English Programme Level Fourth Full name: ENRIQUE DE JESUS CERVERA SARMIENTO Conversation: Waiting (Husband and wife

waiting at 'Joe's Bar and Grill' - later waiter) Husband: We've been waiting for more than 30 minutes! Wife: Terry, are you sure you read the directions correctly? Husband: Do you think I made a mistake?! I'm sure he said Joe's Bar and Grill. Wife: I wish you had brought the directions with you. Husband: Well if you hadn't lost them, I would have brought them! Wife: Now, now, let's not get into that. I told you I put them on the shelf in the hall. Husband: It's no use worrying about that now. Anyway, what will we be doing this time tomorrow? I'm so excited about getting away on holiday. Wife: So am I. Just think, this time tomorrow we'll be lying on the beach soaking up the sun. Husband: No, I'll be sitting at the bar enjoying my Gin and Tonic and reading a good book. Wife: It's going to be wonderful, isn't it? It's been so long since we last got away. Husband: Yes ... I wish he were here. I'm getting hungry! Wife: Why don't you ask that man for help. Husband: OK (goes up to the man behind the counter) Excuse me, we've been waiting for over a half an hour for a friend. Have you seen anyone looking for somebody? Waiter: No, I'm afraid I haven't. Husband: I just don't understand our friend is never late. Waiter: Well, maybe he's at Joe's Pub. Husband: Joe's Pub? Waiter: Yes, there's also a Joe's Pub in town. People mix us up all the time! Husband: Do you think you could give them a ring and see if he's there? Waiter: Certainly, no problem. What's his name? Husband: Alex. Waiter: (telephoning) yes, this is Joe's Bar and Grill. Is there an Alex waiting there? .... (He waits for the other person to ask for Alex) Yes, great. Thanks. Good bye. Husband: He's there, isn't he? Waiter: Yes, he's there and he's been waiting for half an hour. Husband: Oh, no! He's at Joe's Pub! Is there a taxi nearby? Waiter: Yes, on the corner opposite the church. Husband: Let's go! Wife: I wish you had brought those directions!

Exercises: Use wish or hope and an appropriate verb: I hope she _____________________ a good job soon. Shes three months behind in her rent. I hope she ____________________________ the stadium tonight with that map we drew for her. I wish he _____________________________. Those cigarettes have given him a terrible cough! I wish I ______________________ a bigger house. I cant have a party for a big crowd here. I wish the teacher _______________________ things more clearly. Im always confused in this class. I wish you ___________________________ at the party with me last night. It was so much fun! I hope everybody ______________________________ this course next month. I hope everything ___________________________ well for you during your final exam next week. I hope I ______________________________ the Pope when he comes here next month. I wish I ___________________________ the Pope when he came to New York two years ago. I wish I ____________________ some well-connected people who could help me with my problem. I wish politicians _______________________ more honest! It seems that theyre always lying. I hope Margaret ____________________ the present that we bought for her. I hope he _____________________________ better soon. He's been out sick for two weeks! I hope there _________________________ a lot of good books on computers at the bookstore. I wish there ____________________________ more books about computers in this bookstore. I wish doctors ___________________________ cure cancer. Its such a frightening disease! I wish my grandfather _________________________________ last year. There are so many things going on in my life that I wish I could talk to him about. I wish I _______________________ Chinese. Beijing. I wish Sam ________________________ sex with that girl. He got her into trouble and now his life is a mess. Para leer ms: http://www.better-english.com/grammar/wishes.htm Para leer ms: http://www.boletineningles.com/2008/185.htm Its impossible to go shopping here in