Which of the options mean the same. There may be more than one.

At the age of nineteen, and to the horror of her parents, Liam had a heart tattooed on her shoulder. Eight years later, a lot has changed in Liam’s life, but the tattoo is still there. How does she feel about it now?

“Well, one decision I now regret is getting this tattoo. I’d always liked the idea of having one. I really thought they looked good and some of my friends had them. I felt a bit scared about how much it would hurt, and I knew that my parents would hate the idea, but one day I got this done. It seemed like a really good idea at the time, my boyfriend really liked it and I think if he hadn’t been so keen I wouldn’t have done it. My parents were completely horrified, of course. I remember my dad saying he’d never seen a girl with a tattoo, and he hoped he never would again, but they sort of accepted it in the end. Now, I wish I’d thought more about it, especially the fact that you can’t get rid of it, or it’s incredibly painful and expensive anyway, so I suppose I’m stuck with it now.”

Here are four people who regret things they did or didn’t do. Read and make sentences about them. Remember about ‘wish’ and ‘should’.

1 Patrick has only ever been in love once: he married at eighteen, but a year later, he and his wife were divorced. He never had any children.

2 Charles left school at sixteen. Although he’s now a successful businessman, he’s sorry he never got a university education.

3 Dona met a gorgeous Italian man while she was on holiday. He asked her to go out with him, but she was too shy and they never saw each other again.

4 Two years ago, Elaine gave up her 70.000-a-year job as a company director to work for a charity for homeless people on a salary of 20.000 a year. As a result, she has changed her lifestyle a lot, including moving house, and selling her Porsche.