde.

I wish I had blonde hair.

5. My tennis serve is useless.

I wish my tennis serve wasn't useless.

6. I didn't sleep very well last night.

I wish I had slept. well last night.

7. I got really badly sunburnt on the beach yesterday because I forgot my sun-cream.

wish I hadn't forgotten. my sun-cream yesterday.

8. My nose is too big.

I wish my nose wasn't so big.

9. I'm not the best student in the class.

I wish I was the best student in my class.

10. I didn't go out with my friends to the disco-bar last night.

I wish I had gone out with my friends to the disco-bar last night.

11. My neighborhood is terribly noisy at night.

I wish my neighborhood wasn't terribly noisy. at night.

12. I have to get up early every day.

I wish I didn't have to get up early every day.

Make WISHES/REGRETS for:

I am not very fit.
If only I __ healthier./
I wish I _HADN´T EATEN_ too much. - Carmen Reyes
If only I __ more exercise./ I wish I HAD GONE to the gym to be fit./
I wish I _WERE / WAS_ very fit.
If only I_ exercised MORE, I’d be healthier. healthier.
He is interrupting my speech a lot.
If only he _didn’t_ interrupting my speech a lot.
I can’t speak English fluently.
If only I _COULD SPEAK_ English fluently.
If only I was fluent IN English SPEAKING.
The coronavirus retarded my plans.
If only the quarantine I had when I was in Lima.

I ate too many sweets when I was a child. I have a lot of decayed teeth.
I wish I DIDN’T have a lot of decayed teeth.
I wish I had HAD many sweets when I was a child.

I didn’t take advantage of my time during the quarantine.

If only I (had taken advantage of my time during the quarantine.

1 Look at these wishes and regrets. Match them with six memoirs in Reality check.
1 I wish I had grown a bit more.
(= I thought I would be taller.)

2 If only I had found somebody to share my life with.

(= Dreamed of endless love, awoke alone.)

3 I should have done something with my life.

(= I thought I would have more impact.)

4 It’s a pity I wasted my youth.

(= Quit uni, had a baby, now bored.)

5 I don’t regret getting an education, but I wish it hadn’t cost so much.

(= Rich in degrees and student loans.)

6 My biggest regret is that I didn’t marry the person I really loved.

(= Found true love, married someone else.)

2 Look at the regrets in bold in exercise 1.

Work in pairs. Write the structure used in each one.

Wishes come from real situations. You have to switch:

Negative – Affirmative
Affirmative – Negative
Back switch the tense accordingly.

Examples:
I have to work on Sunday. -> I wish I DIDN’T HAVE TO work on Sunday.
I didn’t do much sport when I was a child. -> If only I HAD DONE more sport when I was a child.

3 Complete these regrets. Use a suitable verb.

1. I’m late for work again. I should _HAVE GOT UP_ earlier.
2. I’ve still got a headache. I wish I _HAD/HAD TAKEN_ an aspirin.
3. Do I look OK? It’s a pity I didn't have_I DIDN’T HAVE_ time to iron my shirt.
4. I don’t regret leaving/giving up_ my old job, but I miss my colleagues.
5. It’s never quiet in our house. My biggest regret is that I bought my son that drum kit.
6. We had a terrible argument. If only I HADN’T SAID_ those awful things.

Vocabulary

1 Complete the collocations about experiences in life. Check your answers in the text Reality check.
1. pay the BILLS
2. live happily EVER AFTER
3. follow the rules
4. have an IMPACT
5. mark TIME
6. find true love
7. quit university

2 Match each pair of words below with the correct verb in exercise 1. Use a dictionary if you are unsure.

1 your job / smoking QUIT

2 happiness / your feet
3 the penalty / your way
4 advice / a dream
5 an occasion / the start of something new
6 a lie / for the moment
7 a responsibility / a ball