Name: …………………………………….. Date: ……/……/……
Class : ………… Number: ……….. Evaluation: ………….
If- CLAUSES and the environment
Complete these sentences. Remember what you have learned about the If-Clauses:
a) If global emissions aren’t reduced, huge areas of land (1-to be ) ………………..flooded and the world economy (2- to collapse ) …………………….. By 2050 up to one million species (3- to become) ……………………extinct due to the loss of natural habitats.
b) I ( to hear ) ……………………….Bush’s speech, if I had stayed in last night, but I went to the cinema and watched “The day after tomorrow”.
c) If you ( to listen ) ……………………………. to Tom and Judie’s conversation here last night , you
( find ) …………………………………………….out what they think about living in the country.
d) If I lived in a city”, he said, “ I ( to have )…………………………………….all the amenities at hand. Besides I like that feeling of not being isolated from the rest of the world. If I lived in the country, I ( to miss) ……………………… the hustle and bustle of the general day-to-day routine of a city.
e)If they use other forms of energy, …………………………………………………………..
f) If industrialised countries use most of the world’s energy, ……………………………..
g) If rich countries continue to squander( = spend) their money on fuel, ……………….
h) If people ( not / be ) ………………………..careless, they (not / pollute ) …………………………… .
i)Lots of animals ( perish) ………………………….., if we ( destroy ) ……………………….rainforests.
j) If we (want ) ……………………….to protect the remaining rainforests, we (give ) …………………..our support to organisations like WWF( World Wild Fund For Nature )
Answers:
a- will be will collapse will become
b-would have heard
c-had listened….would have found
d-would have… would miss
e- they will save a lot
f-the planet will be at risk
g-the air will be more and more polluted
h-weren’t…..wouldn’t pollute
i-will/ would perish……………destroy/ destroyed
j-want ….give
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