8 a) 9.6.171) Read the table. Which tenses
do we use to express a wish for the
present; a regret for the past?
I wish/lf only I had more time (but I don't) - used to
express what we would like to be different in the present
I wish/If only I had helped them. (but I didn't) - used to
express regret about sth that happened in the past
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b) (9.6.17.1 Write what each person
could wish for, in your notebook.
1 He doesn't know how to read.
If only he knew how to read!
2 She wants them to be more generous.
3 Helen didn't volunteer last summer, but she
wanted to
4 He ignored the homeless man who asked
him for help
5 The shelter couldn't provide food for all the
homeless people.​

1. I am glad (to be introduced) to you. 2. The box was (to  be handled) with care. You should (ask) someone (to help) you. This might not (have happened). 3. Her mood seems (to have changed) for the worse. We had better not (speak) to her now. 4. I am sorry (to have disappointed) you but I did not mean anything of the kind. 5. He is happy (to have been awarded) the first Landscape Prize for his picture. 6. He was anxious (to take) the first place in the figure-skating competition. 7. The poem can easily (be memorized). 8. This poem is easy (to memorize). 9. I did not expect (to be asked) this question. 10. There were so many things (to do), so many experiments (to try). 11. The teacher expected him (to give) a better answer at the examination. 12. They are supposed (to have benn experimenting) in this field for about a year and are believed (to have achieved) good results. 13. He must (have read) something funny; he is smiling all the time

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ОЛИМПИЙСКИЕ ИГРЫ ДРЕВНЕЙ ГРЕЦИИ – крупнейшие спортивные соревнования древности.

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