I wish technology __ at such a breathtaking rate. I can hardly keep up anymore., didn't develop, hadn't developed, would develop, isn't developing, I wish I __ information more easily during exams., retrieve, retrieved, hadn't retrieved, would retrieve, I wish people __ so attracted to novelty., weren't, hadn't been, wouldn't been, aren't, I wish my job __ me enough downtime., gives, gave, had given, would give, I wish social media __ my attention so easily., didn't hijack, hadn't hijacked, wouldn't hijack, doesn't hijack, I wish I __ more research before accepting the offer., carried out, had carried out, would carry out, carry out, I wish I __ so much time checking my phone compulsively at university., didn't spend, hadn't spent, wouldn't spend, haven't spent, She wishes she __ concern much earlier., voiced, had voiced, would voice, has voiced, I wish I __ how easily pseudo facts can pose as information., realised, had realised, would realise, realise, We wish we __ more of our ideas into practice when we launched the project., put, had put, would put, have put, I wish people __ their phones during meetings., stopped, would stop, had stopped, stop, I wish companies __ us with notifications every hour., didn't flood, wouldn't flood, hadn't flooded, don't flood, I wish my colleagues __ instantly to every insignificant email., didn't respond, wouldn't respond, hadn't responded, don't respond, I wish the media __ rumours that pose as facts., didn't publish, wouldn't publish, hadn't published, don't publish, I wish my brain __ information more quickly after a sleepless night., retrieved, would retrieve, had retrieved, retrieves, He's __ me with links to articles I don't have time to read., always sending, always sends, always sent, always send, My manager is __ new techniques without explaining why., constantly applying, constantly applies, constantly applied, constantly apply, You're __ to cram too much into every spare moment., always trying, always try, always tried, always tries, She's __ about the latest findings before checking whether they're reliable., constantly talking, constantly talks, constantly talked, constantly talk, He's __ everyone's attention instead of listening., always hijacking, always hijacks, always hijacked, always hijack, When we were students, our professor __ concern about the quality of online sources., was always voicing, always voiced, would voice, used to voice, My brother __ his phone during dinner., was always checking, always checked, would check, used to check, They __ new apps instead of studying, were constantly downloading, constantly downloaded, would download, used to download, Our neighbours __ about something trivial., were always complaining, always complained, would complain, used to complain, Before smartphones, people __ books for inspiration much more often., would look to, were looking to, had looked to, have looked to, My grandfather __ the newspaper every morning before work., would read, was reading, had read, has read, I __ every piece of information I found online., used to believe, was believing, had believed, would believing, Every summer we __ research projects together just for fun., would carry out, had carried out, were carrying out, have carried out, Before social media, people __ every notification within seconds because there weren't any., didn't use to check, weren't checking, hadn't checked, wouldn't checking, When I first started teaching, I __ every lesson down to the smallest detail., would plan, had planned, was planning, have planned, By the time researchers realised how seriously notifications affected attention, people __ their phones compulsively for years., checked, had checked, had been checking, were checking, When I finally decided to carry out my own research, I discovered that someone else __ the same findings months earlier., published, had published, had been publishing, was publishing, While I __ through dozens of articles, I suddenly realised that many of them contained pseudo facts rather than reliable evidence., sifted, had sifted, was sifting, had been sifting, By the time the company voiced its concerns about information overload, employees __ a constant influx of notifications for several years., experienced, were experiencing, had been experiencing, had experienced, I couldn't retrieve the information because I __ enough time to organise my notes beforehand., wasn't having, hadn't had, hadn't been having, didn't have, While the marketing team __ a new survey, the researchers were deliberately discussing how to apply the latest techniques., had constructed, had been constructing, was constructing, constructed, By the time the conference finally ended, I __ information for eight hours straight, so I couldn't concentrate on anything else., collected, had collected, had been collecting, was collecting, When she finally switched off her phone, she realised she __ notifications all day, so she felt completely overwhelmed., checked, had checked, had been checking, was checking, By the time they admitted they were better off apart, they __ with constant friction for years, so they both felt emotionally drained., lived, had lived, had been living, were living

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