Читать книгу English Grammar with Kudjo. Part 3. Понятная и забавная грамматика для детей и взрослых. онлайн
1 Luna regrets not telling her parents that they might be late.
2 Luna’s parents regret taking Kudjo and Luna to the country.
3 They also believe that it was a bad idea to agree to help the pup.
4 They shouldn’t have let Kudjo and Luna follow the bats.
5 They should have started looking for them a long ago.
6 They regret not telling Luna the family skeleton.
7 Kudjo regrets that Chilly hasn’t come yet.
8 Kudjo regrets that he couldn’t open the box.
9 Luna regrets that the parents have bought her an old-fashioned collar.
10 Kudjo regrets that he hasn’t learnt the Battish language.
EXERCISE 3
unreal wish of the past unreal wish of the present:
/can/
/not ground
/not come
/can/
/choose/
/not punish/
/find/
/explain/
/can/
/not join/
We often use
Subject + wish + somebody + would
if only + somebody + would
to complain, to talk about things we want to happen or stop happening, because they are annoying us.
Luna wishes her parents wouldn’t be so strict.
You can’t use this structure for a wish about yourself, i.e. NOT
I wish I would…, I wish we would…
EXERCISE 4
(KL(P(C
/not be/ (K)
/not be/ (P)
/stop/(L)
/be/(C
/mind//not get/ (P)
/not be/ (L)
/stop(L) (K)
/come/(C
/stay/ (L)
/give/ (L)
EXERCISE 5
I wish If only:
/can/
/have/
/not do/
/have/
/receive/
/can/
/see/
/live
/look/
/can/
EXERCISE 6
I wish If only
For example,
Luna scratched the floor with the saw when she was carrying it to the box room. — If only I had been more careful with that saw!
1 Luna’s dad ran out of petrol on the way home and they had to push the car to the nearest petrol station.
2 It’s pouring with rain and Kudjo can’t stand puddles and mud.
3 Kudjo has had a fight with a bulldog and now his jaw is bleeding a bit.
4 Kudjo is eating his dry food and dreaming about some rare steaks.
5 Kudjo has run out of jigsaw puzzles and is looking forward to getting a new one.
6 Kudjo hates it when people won’t clean up after their dogs.
7 Luna had a stupid fight with a poodle about the colour of her hair.