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Place every card to finish the board.",4,"word_sort",[12,36,60,83,105,126],{"id":13,"sentenceTemplate":14,"displayOrder":15,"explanation":16,"blanks":17,"payload":18},"01a01413-ad6f-7bc7-b6e8-f29a61f099ec","Sort each future wish by the meaning expressed by its form.",0,"Would requests a change in another person or situation; could marks ability or possibility; past continuous presents a future event as arranged or expected.",[],{"items":19,"categories":35},[20,23,25,28,30,33],{"text":21,"category":22},"I wish the rain would stop.","requested change",{"text":24,"category":22},"If only he would listen to me.",{"text":26,"category":27},"I wish I could attend the symposium.","ability or possibility",{"text":29,"category":27},"If only she could travel next month.",{"text":31,"category":32},"I wish I weren't leaving tomorrow.","arranged future event",{"text":34,"category":32},"If only we were staying until Monday.",[22,27,32],{"id":37,"sentenceTemplate":38,"displayOrder":39,"explanation":40,"blanks":41,"payload":42},"01a01413-ad6f-7c43-b6e8-f29a62ed1910","Sort each wish by the tense pattern and time meaning it shows.",1,"Past perfect marks regret about a completed past event; remote past simple marks an unreal present; would + base verb asks for a future change in someone or something else.",[],{"items":43,"categories":59},[44,47,49,52,54,57],{"text":45,"category":46},"I wish I had kept the receipt.","past perfect: past regret",{"text":48,"category":46},"If only we hadn't missed the train!",{"text":50,"category":51},"I wish I knew the answer.","past simple: present regret",{"text":53,"category":51},"If only the office were quieter.",{"text":55,"category":56},"I wish the lift would stop stalling.","would: desired change",{"text":58,"category":56},"If only they would listen to us.",[46,51,56],{"id":61,"sentenceTemplate":62,"displayOrder":63,"explanation":64,"blanks":65,"payload":66},"01a01413-ad6f-7cbb-b6e8-f29a62f16ebc","Sort each situation by the wish pattern that its context requires.",2,"Use the remote past simple for dissatisfaction with a habit under the speaker's control. Use could when an outside limit removes ability or opportunity.",[],{"items":67,"categories":82},[68,71,73,75,78,80],{"text":69,"category":70},"I waste time instead of studying.","past simple: controlled habit",{"text":72,"category":70},"I keep choosing not to exercise.",{"text":74,"category":70},"I choose takeaway instead of cooking.",{"text":76,"category":77},"An injury prevents me from exercising.","could: outside constraint",{"text":79,"category":77},"My shifts leave no time to read.",{"text":81,"category":77},"There is no oven where I live.",[70,77],{"id":84,"sentenceTemplate":85,"displayOrder":86,"explanation":87,"blanks":88,"payload":89},"01a01413-ad6f-7d13-b6e8-f29a63e1a486","Sort each wish by what the speaker assumes about the future.",3,"Wish + past continuous presupposes an arranged future event. Wish + could says that ability or possibility is blocked; it does not state an arrangement.",[],{"items":90,"categories":104},[91,94,96,98,100,102],{"text":92,"category":93},"I wish you weren't flying on Monday.","presupposes arranged event",{"text":95,"category":93},"If only we weren't meeting at noon.",{"text":97,"category":93},"I wish she weren't presenting on Friday.",{"text":99,"category":27},"I wish I could meet Ana tomorrow.",{"text":101,"category":27},"If only we could visit next month.",{"text":103,"category":27},"I wish he could afford the flight.",[93,27],{"id":106,"sentenceTemplate":107,"displayOrder":9,"explanation":108,"blanks":109,"payload":110},"01a01413-ad6f-7d73-b6e8-f29a6458375b","Sort each wish by whether its form matches the stated reason.","Use the remote past for a controlled present habit, could for an outside constraint, and avoid wish + would for a deliberate action under your own control.",[],{"items":111,"categories":125},[112,114,116,118,120,123],{"text":113,"category":70},"I wish I studied more.",{"text":115,"category":70},"If only I went to bed earlier.",{"text":117,"category":77},"I wish I could study despite my shifts.",{"text":119,"category":77},"If only I could train while injured.",{"text":121,"category":122},"I wish I would study more.","would for own action: avoid",{"text":124,"category":122},"If only I would go to bed earlier.",[70,77,122],{"id":127,"sentenceTemplate":128,"displayOrder":129,"explanation":130,"blanks":131,"payload":132},"01a01413-ad6f-7dcf-b6e8-f29a64ea6313","Sort each example by how wish or if only behaves in the sentence.",5,"Wish normally takes a complement. 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