8.2 wish/if only

You want to go to the cinema but I don’t.

I’d rather we went / would go to the theatre.

We didn’t book the rooms in advance. –> If only we booked / had booked the rooms in advance.

I can’t swim. –> I wish I can / could swim.

I should learn how to swim. –> It’s time I learned / had learned how to swim.

Unfortunately, she wasn’t able to help us. –> I wish she was / had been able to help us.

They’re coming with us. –> I’d rather they aren’t / weren’t coming with us.

He isn’t a formal member of the club, unfortunately. –> If only he was / had been a formal member of the club.