II. 虚拟语气用在 wish 后的宾语从句中

　　   虚拟语气用在wish后的宾语从句中，（常常省去连词that），表示不可能实现的愿望。

　　1．  表示与现在事实相反的愿望

　　构成：主语 + wish (that) + 从句主语 + 动词过去式 （be 一律用were）

　　例如：

　　I wish I knew everything in the world.

　　I wish that the experiment were a success.

　　We wish we had wings. 我们希望有翅膀。

　　Example:

　　I wish it ______ not so cold outside.

　　A. shall be     B. be       C. were      D. is

　　I wish I ______ you better.

　　A. know       B. knew     C. will know   D. have known

　　2．  表示与过去事实相反的愿望

　　构成：主语 + wish (that)  + 从句主语 + would/could  + have  + 过去分词或had  + 过去分词

　　例如：

　　I wish that you had called yesterday.

　　I wish that I could have gone with you last night.

　　I didn’t go to the party, but I do wish I had been there.

　　Example:

　　I wish you ______ such a great deal of fuss.

　　A. were not caused              B. had not caused

　　C. have not caused              D. are not caused

　　I wish that you ______ such a bad headache because I’m sure that you would have enjoyed the concert.

　　A. hadn’t had     B. hadn’t     C. didn’t have    D. hadn’t have

　　3．  表示将来不大可能实现的愿望

　　构成：主语 + wish (that)  + 从句主语 + would/should/could/might  + 原形动词

　　例如：

　　I wish that he could try again.

　　I wish that someday I should live on the moon.

　　We wish that they would come soon.

　　Example:

　　I wish that we ______ with my brother when he flies to England next week.

　　A. could go    B. had gone     C. will go     D. are going

　　                         EXERCISE

　　1.       I wish you ______ like that.

　　a. don’t talk       b. wouldn’t talk      c. won’t talk     d. not to talk

　　2.       I wish I _____ how to operate the machine.

　　a. have known     b. know     c. can know     d. knew

　　3.       He is not a millionaire but he _____ he were.

　　a. wishes     b. hopes     c. longs     d. believes

　　4.       I wish that I ______ visit my uncle the day after tomorrow.

　　a. shall     b. have    c. would     d. am going to

　　5.       I wish it ______ spring all the year round.

　　a. will be   b. were     c. be     d. is

　　6.       I wish I _____ to that university with you yesterday.

　　a. would go    b. went     c. did go    d. had gone

　　7.       I left very early last night, but I wish I ______ so early.

　　a. didn’t leave  b. hadn’t left    c. haven’t left    d. couldn’t leave

　　8.       Nancy sometimes wishes that she ______ in the big city.

　　a. was not living    b. did not lived    c. were not living   d. does not live

　　9.       James wishes he ______ the football game instead of the film.

　　a. had seen   b. saw    c. had been seen    d. see

　　10.   While you’re here, I wish ______ have a look around the house.

　　a. you’ll   b. you’ve   c. you’d    d. you better

　　11.   Looking back on it, I wish you ______ me first.

　　a. asked   b. have asked   c. ask    d. had asked

　　12.   “Do you want me to lend you some money?”

　　“I wish you ______. I would pay you back next week.”

　　a. should   b. would    c. did    d. might