If we/you had been more careful, such mistakes could have been avoided.

But for your advice, I would have failed.

If you hadn't given me advice, I would have failed.

If you had taken my advice, you wouldn't have failed in the examination.

Had you taken my advice, you wouldn't have failed in the examination.

If I were you, I would apply for the job.

Were I you, I would apply for the job.

If she should come tomorrow, I would treat her to a big meal.

Should she come tomorrow, I would treat her to a big meal.

I sincerely wished that I might do something to comfort him.

How I wish every family had a large house with a bcautiful garden.

I wish you had let me know earlier.

I'd rather you came tomorrow than today.

I'd rather we had a rest now.

Although she didn't know the best way of getting to places, she insisted that she organize the trip properly.

My father suggests that I (should) take enough sleep before the final examination.

The commander ordered that the bridge (should) be blown up.

The smile on her face suggests that she agrees with me.

The boy insisted that he hadn't broken the window.

It is important that we (should) think before we decide.

Last October, while tending her garden in Mora, Sweden, Lena Pahlsson pulled out a handful of small carrots and was about to throw them away. But something made her look closer, and she noticed a shiny/shining object. Yes, there beneath the leafy top of one tiny carrot was her long-lost wedding ring.

Pahlsson screamed so loudly that her daughter came running from the house. "She thought I had hurt myself," says Pahlsson.

Sixteen years earlier, Pahlsson had removed the diamond ring to cook a meal. When she wanted to put the ring back on later, it was gone. She suspected that one of her three daughters——then ten, eight, and six——had picked it up, but the girls said they hadn't. Pahlsson and her husband searched the kitchen, checking every corner, but turned up nothing. "I gave up hope of finding my ring again," she says. She never replaced it.

Pahlsson and her husband now think the ring probably got swept into a pile of kitchen rubbish and was spread over the garden, where it remained until the carrot's leafy top accidentally sprouted through it. For Pahlsson, its return was a wonder.

It is necessary that you (should) take plenty of exercise every day.

It is strange that he (should) be so rude.

It seems unthinkable that you (should) make such a mistake.

It is required that the students (should) learn a foreign language and the IT course.

It is proposed that the plan (should) be delayed.

My suggestion is that we (should) try to cut back on production and reduce the amount of things we make and buy.

Do you know the order that you (should) keep watch?

Don't handle the glass as if it were made of steel.

She talked about the novel as though she had really read it.

It looks as if it might rain.

It looks as if it is going to rain.

Even if he were here himself, he should not know what to do.

Even though I had been very busy then, I would have helped you.

If only I were younger.

If only she would listen to me carefully.

If only I had written his phone number.

Jack is a great talker. It's high time that he did something instead of just talking.

In my opinion, it is about time we had new computers.

It's high time that you should get a job and set up home.

What a pity! You missed the sightseeing, or we would have had a good time together.

The workers were not better organized, otherwise they would have accomplished the task in half the time.

The study of traditions should be combined with practice. Otherwise, the recreation of traditions would be artificial and empty, he said.

Learning your keen interest in Chinese culture, I suggest you (should) apply for Peking University, one of the best universities in China.

Were it not for the support of the teachers, the student could not overcome her difficulty.

Do you have Betty's phone number? Yes. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to reach her yesterday.

If the new safety system had been put to use, the accident would never have happened.

If it had not been for his invitation the other day, I should not be here now.

Had the governments and scientists not worked together, AIDS-related deaths wouldn't have fallen since their highest in 2005.

Why didn't you tell me about your trouble last week? If you had told me, I could have helped.

I was wearing a seatbelt. If I hadn't been wearing one, I would have been injured.

It is lucky we booked a room, or we would have nowhere to stay now.

Without his wartime experiences, Hemingway wouldn't have written his famous novel A Farewell to Arms.

If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. I wouldn't have believed it.

I wish I had been at my sister's wedding last Tuesday, but I was on a business trip in New York then.

