Meanings Into Words
(Upper-Intermediate)STUDENT'S BOOK
HSEB
Class: XII
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10.1 I WISH & IF ONLY
1. I wish/if only is used to express our desire.
2. Wish can be expressed in three ways: 1) Would 2) could 3) past tense
a) Would
To express hope for help from others, we can use “would.”
[ I wish someone would + V1 + me + Obj.]
b) Could
To express the self hope to do something, we can use “could”
[ I wish I could + V1 + obj.]
c) Past tense
To express the hope of the different situation than the present, we use past tense.
[ I wish + opposite Past.]
We have to change the sentence into negative to positive or positive to negative, or directly opposite of the given sentence. Then we have to change it into past.
Q. Make sentences with I wish/if only, using a) would, b) could, c) the past tense.
1. It is raining.
I wish someone would give me an umbrella.
I wish I could buy a rain coat.
I wish it was sunny.
2. You are lonely
I wish someone would come to help me.
I wish I could contact my friend.
I wish I were with some friends.
3. You are ill in bed.
I wish someone would bring me some medicine.
I wish I could go to the hospital.
I wish I was healthy.
4. Your car has broken down.
I wish someone would come to help me.
I wish I could repair it myself.
I wish I had anew car.
5. You are short of money.
I wish someone would lend me some money.
I wish I could earn enough money.
I wish I was wealthy.
10.5 FEELING SORRY FOR YOURSELF
Rules: I wish/if only + I had +V3 +Obj
I shouldn’t + have +V3 +Obj.
Q. What might you regret in these situations, using I wish../If only.. or I shouldn’t ..?
1. You are suffering from sunstroke.
I wish I had taken an umbrella with me.
I shouldn’t have stayed in the sun.
2. War has suddenly broken out and you’re stuck in your hotel room.
I wish I had stayed at home.
I shouldn’t have come here.
3. Your house has burnt down.
I wish I had called the fire brigade.
I shouldn’t have left the burning candle.
4. You feel seasick.
I wish I hade travelled by Plane.
I shouldn’t have travelled by the ship.
5. You are short of sleep.
I Wish I had gone to bed earlier.
I shouldn’t have watched the film all night.
6. Someone has just refused to marry you.
I wish I had not proposed her.
I shouldn’t have liked her.
7. You are stuck half way up a mountain in fog.
I wish I had listened to the weather forecast.
I shouldn’t have climbed in this season.
Composition (page: 104)
Q. Tell the story of a dream you have had.
Last Saturday night, I saw a strange dream. I couldn’t say why I saw this fearful dream and what unfulfilled desire made me to see this dream.
In my dream I was alone in a jungle. It was a dense forest. It was so beautiful and green that I was charmed by the beauty of it. The flowers were blossomed and the fountains were flowing in the forest. I was waiting for my friend there. The cuckoo’s sweet song had attracted me much. There was spring season around there.
I was waiting my friend. A black figure was coming towards me. At first I thought it was my friend, but later I know that he was neither a man nor an animal. It was a ghost. It had longer hair and huge body. It had longer claws and teeth. Its face was covered with long dark hair and it was laughing heavily. I was afraid with it and tried to escape from there, but I couldn’t run. The ghost laughed heavily and caught my waist with its single hand and holds me up in the air. It tried to chew my head into its cave-like mouth. When it put my head into its mouth, I suddenly woke up in my bed in my room. I found my pillow had made uneasy to sleep. I was trembling with fear and I couldn’t sleep till the night. It was my strange dream I had seen last night.
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