Wish and If Only — Build Future Nuance

Question 1

Build a complaint about future behavior: _____

Options: Before the next round, I wish the review panel would publish its criteria., publishes, publishing

Question 2

Build an impatient wish for a changing situation: _____

Options: stopped, stopping, If only the construction noise would stop before the evening seminar!

Question 3

Build a complaint about repeated failures: _____

Options: We wish the software provider would explain why the updates keep failing., explains, explaining

Question 4

Build a wish about future ability: _____

Options: attended, attending, Despite the overlapping fieldwork, I wish I could attend next month's symposium.

Question 5

Build an emphatic wish about future access: _____

Options: If only the team could access the laboratory next week!, accessed, accessing

Question 6

Regret another person’s arranged commitment: _____

Options: would, is, I wish you weren't chairing both sessions tomorrow.

Question 7

Imagine a different presentation schedule: _____

Options: If only I were presenting on Friday instead of Thursday!, could, being

Question 8

Regret a scheduled early departure: _____

Options: could, been, We wish we were staying for Sunday's closing session.

Question 9

Correct the wish about your own present habit: _____

Options: I wish I reviewed my notes more consistently., would, reviewing

Question 10

Express an unavailable future possibility: _____

Options: meeting, met, Tomorrow at ten, I wish I could meet the mediator instead.