Wishes Regrets

Respuesta correcta: A) had

• A) hadCorrect! Wish about an unreal past situation takes if plus had plus participle, which often means if only.
• B) will haveA future perfect would suggest the time is already secured, and the wish is about a possibility that failed.
• C) haveA bare present perfect would state a fact rather than express the wish for a different outcome.
• D) were havingA past continuous would describe a duration in progress, which is not what the sentence regrets.

Respuesta correcta: B) had

• A) will haveA future perfect would place the ownership in a possible future, but the wish is about the present.
• B) hadCorrect! Wish about a present situation takes the past simple in the that clause.
• C) haveA bare present would state an entitlement rather than express the wish for a different situation.
• D) had hadHad had would express a wish about a situation in the past, and owning a car is a present concern.

Respuesta correcta: C) Would

• A) DoDo you mind is possible, but would you mind is the more polite and more common form for a request.
• B) AreA form of be would need a different structure, and it does not produce a request.
• C) WouldCorrect! Would you mind plus -ing is a standard polite request in English.
• D) MustMust expresses obligation and cannot be used to ask a favour politely.

Respuesta correcta: D) could

• A) hadHad would place the visiting in the past, and next week is still ahead.
• B) willA future form would state a plan rather than a wish, and wish signals an unreal desire.
• C) mustMust expresses obligation, and the sentence is about a desire rather than a duty.
• D) couldCorrect! Wish plus could plus base verb expresses a wish about a possible future action.

Respuesta correcta: A) If only

• A) If onlyCorrect! If only expresses strong regret about something that was not done.
• B) IfA plain if would open a neutral conditional, and the emotional weight of the sentence needs the stronger form.
• C) AlthoughAlthough introduces a concession and cannot carry the regret the sentence expresses.
• D) Even thoughEven though introduces a contrast, and the sentence has no contrast to concede.

Respuesta correcta: B) were

• A) had beenHad been would turn the advice into a third conditional about a different past event.
• B) wereCorrect! If I were you is the fixed expression for advice about a choice that no longer exists.
• C) amA present form cannot be inverted into this expression, which requires the past subjunctive were.
• D) will beA future form has no place in an expression about a decision already made.

Respuesta correcta: C) doesn't

• A) doesn't stopThat would wish the opposite of what is wanted, because stopping is what the sentence hopes for.
• B) didn't stopThe past simple would refer to a storm that had already passed, and the coast is still ahead.
• C) doesn'tCorrect! Hope plus a negative clause in the present simple expresses a wish against a future event.
• D) hadn't stoppedA past perfect would place the storm's end before another past point, which does not exist here.

Respuesta correcta: D) would

• A) hadHad would place the listening in the past, and the wish is about his present behaviour.
• B) willA future form would state a prediction rather than a wish, and wish does not work that way.
• C) mustMust expresses obligation on the listener's part, and a wish is not a demand.
• D) wouldCorrect! Wish about a third party's non-action takes would plus base verb.

Respuesta correcta: A) not informing

• A) not informingCorrect! Regret plus a gerund expresses regret about an action that was not carried out.
• B) to informRegret plus to plus base verb is possible, but the sense is of a future action now regretted, which the earlier denies.
• C) not to informA negative to infinitive would point to a decision not to act, and the speaker simply did not inform anyone.
• D) for not informFor plus a bare base form is not a valid structure, because the form after for must be a gerund or a noun.

Respuesta correcta: B) don't

• A) didn'tDidn't would refer to a single past moment, and the reassurance is about the present feeling.
• B) don'tCorrect! A short reassurance about the present takes don't plus mind, with the negative before the main verb.
• C) won'tA future form would promise not to mind about a later situation, which the sentence does not need.
• D) mustn'tMustn't expresses prohibition and cannot be used to reassure anyone about their noise.

Respuesta correcta: C) had challenged

• A) would challengeA would without had would place the challenging in an imagined present, and last year fixes it in the past.
• B) have challengedA present perfect would leave the action inside the present period, ignoring the stated past year.
• C) had challengedCorrect! If only plus had plus participle regrets a past action that did not happen.
• D) had challengeThe participle of challenge needs the -ed ending, so the base form is not correct here.

Respuesta correcta: D) were

• A) will beA future form would state a prediction about a later moment, and the wish is about the weather now.
• B) had beenHad been would regret a past situation, but the rain is happening at the moment of speaking.
• C) areA present form after wish would state a fact rather than express the unreal situation.
• D) wereCorrect! Wish plus were expresses an unreal present situation about place or company.

Respuesta correcta: A) had

• A) hadCorrect! A negative wish about the past takes had plus not plus participle.
• B) hasA present perfect would keep the spending inside the present period, but the regret concerns a completed holiday.
• C) didDid cannot combine with a wish, because wish does not take an auxiliary in this structure.
• D) wouldWould would place the spending in a hypothetical present, and the holiday is already over.

Respuesta correcta: B) like

• A) likingThe -ing form cannot follow the to of like to, and the infinitive structure needs the base form.
• B) likeCorrect! Would you like to plus base verb is the standard polite invitation.
• C) preferPrefer would need a comparison, such as prefer to study, and it changes the meaning of the invitation.
• D) loveLove would also be possible in a different register, but the neutral polite invitation is would you like to.

Respuesta correcta: C) approves

• A) will approveA future form is not used after hope, because the uncertainty is already expressed by the verb itself.
• B) is approvingA present continuous would suggest the approval is already under way, and this afternoon is still ahead.
• C) approvesCorrect! A hope about a future event takes the present simple, with the verb agreeing with the subject.
• D) has approvedThe present perfect would state a completed action, which contradicts the afternoon still to come.

Respuesta correcta: D) had seen

• A) have seenA present perfect would suggest the seeing might still happen or might still matter, and the morning is already over.
• B) seeA base form would state a simple present, which is not what a wish about the past uses.
• C) will seeA future form would contradict the morning that has already passed.
• D) had seenCorrect! The wish refers to a past situation, so had plus participle is the correct form.

Respuesta correcta: A) had taken

• A) had takenCorrect! A third conditional with if only expresses regret about a past choice.
• B) have takenA present perfect would leave the flight inside the present period, and the flight is long past.
• C) would takeA would without had would place the taking in an imagined present, which contradicts the earlier flight.
• D) had takeAfter had the verb must be a past participle, and take does not serve as its own participle.

Respuesta correcta: B) didn't

• A) don'tA present negative would state a present fact about the obligation, and the wish is about Sunday.
• B) didn'tCorrect! Wish plus did not plus have to plus base verb expresses a wish about a future obligation.
• C) won'tA future form would promise not to work, and it cannot appear after wish.
• D) hadn'tHad not would place the obligation in the past, and Sunday has not arrived yet.

Respuesta correcta: C) had caught

• A) have caughtA present perfect would suggest the catching might still happen, but the bus has already gone.
• B) are catchingA present continuous would describe an action under way now, and nothing is under way.
• C) had caughtCorrect! The missed bus is a past situation, and the waiting in the present does not make it present.
• D) had catchingAfter had the verb must be a past participle, and catching is the -ing form.

Respuesta correcta: D) made

• A) have madeA present perfect is possible in an apology, but the plain past simple is the standard neutral form here.
• B) am makingA present continuous would say the waiting is happening now, but the waiting is over.
• C) had madeA past perfect would place the making before another past event, and there is no such earlier point here.
• D) madeCorrect! An apology uses the past simple, because the apology itself is made in the present about a past action.