Ellen is a fantastic dancer. I wish I danced as well as her.

It might have saved me some trouble had I known the schedule.

It might have saved me some trouble if I had known the schedule.

They were abroad during the months when we were carrying out the investigation, or they would have come to our help.

People are recycling many things which they would have thrown away in the past.

It was John who broke the window. Why are you talking to me as if I had done it?

I wish I were a bird and could fly freely in the blue sky.

Sorry, I am too busy now. If I had time, I would certainly go for an outing with you.

Grace doesn't want to move to New York because she thinks if she were to live there she wouldn't be able to see her parents very often.

We would have called a taxi yesterday if Tom hadn't picked us up.

My English teacher treats me as if I were his own child.

The committee rejected the suggestion that houses be built on this site.

If he had invited me to his birthday party yesterday, I would have come.

The match is on its way. We would put John's name on the race list but for his recent injury.

The doctor suggests that he be operated on at once.

I wish I could study in my dream university in four months.

I suggest that we tell them we want them to trust us as much as we'd like to trust them.

He speaks as if he were a witness.

If Li Lin had arrived earlier yesterday, I would have asked him not to do that.

I would have read the book last night, but I was busy then.

I would rather you told me the truth.

It was President Xi Jinping who visited the navy troops on April 19 and urged that naval force (should) be strengthened.

How come you have failed again? Were I you, I would have passed it the first time.

If I had devoted more energy to my study instead of being crazy about Internet games, I would be sitting in a comfortable office now.

Did you pass your driving test? Yes, otherwise I wouldn't drive to the picnic next month.

What happened to the young trees we planted last week? The trees would/could have grown well but I didn't water them.

You might feel as if you were in a fairy tale.

I was delighted and was about to accept her proposal when she suggested we first (should) go to the West Lake and walk along the Broken Bridge.

It is high time that you considered/should consider that if there were no stress in your life, you would achieve a little.

It seems that people are becoming more and more selfish. How much happier life would be if we were to return to the values of the past!

What a sunny day today! Yeah! But how I wish the sky were as blue and clear as it is today forever!

I would rather my daughter worked as a teacher but she prefers to be a doctor.

She would be much healthier now had she not burdened herself with that much pressure from work when young.

We often hear that children wish they were grown-ups, and that old people wish to be young.

The old lady insisted that the young man had stolen her wallet and that he (should) be sent to the police station.

My parents are talking about their school days as if they were back at school.

They should have arrived at lunchtime but their flight was delayed.

Sorry, I am too busy now. If I had time, I would certainly go for an outing with you.

If my car had been more reliable, I would have driven to Lhasa instead of flying last summer.

We could have faced the difficulty together, but why didn't you tell me?

Don't handle the vase as if it were made of steel.

We would have called a taxi yesterday if Harold hadn't offered us a ride home.

If we hadn't made adequate preparations, the conference wouldn't have been so successful.

We lost our way in that small village, otherwise we would have visited more places of interest yesterday.

Had they known what was coming next, they might have had second thoughts.

If they had known what was coming next, they might have had second thoughts.

Tom and Peter are twins. They look as if they were the same person. Both the two boys are smart, but Tom is hard-working while Peter is lazy. Tom always wins first place in the exams while Peter doesn't. How ever, people believe if Peter worked as hard as Tom, he would do as well as his brother in his study.

At home, their parents suggest that they (should) finish their homework before playing computer games. But Peter insists that it is OK to play games first as long as he can hand in his homework in time. Their mother gives in in the end.

One day, when doing his homework, Tom found he made a serious mistake. So he put his exercise book aside and used another one. When Peter found the previous exercise book, he struck out Tom's name and signed his name on its cover happily, and handed it in as his own homework the next day.

When the teacher told the truth to the twins' mother, she was very angry and shouted at Peter, "How I wish you were as diligent as your brother! Now it's time that I gave/should give you a good lesson. And you mustn't play any computer games for a month!"

