Complete the sentences with the first or second conditional form of these verbs.
verbs: suffer grow recycle not protect act not protest buy be.
if you recycle your glass, plastic and paper, you'll help the environment.
1. you greener products if they were cheaper?
2. if terrible floods happen every year, the economy
3. if people gm crops, they wouldn't suffer from famines.
4. people about cloning if they realized that it already existsin nature.
5. if world leaders now, we will start to solve these problems.
6. if we our environment, global warming will continue.
7. if people recycled more, there lesss pollution?
- In this sentence, we are using the second conditional form of the verb "buy" because we are talking about a hypothetical situation ("if they were cheaper") that is unlikely to happen.
2. if terrible floods happen every year, the economy will suffer.
- In this sentence, we are using the first conditional form of the verb "suffer" because we are talking about a possible or likely future event ("if terrible floods happen every year").
3. If people grew gm crops, they wouldn't suffer from famines.
- In this sentence, we are using the second conditional form of the verb "suffer" because we are talking about a hypothetical situation ("if people grew gm crops") that is unlikely to happen.
4. People wouldn't protest about cloning if they realized that it already exists in nature.
- In this sentence, we are using the second conditional form of the verb "protest" because we are talking about a hypothetical situation ("if they realized that it already exists in nature") that is unlikely to happen.
5. If world leaders act now, we will start to solve these problems.
- In this sentence, we are using the first conditional form of the verb "act" because we are talking about a possible or likely future event ("if world leaders act now").
6. If we don't protect our environment, global warming will continue.
- In this sentence, we are using the first conditional form of the verb "protect" in the negative form ("don't protect") because we are talking about a possible or likely future event ("if we don't protect our environment").
7. If people recycle more, there would be less pollution.
- In this sentence, we are using the second conditional form of the verb "be" because we are talking about a hypothetical situation ("if people recycle more") that is unlikely to happen.