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Make sentences with wish, based on the following prompts.
1. I can't understand this
2. For Heaven's sake, shut up!
3. I'm sorry I came to this party.
4. It really annoys me that you smoke in the office.
5. It's raining, and I want to go out.
6. I have to work, but I'd prefer not to
7. I regret having said that.
8. I'm not on a tropical beach now, which is a pity.
9. I can't help you, sorry!
10. This information is terrible, and the government does nothing about it!

Wish + would or It's time ...

Wish + would can express impatient recommendation. It's time + past tense does thits

more forcefully.
// 's high time is even more forceful.

Example: I wish you would make up your mind.
It's high time you made up your mind!

This can't be done when wish + would doesn't express impatience.

Example: I wish you would come to the party.
It's high time you came to the party. (Wrong.)

When recommending a change of habit we usually add:

the verb to start + verb + ...-ing

Example: I wish you would listen more carefully.
It's time you started listening more carefully.

Which wish + would sentences could be replaced with a forceful It's time sentence?

Write out the new sentences:

1.1 wish the government would tackle inflation.
2.1 wish you would do some homework!
3.1 wish it would stop raining.
4.1 wish you would be a little more patient.
5.1 wish your children would go to bed.
6.1 wish they would put a stop to all these strikes.
7.1 wish you would try this cheese, it's good.

8.1 wish you would grow up and act responsibly.
9.1 wish you would explain things more carefully, sir!
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