Complete the thoughts of an office worker who is daydreaming on a sunny Friday afternoon by dragging the right verb forms to the gaps.

I wish I were relaxing on a beach right now instead of looking at these boring spreadsheets. I really wish my boss would let us leave early on beautiful sunny days like this. Most of all, I wish we could go surfing this weekend, but I have too much paperwork to finish!

The correct answers are were relaxing, would let, and could go.

Use wish + past continuous (were relaxing) for ongoing actions happening right now that you want to be different.

Use wish + would + base verb (would let) to express a desire for someone else to change their current or future behavior.

Use wish + could + base verb (could go) to express a wish about future possibilities or abilities.