Стр.11 Unit 1 ГДЗ Вербицкая Forward 10 класс
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
- In pairs, listen and decide why Colin is unhappy. Does he mention any of the disadvantages of fame you mentioned in Exercise 1?
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?
Which sentence(s) talk about a regret about the past? What tense do we use?
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.
2. It would be nice if I could speak Spanish.
3. It would be nice if you lived closer to us.
4. It’s a pity I gave up learning German.
5. I’m sorry I was rude to you.
6. It’s a pity that I lost his phone number.
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 didn’t pay attention in the maths lesson.
6. You don’t understand your maths homework.
- Work in pairs. Think of a famous person and write down three regrets about the present/past which you think they might have.
- I wish I were better at singing.
- I wish I hadn’t argued with my parents last night.
- If only I had some friends abroad.
- I wish my ears weren’t so big.
- I wish I had paid attention in the maths lesson.
- I wish I understood my maths homework.
4.
- I wish you didn’t have to leave so early.
- I wish I could speak Spanish.
- If only you lived closer to us.
- I wish I hadn’t given up learning German.
- I wish I hadn’t been rude to you.
- If only I hadn’t lost his phone number.
3. Sentences 1 and 2 talk about a regret about the present. We use the Past Simple.
Sentences 3 and 4 talk about a regret about the past. We use the Past Perfect.
