WISHES AND IMAGINARY SITUATIONS OR EVENTS Wishes for the present or future: WISH WISH + + PAST PAST FORM FORM OF OF VERB VERB I wish I had more free time (I don´t have enough free time, I wish I weren´t so busy with my work (I´m very busy with my work, We wish we could afford to move ( We can´t afford to move, She wishes she didn´t live so far away (She lives very far away, Imaginary situations or events in the present or future: If If + + PAST PAST FORM FORM OF OF VERB VERB + + WOULD WOULD (COULD) (COULD) + + VERB VERB If I had more free time, I would go kayaking So I don´t go kayaking) If I were less busy, I could travel on the weekends so I can´t travel on the weekends) If I could afford to move, we wouldn ´t live in this place so we live in this tiny place) If she lived closer, she would visit us so she can´t visit us) A Complete the sentences with the appropriate form of verbs given, as in the example I wish I had ( have) more money If I earned (earn) more money, I could have (can have) my own apartment, and I wouldn´t have to ( not have to) live with my parents I wish I (not have to) commute three hours a day If I (can find) a job closer to home, then I _ (not waste) so much time on the train I wish I _ ( can finish ) my degree this year If I _( have ) a degree, then I ( can get) a job, and I _ ( be able to ) pay off my student loans I wish I _ ( can ) something more exciting with my life If I _(have ) the change, I work _ ( work) in another country or something like that