Стр.11 Unit 1 ГДЗ Вербицкая Forward 10 класс
GRAMMAR AND LISTENING I wish I didn’t have to play tonight. If only I could have a quiet evening at home.
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Приведем выдержку из задания из учебника Вербицкая, Маккинли, Хастингс 10 класс, Просвещение:
GRAMMAR AND LISTENING
I wish I didn’t have to play tonight.
If only I could have a quiet evening at home.
If only I hadn’t left the band!
I wish I had never entered the music business.
1 In pairs, look at the photo and answer the questions.
- Who do you think the person is? What’s the situation?
- Would you like to be famous? Why?/Why not?
- What are the disadvantages of being famous? Use these ideas to help you.
autographs, interviews, bodyguards, pressure, fans, privacy
2 T005 In pairs, listen and decide why Colin is unhappy. Does he mention any of the disadvantages of fame you mentioned in Exercise 1?
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Reporter 1: So Colin, how does it feel to be in the US for the first time?
Colin: Yeah ... it’s, uh, OK ...
Reporter 2: Is it true that you are having a romance with Jocelyn Parker?
Colin: Er, look, wetaskre just friends, right?
Reporter 1: How do you feel about the success of your record in the States?
Colin: Yeah, well, surprised, I think.
Reporter 3: Colin, youtaskve probably heard about today’s terrible tragedy in Sacramento. Do you have a message for all your fans?
Colin: Well, obviously I ...
Reporter 1: So when exactly are you getting married to Ms Parker?
Colin: Look, I told you that we ...
Reporter 2: Are you still in touch with the members of your ex-band?
Colin: Look, I’m sorry guys. Itaskm on stage in twenty minutes. Please excuse me, I have to get ready ...
Reporter 3: One more quick question. Can you tell us if there’s any truth in the rumours that ...
Mum: Wrexham 522890?
Colin: Mum?!
Mum: Colin! I thought you were supposed to be in America!
Colin: I am in America. Mum, I have to go on stage in fifteen minutes, and I just cantaskt take it any more! I wish I didn’t have to play tonight. If only I could have a quiet evening at home in front of the TV.
Mum: Dontaskt be silly. There’s just been rubbish on the TV tonight ...
Colin: What a mess I’ve made of my life! If only I’d never left the band – those guys in Critical Age were my best friends. In fact ... I wish I had never entered the music business.
Mum: Oh, stop being so dramatic. Those young people have paid good money to see you tonight. And you didn’t remember what I said to you about your shirts.
Colin: Er, what?
Mum: I couldn’t believe it this morning. On the front page of the newspapers. My son kissing Jocelyn Parker in a dirty shirt!
Work it out
3 Read the sentences and answer the questions.
1 I wish I didn’t have to play tonight.
2 If only I could have a quiet evening at home.
3 If only I hadn’t left the band!
4 I wish I had never entered the music business.
Which sentence(s) talk about a regret...
about the present? What tense do we use?
about the past? What tense do we use?
Check it out
I wish/If only for regrets
We use I wish /if only when we want something to be true but know it is impossible or unlikely.
We use if only/I wish + the Past Simple to talk about regrets about the present. It means, taskIt would be nice if...
I wish/If only I could have a quiet evening at home. (It would be nice if I could have a quiet evening. = It’s a pity I can’t have ... .)
We use if only/I wish + the Past Perfect to talk about regrets about the past. It means, ‘It would have been nice if... .task
I wish/If only I hadn’t left the band. (It would have been nice if I hadn’t left the band. = It’s a pity I left... .)
4 Rewrite the sentences using the prompts so that the meaning stays the same.
1 It would be nice if you didn’t have to leave so early.
I wish you didn’t have to leave so early.
2 It would be nice if I could speak Spanish.
I wish could speak Spanish.
3 It would be nice if you lived closer to us.
If only you lived closer to us.
4 It’s a pity I gave up learning German.
I wish I hadn’t given up learning German.
5 I’m sorrytask I was rude to you.
I wish I hadn’t been rude to you.
6 Ittasks a pity that I lost his phone number.
If only I hadn’t lost his phone number.
5 Make sentences with wish/if only for these situations.
1 You aren’t very good at singing.
2 You argued with your parents last night.
3 You don’t have any friends abroad.
4 Your ears are too big.
5 You didntaskt pay attention in the maths lesson.
6 You don’t understand your maths homework.
6 Work in pairs. Think of a famous person and write down three regrets about the present/past which you think they might have.