Question

I wish my mum ___________ while she was doing the washing-up
A. wouldn't be whistling
B. hasn't whistling
C. didn't whistle
D. wasn't whistled
(IEO 2020 CLASS 10)
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Answer 1

Answer:

I think option A is correct

Explanation:

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Answer 2

I wish my mum didn't whistle while she was doing the washing-up.

Hypothetical negative sentences

• The words wish/if only are used to express something different in the present or in the past.
• Wish is used to express something that didn't happen in the past but would like to happen in the present.
• If wishing for a different past thing, then the verb following wish would be in past perfect.
• In the given sentence, the action by the subject's mother is in the past tense.
• Didn't is used to make a negative sentence with the verb in the past tense.