¿Cuándo se usa wish + would en inglés?

Se usa para expresar una queja o un deseo de que alguien cambie su comportamiento o una situación presente, como en 'I wish he would notice me!'. No se usa con would cuando el sujeto del wish es el mismo que el de la acción.

¿Qué diferencia hay entre el condicional de tipo 2 y el de tipo 3?

El tipo 2 habla de situaciones hipotéticas en el presente o futuro, con past simple y would. El tipo 3 habla de situaciones imposibles en el pasado, con past perfect y would have.

Ejercicios de condicionales y expresiones con wish en inglés con soluciones

Resumen

Colección de ejercicios de inglés centrados en los condicionales (tipos 0, 1, 2 y 3) y en las expresiones con wish, con respuestas incluidas en varios apartados. Además trabaja la formación de palabras, las construcciones de infinitivo, un diálogo para completar sobre citas y vocabulario relacionado. Sirve para practicar la gramática y el vocabulario de forma guiada.

Puntos clave

Los condicionales de tipo 1 expresan situaciones reales o probables en el futuro: If + presente, will + infinitivo.
Los condicionales de tipo 2 expresan situaciones hipotéticas o improbables: If + pasado simple, would + infinitivo.
Los condicionales de tipo 3 expresan situaciones hipotéticas en el pasado: If + past perfect, would have + participio.
Con wish se expresa un deseo o arrepentimiento sobre algo que no es como nos gustaría: I wish I hadn't eaten too much.
Para quejarse de una situación presente se usa wish + would: I wish he would notice me!
La forma de infinitivo sustituye a frases con when o a construcciones más largas: She was sad to leave her friends.
La formación de palabras por prefijos y sufijos (in-, dis-, -ive, -ise) permite pasar de un verbo a su adjetivo o sustantivo.

Ponte a prueba

A. Completar Condicional

They won't come if you (don't invite)...
If you turned up for school... (wouldn't set)
If they (hadn't told) me, I would never...
You (will be) in big trouble if you don't...
Unless she (improves) her singing, she'll never succeed.
What would you do if you (were) in my position?
If he (had driven) more carefully, the accident...
If he (asks) you a lot of questions, just...

D. Dibujos

I wish I hadn't eaten too much.
I wish he would notice me!
I wish we had arrived earlier.
I wish I knew the answer.

E. Reescribe las frases usando wish

The shoes I bought were uncomfortable.
I wish I hadn't bought the shoes.
Fiona doesn't know where Tim is now.
She wishes she knew where Tim is now.
Their neighbour's car makes a terrible noise.
They wish their neighbour would buy a new one.
She told them a lie.
She wishes she hadn't told them a lie.
Our team didn't practise enough, so we lost.
We wish our team had practised more.

VOCABULARIO

B. Completa la conversación

1. Chance meeting / 2. introduced / 3. share the same interests / 4. went out for coffee / 5. an internet dating site / 6. exchanged photographs / 7. meet at the new restaurant.

E. Infinitive form

She was unhappy when she left her friends.
She was sad to leave her friends.
He didn't like it when he heard the news.
(He was annoyed to hear the news.)
They were happy when they saw her at the party.
(They were pleased to see her at the party.)
Travelling abroad is not cheap.
(It is expensive to travel abroad.)
Making a name in show business is not easy.
(It is difficult to make a name in show business.)

G. Tabla de formación de palabras

decision / decide / decisive / indecisive
attraction / attract / attractive / unattractive
possibility / — / possible / impossible
organisation / organise / organised / disorganise
responsibility / — / responsible / irresponsible

H. Formación de palabras

(differ) different / difference
(health) health / unhealthy
(logic) logic / illogical
(honest) honesty / honest

FRASES

Completa con la forma correcta del verbo entre paréntesis:

We'll meet her at the station if she comes (come) by train.
I will ring (ring) you up if I have time.
What will you do (you/do) if you win (win) a lot of money?
Be (be) quiet if you can.
If you were (be) more polite, people would like (like) you more.
If the bus didn't come, we would take (take) a taxi.
I would go (go) to the party if they invited (invite) me.
What would you do (you/do) if you were (be) a Secret Agent on a very difficult mission?
If I had known (know) that Chinese was so difficult, I wouldn't have begun (not/begin) to study it.
If you hadn't been so rude, she would have stayed (stay) longer.
I would have come (come) yesterday if I had had (have) nothing to do.
I shouldn't have thought it possible if I hadn't seen (not/see) it.
Water would boil (boil) if you put it on the fire.
I wouldn't do that if I were (be) you.
If I wanted to speak, I would raise (raise) my hand.
If you had been (be) a rich man, I would have married (marry) you.
I would be very surprised if I saw (see) a Martian.
You would have heard (hear) the news if you hadn't been laughing and talking all the time.
You will do (do) it all right if you pay attention.
If the sentence that had "had had" had had (have) "had" it would/have/been (be) correct.