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If we recycle plastic bottles, we ______ less waste. (produce)
If we recycle plastic bottles, we will produce less waste.
If we will recycle paper, we will save trees.
If we recycle paper, we will save trees.
we / recycle paper / save trees
If we recycle paper, we will save trees.
If we throw rubbish into the river, ______ (the water / pollute).
If we throw rubbish into the river, the water will become polluted.
Make a First Conditional sentence about saving water.
Example: If we save water, we will have more water available in the future.
If people ______ rubbish into the sea, marine animals will be in danger. (throw)
If people throw rubbish into the sea, marine animals will be in danger.
If people throws rubbish everywhere, the streets will become dirty.
If people throw rubbish everywhere, the streets will become dirty.
people / waste water / have problems
If people waste water, they will have problems.
If people cut down too many trees, ______. (animals / lose / their homes)
If people cut down too many trees, animals will lose their homes.
Your school has too much rubbish. Predict what will happen if students don't clean it up.
If students don't clean it up, ________________.
If students don't clean it up, the school will become dirtier.
If we don't save water, we ______ enough water in the future. (not have)
If we don't save water, we will not/won't have enough water in the future.
If we will waste water, we have less water in the future.
If we waste water, we will have less water in the future.
we / clean up the beach / look cleaner
If we clean up the beach, it will look cleaner.
If everyone wastes electricity, ______. (we / use / too much energy)
If everyone wastes electricity, we will use too much energy.
Make a sentence using if + not about protecting the environment.
Example: If we don't recycle, we will produce more waste.
Plants ______ better if people clean up the garden. (grow)
Plants will grow better if people clean up the garden.
Animals lose their homes if people will cut down trees.
Animals will lose their homes if people cut down trees.
factories / pollute rivers / fish / die
If factories pollute rivers, fish will die.
If people don't recycle plastic, ______. (more plastic waste / end up / in landfills or the environment)
If people don't recycle plastic, more plastic waste will end up in landfills or the environment.
Your town has polluted rivers. Suggest an action and predict the result using the First Conditional.
If people stop throwing rubbish into rivers, the water will become cleaner.
If factories ______ the air, people will have more breathing problems. (pollute)
If factories pollute the air, people will have more breathing problems.
If students will reuse their bottles, they will produces less plastic waste.
If students reuse their bottles, they will produce less plastic waste.
people / reuse shopping bags / produce / less plastic waste
If people reuse shopping bags, they will produce less plastic waste.
If everyone in our school brings a reusable water bottle, ______. (we / reduce / the amount of plastic waste we produce)
If everyone in our school brings a reusable water bottle, we will reduce the amount of plastic waste we produce.
Create a First Conditional sentence about an environmental problem. It must include a negative verb in either clause.
If people don't reuse plastic bags, they will produce more plastic waste.