Wishes and regrets

wish/if only+past tense for what we would like to change in the present
I WISH I WAS still a student.
I WISH I COULD change the past.

wish/if only + past perfect to show we are sorry about something that happened in the past and can't be changed now
IF ONLY I HAD never STARTED hanging round with those kids.

wish/if only + you/he/she/it/they + would + infinitive without 'to' to show we want to change something caused by another person
I WISH THEY WOULD STOP asking me about it.

wish/if only you/he/she/it/they + would + infinitive without 'to' for what we are unable to do or think is impossible
BE CAREFUL ! We cannot use the same pronoun with would (I wish l / we would...)
I WISH they WOULD help me.
He WISHES he COULD go with them.

regret -ing to show we are sorry about something that happened in the past and can't be changed now
I REGRET SHOPLIFTING when I was at school.

should/shouldn't have + past participle to show we are sorry about something that happened in the past and can't be changed now
I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE it.

wished and regretted to express wishes and regrets in the past
I WISHED I had never got to know her!

It's (high) time + subject + past simple to talk about something in the present that we believe should happen or have already happened
IT'S TIME we LEFT for the station.
IT'S HIGH TIME you STARTED working harder.

I wish I ____ better at maths.
1. would be
2. was
She wishes she ___ make it up to her parents.
1. would
2. could
If only I ___ those things from the shop.
1. hadn't taken
2. haven't taken
I wish she ___ me to her party.
1. asked
2. would ask
I regret ___ my friends I would help them.
1. telling
2. to tell
She shouldn't ___ what her friends told her to do.
1. have done
2. had done
He wished he ___ his mother to help him.
1. had asked
2. asked
It's time we ___ about our school project.
1. think
2. thought
It's high time you ___ biting your nails!
1. have stopped
2. stopped
If only he ___ me out.
1. would ask
2. should ask
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in brackets.

I regret ___ (not/work) harder for my exams.
He wished he ___ (think) about what he was doing first.
It's time you ___ (start) thinking more about your family.
He wishes she ___ (call) him more often but she doesn't.
If only I ___ (ride) a horse - it would be lovely!
I wish I ___ (be) three years older!
He ___ (stay) out so late - I'm very cross with him!
It's high time you ___ (stop) messing around at school.
If only we ___ (go) with you!
I wish they ___ (come) to Italy with us but they don't want to.