Wish and If Only - Grammar Question Practice
Practise wish and if only through personal questions and paired speaking at B2 level. Includes a model exchange, follow-up support and a communicative task; answers are open-ended.
What’s in the worksheet?
- Model exchange
- Topic-based partner questions
- Follow-up support
- Communicative pair practice
Express present wishes, past regrets and desired changes in behaviour.
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A simple way to teach it
Before the lesson
Use the single learner page in pairs. Personal or invented responses can vary; there is no fixed answer key.
- Separate the ticket-date regret from the wish for clearer behaviour in the opening exchange.
- Discuss ability, current circumstances and earlier decisions; work through the deadline, neighbour and repair prompts.
- Choose a current difficulty, a past regret and a behaviour wish, then propose a constructive response to each.
Support and extension
Offer wish + past form for present situations, past perfect for regret, and would for a desired change. Use could for ability rather than wish would know.
Suggested approach. Adjust the pace and number of questions to suit your class.