"Oh, no! Mom. Without a computer for such a long time, I would die. I would rather you asked me to do the dishes for a month alone." Peter was upset.

"If you had finished your homework on time yesterday, you wouldn't be punished now," said the mother.

Where are the children? The dinner's going to be completely ruined. I wish they weren't always late.

Maybe if I had studied science, and not literature then, I would be able to give you more help.

I would have come sooner but I didn't know that they were waiting for me.

Sorry, Professor Smith. I didn't finish the assignment yesterday. Oh, you should have done it as yesterday was the deadline.

Pity you missed the lecture on nuclear pollution. I would have attended it, but I was busy preparing for a job interview.

I couldn't have gone through that bitter period without your generous help.

We would have put John's name on the race list yesterday but for his recent injury.

If he had followed my advice, he wouldn't have lost his job.

John went to the hospital alone. If he had told me about it, I would have gone with him.

George is going to talk about the geography of his country, but I'd rather he focused more on its culture.

If we had taken the other road, we might have arrived here in time for the meeting.

The weather has been very hot and dry. Yes. If it had rained even a drop, things would be much better now! And my vegetables wouldn't have died.

Had I known about this computer program, a huge amount of time and energy would have been saved.

If I had known about this computer program, a huge amount of time and energy would have been saved.

I left my handbag on the train, but luckily someone gave it to a railway official. How unbelievable to get it back! I mean, someone might have stolen it.

I'll tell Mary about her new job tomorrow. You should have told her last week.

But for the help of my English teacher, I would not have won the first prize in the English Writing Competition.

What a pity! Considering his ability and experience, he might have done better.

Eliza remembers everything exactly as if it happened yesterday.

He paid for a seat, when he could have entered free.

He did not regret saying what he did but felt that he could have expressed it differently.

This printer is of good quality. If it should break down within the first year, we would repair it at our expense.

Despite the fact that Lucy is a lovely girl, she can be extremely difficult to get along with sometimes.

If my mother had known I stayed up in the net bar last night, her heart would have been broken.

She did not take the advice that she shouldn't travel at rush hour, so she got lost.

It is unfair that so nice a person like Jenny should lose her job.

If I had said sorry to him yesterday, he wouldn't be angry now.

I picked up the book from a second-hand bookshop if you must know.

Attention, please! It's high time we started to work.

He speaks as if he had seen it with his own eyes.

When we reached the cinema, the film had still not begun, so we needn't have hurried.

Were it not for the clouds, you would find the airplane in the sky easily.

This woman has set a good example to her son, who is a really lucky guy.

Over the years, I have met some interesting people. Two of the most interesting people were two elderly sisters, Joan and Bernice, whose way of talking about people inspired me.

So we went inside a small shop, where I could clearly see sand on the floor and bought some food. I was happy that the sandstorm stopped afterwards and we finally returned to our factory, safe.

The shelter, which is designed for the thousands of traders and shoppers at Bangkok's night market, has become an attraction itself.

The old man turned his business over to his younger son, which made his elder son discouraged.

Water which/that is used for drinking must be clean.

Water, which is a clear liquid, has many uses.

He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.

Religion was very important in Greek life. Temples were the major buildings in Greek cities. The Greeks thought that 12 main gods lived on Mount Olympus, the highest mountain in Greece. One of these was Zeus, who was the chief god and father of the gods. The Greeks believed that the spirits of most people went to an underworld ruled by the god Hades, regardless of what the people had done in life. Greeks performed rituals to please the gods. Rituals are religious ceremonies. The Greek rituals combined prayers with gifts to the gods. The Greeks also held festivals to honor the gods and goddesses. Athletic games often took place at the festivals. All Greeks were invited to these games. The first games of this kind were held at the Olympic festival in 776 B.C..

The Greeks used Oracles to learn the will of the gods. An oracle was a sacred shrine where a god or goddess revealed the future through a priest or priestess. The most famous was the oracle of the god Apollo at Delphi. Many people traveled to Delphi to consult the oracle of Apollo.