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

Name: …………………………………….. Date: ……/……/……

Class : ………… Number: ……….. Evaluation: ………….

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