1/21/2018

2º Bachiller I wish/If only explanation and exercises

Wish / If only     
Use:
Wish and If only can be used:
a) To wish for an ability now or in the future.
I wish I could play the guitar!        
If only I could dance like that!     

I wish I could go to your wedding next week, but I can’t.
If only I could see my grandmother more often, but I can’t.
b) To wish that something could be true at the moment.
I wish I had long hair!       If only I were taller!
c) To wish that something was happening at the moment.
I wish I was lying on the beach right now!            If only I was lying on the beach right now!
d) To wish that something kept happening again and again, or to wish it could stop happening.
I wish you wouldn’t shout so loudly.        If only he wouldn’t shout so loudly.
e) To wish that something in the past had happened in a different way.
I wish I had studied for my exam!              If only I hadn’t argued with him!

Form:
  • To wish for an ability now or in the future.
I wish (that) / If only + subject + could + infinitive verb
  I wish that I could sing.
 
If only I could come to Australia too!
  • To wish that something could be true at the moment.
I wish (that) / If only + subject + past simple
I wish I had a pony.
I wish I was rich.
When using the verb ‘be’, you can use ‘were’ for all persons.
I wish I were rich.             If only I were rich.
  • To wish that something was happening at the moment.
I wish (that) / If only + subject + past continuous
I wish that this traffic was moving. 
If only this traffic was/were moving!
  • To wish that something kept happening again and again, or to wish it could stop happening.
I wish (that) / If only + subject + would + past participle
I wish you would tidy up more often.
Often:   I wish (that) / If only + subject + would stop + verb-ing
I wish he would stop shouting.
I wish (that) / If only + subject + wouldn’t keep + verb-ing
I wish you wouldn’t keep hitting me.
  • To wish that something in the past had happened in a different way.
I wish (that) / If only + past perfect         
I wish I had studied for my exam!              
If only I hadn’t argued with him!

1/12/2018

TAREA 2ºBachiller phrasal verbs (for Monday the 15th of January)

Phrasal Verbs: Use the words in the box to complete the sentences with phrasal verbs! ACROSS – AFTER - AWAY - BACK - DOWN – INTO – OFF – ON - OUT – OVER - UP
1. We were lucky that the bomb didn’t blow _______________ .
2. He missed so much at school that he found it difficult to catch _______________ .
 3. As a single mother, she brought _______________ her two sons on her own.
 4. When I read the book I came _______________ a word I had never seen before.
5. Would you like to stay at home or eat _______________ tonight?
6. Could you turn the volume _______________ . - I’m trying to work.
 7. The woman finally calmed _______________ and told everything to the police.
 8. I’ll call you _______________ later when I’m not so busy.
9. Could you look _______________ the baby for a few hours ?
 10. Burglars broke _______________ the new house on High Street. 11.
 Jerry hung _______________ without even saying goodbye.
12. I asked the author when her new book was coming _______________ .
13. I don’t think you can do something that’s wrong and get _______________ with it.
 14. I was looking _______________ my briefcase, but I couldn’t find it.
15. We watched as the planes took _______________ from the airport.
16. I don’t feel well. I think I’ll lie _______________ for a while.
17. Cars should be kept _______________ of the city center. They don’t belong there.
18. You need to get _______________ the bus opposite the supermarket.
 19. It can take weeks to get _______________ an illness like that.
20. Don’t get nervous. We’ll work _______________ a solution to the problem.
 21. I trusted him but then he let me _______________ .
22. He pointed _______________ that there was no sense in playing if four of us were ill.
23. I had to look _______________ that word in the dictionary.
24. Put your clothes and scarfs _______________ - it’s cold outside.
 25. Many hospitals are running _______________ of money.
26. My dad is going to set _______________ a new taxi company next year.
27. Do you want to write _______________ my phone number?
 28. The firefighters were able to put _______________ the fire.
 29. Did you pay _______________ the money I gave you ?
30. Please try _______________ these shoes to see if they’re the right size