Rewrite the following sentences using a "wish'' contruction.
1. I haven't got a washing machine.
I wish I got a washing machine.
2. I hate having to go to school on saturdays.
I wish I didn't have to go to school on Saturdays .
3. Why don't we go away more often?
I wish we could go away more often.
4. I'd love to speak many langusges.
I wish I could speak many languages.
5. Why are the taxes so expensive?
I wish the taxes weren't so expensive.
6. I'd love to be a film star.
I wish I were a film star .
7. I'd like to have a bigger house.
I wish I had a bigger house.
8. I'd like you to keep quiet.
I wish you kept quiet.
9. I would like every country to stop killing whales.
I wish every country stopped killing whales.
10. I would like it to stop raining.
I wish it stopped raining.
Rewrite the follwing sentences without changing their meanings.
1. Maryam and Lan have been pen pals for over two years.
Maryam and Lan have written to each other for over two years.
2. Lan tool Maryam to Ben Thanh Market yesterday.
Maryam was taken to Ben Thanh Market yesterday by Lan
3. No other city in Maylaysia is larger than Kuala Lumpur.
Kuala Lumpur is the largest city in Malaysia
4. He learned to drive when he was eighteen.
He has learnt to drive since he was eighteen
5. My hometown doesn't have any lake.
There aren't any lakes in my home town.
6. Who does this hat belong to?
Whose hat is this?
7. ''Lan'' , would you like to come and visit me next summer?'' Maryam asked.
Maryam asked Lan if she wanted to come and visit him the next summer
8. Lan and Maryam went out . They wanted to have a drink.
Lan and Maryam went out to have a drink.
9. I spent two hours doing my homework.
It took me 2 hours to do my homework.
10. English is a compulsory second language in all secondary schools in Malaysia.
Students have to study English as a second compulsory language in all sencondary schools in Malaysia