Our World, traffic problems
English in Mind, pages 28-31
Grammar: will/won’t, might/might not, may/ may not
First conditional
a. Look at the photos and the title. How is Paris trying to solve it’s traffic problems ? Read the text and check your ideas.
b. Read the text again and listen. Match the two parts of the sentences.
1. In 2007, politicians in Paris — started a scheme to reduce pollution in the city.
2. People only have to pay — if they use the bike for more half an hour.
3. At more than 1,450 bicycle stations, — might help to make the air in Paris cleaner.
4. Some people — still use cars to travel across the city.
5. Politicians think the Velib scheme — the problem of pollution will get bigger.
6. If we don’t change the situation — people can take bikes and leave them
c. Discuss in groups.
1. What do you think of the idea of bicycle schemes for big cities?
2. Are there any schemes to reduce pollution in your city / town ?
a. What do the underlined words from the text on page 26 mean?
( paragraph 1 )
1. Lots of cars, lots of traffic jams and lots of pollution from exhaust fumes.
( paragraph 2 )
2. It might reduce pollution levels in the atmosphere.
3 Factory fumes.
4. Global warming and dramatic climate changes.
5. Rainforests are disappearing.
6. Temperatures will continue to rise.
7. The problems in our environment will get worse.
b. Match the words with the pictures. Write 1 — 6 in the boxes. Then listen, check and repeat.
1 Recycling — D.
2 litter — E.
3 Pollution — A.
4 factory fumes — C.
5 Rainforests — F.
6 rubbish — B.
c. Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box.
Waste drop clean up recycle pick up cut down pollute.
1. Don’t drop litter. