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Choose the best verb forms to complete the diner's internal monologue at a highly intimidating, extremely expensive restaurant.
"I wish I _________________________ French, because everything on this menu is a total mystery. I also wish my wallet _________________________ thick enough to pay for whatever I just ordered!"
The correct answers are could read and were.
Use wish + could + base verb to express a desire to have an ability you currently don't have (wishing you could read French).
Use wish + past simple/subjunctive to express a desire for a present situation to be different (wishing your wallet were thicker). In formal English, were is preferred over was for all subjects after "wish."