WISH:  Use wish to talk about a situation you want to be different, but which you know is impossible to change.

• I wish I could go to the Aram Language Center. (This is a wish about the future; use a past modal and verb or a past tense after "wish.")
• I wish I didn't have to work. (This is a wish about the present; use a past tense after "wish.")
• I wish I had studied sooner so I could have gone to your party. (This is a wish about the past; use a past perfect tense after "wish.")

HOPE:  Use hope to talk about a situation that is possible in the future or which already happened in the past..

• I hope you (will) register at the Aram Language Center . (Use a future tense.)
• I hope you had a good time yesterday. (Use a past tense.)

UNLESS means "if not."

• Unless I finish work early, I won't be able to come to your party.

PROVIDED THAT means that only one condition will bring about the result desired.

• Provided that I finish work early, I will be at your party.

OTHERWISE is a sentence connector that means "if not." It comes at the beginning of a sentence or independent clause.

• You had better study for your exam. Otherwise, you may not pass.

WITHOUT + NOUN means "if someone or something didn't have something." Use the same verb tenses as the three types of conditionals.

• Without your help, the party would never have been such a success. (If I didn't have your help, the party would never have been a success.
• Without friends, my life would be lonely. (If I didn't have friends, my life would be lonely.)

DIRECTIONS:  Fill in the blanks with the correct tense of the verb in parentheses. Refer to the chart above for help.

1. I sometimes wonder how I (manage) _____________ my life without automated banking.
2. I can take money out of my account provided that I (have) ___________ some money left in it.
3. I never even have to go into the bank unless the machines (be) ________ out of order.
4. Some days, I visit my friendly automated teller more than once a day. On those days, I wish that I (have) ________________ more control over my spending habits!
5. Without the automated teller, I (save) ____________ some money!
6. I always make a note of my withdrawals in my checkbook. Otherwise, I (be) ________ overdrawn on my account!

DIRECTIONS:  Complete the following sentences.

1. I wish this school _______________________________________
2. I hope my family ________________________________________
3. My math professor gives us too much homework. I wish __________
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4. I need to start exercising. Otherwise, ________________________

DIRECTIONS:  Find, circle and correct the errors.

1. It's a good thing we took a map along with us. Otherwise, we could have asked someone for directions.
2. Without your help yesterday, I would never finished.
3. I wish I can pass my statistics final.
4. My mother wishes she could study law when she was younger.

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