1 Underline the correct form.
a Parents who also work often wish they have/had more time to spend with their children.
b No doubt the prime minister now wishes he listened / had listened to what other people were
saying before he made his decision.
Local councillors say they wish more people could/would let them know what they think
about the new anti-smoking laws.
d Many people wish that fast-food companies would stop / had stopped targeting children with
advertising
e Local residents generally wish that tourists didn't leave / hadn't left so much litter behind in
the town.
f I have had nothing but trouble with this computer, and I now wish that I didn't buy/had not
bought it.
g When we grow older, with hindsight we all wish that we spent / had spent our time at school
more profitably.
h We wish we knew/would know how to solve the problem of vandalism, but so far we haven't
come up with a perfect solution.
i Doctors say they wish that more people paid / had paid attention to the amount of salt they
consume.
I hope / wish I could believe what politicians say, but I'm afraid I can't.
2 Choose the correct option, A, B or C, to complete the sentences about the generation gap.
a It's time that older people C listening to what younger people say.
b Some older people treat teenagers as if they all dangerous criminals.
c Some older people wish there...
behaviour on the young.
more police officers on the street, and blame all bad
d Perhaps it's time that young people.
e Generally speaking, young people.
f Many older people
more responsibly towards other people.
spend their time with other young people.
the world to be just the same as it was when they were young.
g Older people also wish that young people
more politely.
h Some people think that 16-year-olds were given the vote.
iMany young people, however, have no faith in politics, and just wish the world
different.
Some of them.
opinions.
a A would start
b A were
CA were
d A acted
e A wish
f A rather
g A had behaved
if everyone just left them alone and stopped asking them for their
B start
B would
B had been
B would act
B would rather
B would prefer
B didn't behave
B it's time
h A as if
i A is
B had been
j A would rather
B as though
C started
C prefer
Care
Cact
Chope
Cas though
C would behave
C they wouldn't prefer
C were
C would prefer it