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Class : Number: .. Evaluation: .

If- CLAUSES and the

environment
Complete these sentences. Remember what you have learned
about the If-Clauses:
a) If global emissions arent 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 ) .Bushs 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 Judies 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-today routine of a city.
e)If they use other forms of energy, ..
f) If industrialised countries use most of the worlds 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-werent..wouldnt pollute
i-will/ would perishdestroy/ destroyed
j-want .give