S7B U7 L18 Grammar - conditionals

If Alexander Graham Bell hadn't invented the telephone, I would probably be talking to you on a phone by a different name.

If machines could do all our work, people like me would be rather bored. But not the human beings.

If you heat water to 100 degrees centigrade, it boils.

If Henry ford had thought less about making money and more about sustainable practices for a better world, he would have spoken to Tesla more.

If we take this course, we will learn all about technology.

Apart from the Sun and the Moon, it's possible to see Jupiter, Mars and Venus in the day time as long as / unless you know where and when to look.

Communications satellites, which have reflective surfaces, can also be seen otherwise / provided there is sunlight.

Comets, too, are visible supposing / unless there are clouds.

As long as / But for their predictability, we wouldn't know when to look out for comets.

Supernovae, which are exploding stars, are rare and unpredictable, otherwise / provided we would know approximately when to expect them. The last one to be seen in the day time was in 1572.

What's real in your experience?

I wish I knew how to cure all stupidity.

If only you had told me this last night.

I wish you wouldn't interrupt me all the time.

If only I could be an astronaut on the next space mission.

If only we didn't have to leave tomorrow.

If only Professor Petrie doesn't give / wouldn't give us such difficult experiments to do.

I wish Marcus had phoned / phoned to say he would be late; now we can't go anywhere.

If only we don't have to learn / didn't have to learn the periodic table of the elements by tomorrow.

I really wish you bite / wouldn't bite your nails, Jason.

If only I had paid / would pay attention during biology lessons while I was at school.

This lecture is so boring! I wish we hadn't come / couldn't come and had gone to a cafe instead.