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MAKING PREDICTIONS ABOUT FUTURE

NATURAL FORCES GRAMMAR – 1

Exercise 1 Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the future tense.

1. Julia : Do you think _____________ the rainforests be disappeared in the future?
Michelle : No, they _____________. Because we will stop cutting down trees.

2. All the natural resources _____________ (run) out one day because we are using them irresponsibly.
3. Teresa thinks there _____________ (be) serious droughts in the future because we will stop wasting water.

4. I think we _____________ (have) a polluted air in the future because factories release harmful gases into the atmosphere.
5. According to the last studies, agricultural products _____________ (decrease) this year because of the climate change.

Exercise 2 Circle the correct choice in each sentence.

1. I think there will be more erosions and floods in the future otherwise / because we destroy forests.

2. Elia : I think people will migrate to another planet because / so living in the world will become impossible.
Teresa : To me, we should pay more attention to be eco-friendly otherwise / and we won’t have a planet for living.

3. Plastic remains in nature for thousands of years because / so we should use paper bags instead of plastic bags.
4. Nearly %60 of the Amazon forests will disappear by 2030 so / because people cause enormous destructions in this
area.
5. Animals and plants can’t adapt the climate change and / because most of the species are becoming extinct.

6. Trees provide oxygen for us. We can’t live without oxygen but / because we don’t stop cutting down trees.
So / Because we will bring the end of the world.

Exercise 3 Fill in the blanks with ‘otherwise, but, and, because, so’.

1. There will be serious droughts in the future _______________ schools should educate students.
2. Ahmet says he is eco-friendly _______________ he always throws his trash to the environment.

3. We should use renewable energy resources _______________ all the natural sources will run out one day.
4. They looked for the survivors of the flood for hours _______________ they couldn’t find any of them for a long time.
5. The number of forests is decreasing day by day _______________ we don’t recycle papers and we cut down trees.

6. My parents and I live in an earthquake zone _______________ our emergency earthquake kit is always ready.

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