Classwork: Situations

1.     You regret the fact that you had plastic surgery and it went wrong.

§  If only I had paid for a good surgeon, I wouldn’t have suffered.

Yes, that is true.

§  I would rather I didn’t have the plastic surgery.

It was unnecessary because you are beautiful.

2.     Someone you like asked you to go dancing, but you can’t dance!

§  If only I knew how to dance, I would dance with him.

Go to dance classes. That is helpful.

§  It’s high time I learned how to dance.

Yes it is and is a good exercise.

3.     Your best friend wants to smoke in your house, and you don’t want her to.

§  I would rather she smoked in another place.

You should tell her. She wouldn’t mind.

§  I wish she wouldn’t smoke here.

She should quite that habit.

4.     Your spouse has been unemployed for 18 months.

§  What if I helped my spouse to look for a job?

That is a very nice gesture of you.

§  I wish you could find a job for him.

Is so hard to find a job this day, but I will try.

5.     You were born 100 years ago.

§  I wish you were younger.

I wish that too.

§  If only you have been born 10 years after, you could be a younger generation.

I never thought of it. That is a good point.

6.     It’s really late. You want your friend to go home, but she wants to stay.

§  I wish I wouldn’t be falling asleep.

It’s too late to be awake.

§  If only I had more space in my house, I would let her stay.

This house is really small. I understand.

7.     Sitting on a plane, the person behind you keeps kicking your seat.

§  I wish I had been in another seat.

We cannot choose the person who is seated behind us.

§  It’s about time that person behaved.

Probably it is child, playing with his feet.