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CONDITIONALS IN CONTEXT (PART III)

1. Read and complete with a suitable form, using a negative where necessary. The extinction of dinosaurs The dinosaurs probably became extinct after a giant asteroid hit the earth about 65 million years ago. But what 1)would have happened (happen) if this asteroid 2) (miss)! "cientists belie#e that in this case$ dinosaurs %) (continue) to dominate the &arth$ and that modern animals ') (probably exist). (nstead of elephants and lions and so on$ there 5) (be) different types of dinosaurs$ because the animals we ha#e now simply 6) (be able) to e#ol#e. "ome scientists ha#e e#en suggested that dinosaurs )) (de#elop) along the same lines as human beings. But the general #iew is that perhaps dinosaurs brains *) (grow) larger$ but if they +) (exist) today$ dinosaurs 1,) (change) #ery much in general$ and 11) (loo-) much the same. The prospects for human beings would not be so good$ howe#er. (f the asteroid 12) (collide) with The &arth$ there 1%) (probably be) any humans ali#e today. .hen the asteroid disaster wiped out the dinosaurs$ it ga#e mammals the ad#antage. .ithout that space collision$ mammals 1') (stand) much chance against the dominant dinosaur species. 2. Choose the right form of the verb.
1. (f you $ ( would ha#e brought my friends o#er to your house this e#ening to ha#e a party$ but ( didn/t want to bother you. 0. had studied B. studied 1. hadn/t been studying 2. didn/t study

2. .hen 3ete stopped tal-ing$ "te#e finished his sentence for him as though "te#e 3ete/s mind. 0. would read %. (f ( 0. am B. had read B. could be 1. reads 1. were 2. can read 2. had been you$ ( would re#ise all the material before the test tomorrow. into the library$ smile and say456ay ( help you!5 or 7.hat 1. would come 2. could come

'. (f someone would you li-e to read!5 0. comes

B. came

5. The world a better place if we had -nown a hundred years ago what we -now today about the &arth en#ironment. 0. will be B. was 1. should be 2. might be

6. 7 8ere is my phone number.5 7Than- you. (/ll gi#e you a call if ( 0. will need ). 70re we lost!5 7( thin- so. ( wish we 0. were bringing B. brought B. need

some help tomorrow. 1. would need a map with us today5. 1. had brought 2. would bring 2. needed

*. you$ (/d thin- twice about the decision. (t/s a great responsibility to conduct such experiments. 0. (f ( had been B. (f ( were 1. "hould be 2. (f ( am +. 7.as 6ary seriously in9ured in the automobile accident!5 7"he bro-e her leg. (t much worse if she hadn/t been wearing her seat belt.5 0. will be B. would ha#e been 1. was 2. were 1,. 7 (/m really sorry about what happened during the party. ( feel guilty.5 7(t/s :;. (/m sure you wouldn/t ha#e done it if you 5 0. should ha#e B. had to 1. hadn/t had to 2. ha#e to

3. Complete the sentences with a suitable form of the verb in brac ets. T!" "#RT! #$T"R !%&#'(.
(f all the people on &arth 1)disappeared (disappear) tomorrow$ nature 2) (begin) to reclaim the planet. <or a start$ if people no longer %) (populate) the atmosphere$ the air soon ') (become) clean again. (f there 5) (be) no people to maintain buildings$ they 6) (soon begin) to decay$ but more solid parts )) (ta-e) thousands of years to disappear. (f 6.5 billion humans no longer *) (compete) with other species on &arth$ most species +) (benefit). <or example$ if humans no longer 1,) (catch) fish$ the numbers of fish worldwide 11) (e#entually increase). 8owe#er$ if humans 12) (#anish) from the &arth$ endangered species of animals 1%) (not necessarily reco#er) as some are already too few in number. "ome endangered species 1') (ha#e) greater difficulty sur#i#ing if no humans 15) (ta-e) the trouble to protect them from other species. &#en if we no longer 16) (poison) the planet$ se#eral decades 1)) (go by) before all dangerous chemicals 1*) (disappear). 0nd e#en if the burning of fossil fuels 1+) (cease) tomorrow$ the oceans 2,) (not absorb)all the 1: in the atmosphere for thousands of years. (n the end$ though$ if alien #isitors 21) (land) on the &arth in 1,,$,,,years time$ they

22) here. )eys*

(find) no sighns that an ad#anced ci#ili=ation had e#er li#ed

1. 1. would have happened 2. had missed 3. would have continued 4.would probably not exist 5. would be 6. would not have been able 7. would have developed 8.would have rown !. existed 1". would not have chan ed 11. would loo# 12. had not collided 13. would probably not be 14. would not have stood

2. 1. $
2. % 3. $ 4. & 5. ' 3.

6. % 7. % 8. % !. % 1". $

1( disappeared 2( would be in 3( polluted 4( would soon become 5( were 6( would soon be in 7( would ta#e 8( competed !( would bene)it 1"( cau ht 11( would eventually increase vanished 12( would not necessarily recover 13( would have 14( too# 15( poisoned 16( would o by 17( disappeared 18( ceased 1!( would not absorb 2"( landed 21( would )ind

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