Ce corrigé wish et if only reprend les douze exercices. Pour chaque réponse, pensez à la réalité qui se cache derrière la phrase : elle explique presque toujours le temps choisi.
La correction détaillée
Corrigé wish et if only : réponses expliquées
Correction de l’exercice 1 : Wish + prétérit- had
- were (was accepté à l’oral)
- didn’t live
- knew
- could
- were
- weren’t (ou wasn’t)
- had brought
- hadn’t eaten
- had booked
- had studied
- had told
- hadn’t sold
- I wish I could swim.
- I wish I had gone to the concert.
- I wish my brother wouldn’t borrow my clothes. (comportement agaçant)
- I wish it wasn’t raining. (ou I wish it would stop raining.)
- I wish I hadn’t lost my phone.
- I wish I were good at maths.
- I wish you would call me.
- I wish I hadn’t said something stupid. (ou I wish I hadn’t said that.)
- I am not on holiday.
- She left school at sixteen.
- They are playing the music too loud. (ou They won’t turn it down.)
- We don’t have a garden.
- He didn’t take the job.
- hope : souhait réalisable.
- wish : situation présente irréelle.
- hope
- wishes : regret passé.
- hope : projet possible (hope to + verbe).
- wish
- had had : regret sur le passé (last year).
- would stop : comportement agaçant de l’autre.
- could : capacité qui manque.
- had
- hadn’t spent : l’argent a déjà été dépensé.
- would come : impatience face à une situation.
- I wish I were braver. (ou more courageous)
- If only I had listened to my parents!
- I wish I spoke Spanish. (ou I wish I could speak Spanish.)
- I wish you would stop complaining.
- She wishes she hadn’t left her job.
- If only I could go back in time!
- Je regrette d’avoir acheté ce billet de loterie.
- Si seulement il pouvait arrêter de neiger !
- Il aimerait être riche.
- Nous aimerions pouvoir t’aider.
- J’aurais aimé que tu me dises la vérité.
- I wish I were taller.
- I wish I had gone to the party.
- She wishes she hadn’t lost her keys yesterday. : regret passé, past perfect.
- I hope you will pass your exam. : souhait réalisable.
- I wish I were on the beach right now. : pas de I wish I would.
- If only I knew her address!
- He forgot to buy his lottery ticket.
- His usual numbers came up.
- He regrets not going to the shop: « I wish I had gone to the shop. » (ou « If only I had set a reminder on my phone! »)
- She wants him to stop talking about it.
- She regrets that he ever started playing the lottery.
- Would expresses irritation: she wants another person, Danny, to change his behaviour.
- d
- e
- f
- a
- b
- c
Exemple de réponse modèle :
Dear diary, what a day! I wish I hadn’t stayed up so late last night: I overslept and missed the bus. Then I realised I had forgotten my history essay. I wish I had checked my bag before leaving! At lunch, my friends kept teasing me. I wish they would leave me alone sometimes. Right now I wish I were on a desert island, far from everyone, and I wish I had a time machine to start again. If only tomorrow could be better! Well, I hope my teacher accepts the essay a day late.
Comment progresser après ce corrigé
Si vous vous êtes trompé de temps, reprenez la méthode du schéma : écrivez la réalité, puis reculez d’un temps. Si wish et hope vous posent problème, demandez-vous si le souhait peut encore se réaliser. Pour fixer les structures, rédigez chaque soir une ou deux phrases sur vos petits regrets du jour avec I wish et if only.

