III. Choose the best answer 1.This is a difficult problem. I wish I ……..the answer. a. know b. knew c. had known d. would know 2.I can’t come to Mary’s birthday party. I wish…….. there. a. I could come b. I had come c. I could have come d. came 3.I can’t understand anything Marie says. I wish I …….French. a. can speak b. speak c. could speak d. speaking 4. I want to get in touch with Jane. If only I …….her phone number. a. knew b. to know c. know d. knowing 5. Helen has a lot of work to do today. She wishes she …….more time. a. has had b. has c. had had d. had 6. Mary doesn’t get good marks for the test. She wishes she …….more carefully. a. study b. would study c. studied d. had studied 7.I wish you …….watching television while I am talking to you. a. stop b. stopped c. stop d. to stop 8.Bill wishes he …….more money so he could buy a new bike. a. has b. have c. had d. having 9. If only I…….a birth, I could fly freely to anywhere I want. a. am b. was c. were d. would be 10. I wish I …….so rude to my parents now. a. weren’t b. hadn’t been c. haven’t been d. am not 11. I wish I ……..play the piano as well as my close friend …….. a. could/ play b. can/ plays c. could/ plays d. can play 12.I wish I …….. to my parents. Now it’s too late. a. listen b. would listen c. have listened d. had listened 13. If only he ……..me the truth, I don’t treat her badly. a. told b. had told c. tells d. would tell 14.I wish I ……to the movies with you the next month. a. went b. go c. have gone d. would go 15. She wishes she ……him the bad news the next day. a. didn’t tell b. doesn’t tell c. hadn’t told d. wouldn’t tell 16.If only I …… for that job, I might be a typist now. a. apply b. applied c. had applied