If current environmental practices continue, several negative consequences will likely occur. Pollution will destroy wildlife habitats if not reduced. Chemical dumping will make rivers unsafe for swimming. Continued deforestation will endanger the oxygen supply. The Earth's resources will be depleted and population growth continues unabated. The ozone layer hole will expand if aerosol and CFC use persists. Rising global temperatures from trapped solar radiation will increase sea levels. Fresh water shortages could develop if water usage remains irrational. Individuals must change wasteful habits to help the planet.
If current environmental practices continue, several negative consequences will likely occur. Pollution will destroy wildlife habitats if not reduced. Chemical dumping will make rivers unsafe for swimming. Continued deforestation will endanger the oxygen supply. The Earth's resources will be depleted and population growth continues unabated. The ozone layer hole will expand if aerosol and CFC use persists. Rising global temperatures from trapped solar radiation will increase sea levels. Fresh water shortages could develop if water usage remains irrational. Individuals must change wasteful habits to help the planet.
If current environmental practices continue, several negative consequences will likely occur. Pollution will destroy wildlife habitats if not reduced. Chemical dumping will make rivers unsafe for swimming. Continued deforestation will endanger the oxygen supply. The Earth's resources will be depleted and population growth continues unabated. The ozone layer hole will expand if aerosol and CFC use persists. Rising global temperatures from trapped solar radiation will increase sea levels. Fresh water shortages could develop if water usage remains irrational. Individuals must change wasteful habits to help the planet.
1. Many wildlife habitats will be destroyed if man
_____________________ (keep) polluting the environment. 2. If we dump all sorts of chemicals into rivers, we _______________ (not be able to) swim in them in the future. 3. If we __________________ (not stop) cutting down so many To talk about situations that will trees, we ___________________ (endanger) our oxygen supply. 4. Soon the Earth’s resources will be exhausted if the possibly or probably happen in the human population ____________________ (continue) to grow. future. 5. If everybody continues to use aerosols and CFCs, the Example hole in the ozone layer ______________________ (get) bigger. If I study harder, I will pass my exams easily. 6. If the sun radiation can’t escape into space, Earth’s (It’s very likely that this may happen) temperature _____________________ (increase) steadily. 7. If the global temperature ______________________ (rise), sea levels __________________ (rise) too. IF–CLAUSE + SIMPLE PRESENT 8. We’ll threaten our own existence if we _________________ go /goes / don’t go / doesn’t go (not cut down) on waste rapidly. 9. People ____________________ (run out of) drinking water one day if they _______________ (not use) it more rationally. MAIN CLAUSE + FUTURE SIMPLE 10. If he ____________________ (want) to help the planet, will + infinitive then he __________________ (have to) change his habits.
Complete the blanks with the verbs in brackets:
1. If people _______________________ (not be) so careless, Earth wouldn’t be in danger. 2. The amount of waste ______________________ (decrease) if people started to buy reusable packages. 3. Many fish wouldn’t die if factories _____________________ To talk about hypothetical, unreal or (not dump) so many chemicals into rivers and oceans. impossible situations in the present. 4. If people _____________________ (buy) more recycled paper, there wouldn’t be so much waste. Example 5. _________________________ (you take) these bottles to the If I studied harder, I would pass my exams. bottle bank if I asked you to? (But I don’t do it - I’m just imagining this) 6. If people really ____________________ (not care) about the If I were you, I would study more. environment, they ____________________ (not try) to save it. (Here we are giving some advice) 7. If Paul __________________ (think) more about the planet, he wouldn’t waste so much water. 8. We ________________________ (be) less worried if oil spills IF–CLAUSE + SIMPLE PAST _____________________ (not have) such destructive effects. went / didn’t go 9. If we consumed less, we ____________________ (produce) less waste material. 10. If we ___________________ (destroy) the ozone layer, MAIN CLAUSE + CONDITIONAL nothing ______________________ (save) us from the UV rays. would + infinitive