1. We don't visit you very often because you live so far away.
_If you didn't live so far away, we'd visit you more often._
2. He doesn't speak very clearly--that's why people don't understand him.
If he --- more --- people ---
3. That book is too expensive, so I'm not going to buy it.
If the book ---, I ---
4. We don't go out very often because we can't afford it.
5. It's raining, so we can't have lunch in the garden.
6. I have to work tomorrow evening, so I can't meet you.
Write sentences beginning I wish...
1. I don't know many people (and I'm lonely).
_I wish I knew more people._
2. I don't have a key (and I need one). I wish ---
3. Ann isn't here (and I need to see her).
4. It's cold (and I hate cold weather).
5. I live in a big city (and I don't like it).
6. I can't go to the party (and I'd like to).
7. I have to work tomorrow (but I'd like to stay in bed).
8. I don't know anything about cars (and my car has just broken down).
9. I'm not lying on a beautiful sunny beach (and that's a pity).
Write your own sentences beginning I wish...
1. (somewhere you'd like to be now--on the beach, in New York, in bed etc.)
I wish I ---
2. (something you'd like to have--a computer, a job, lots of money etc.)
3. (something you'd like to be able to do--sing, speak a language, fly etc.)
4. (something you'd like to be--beautiful, strong, rich etc.)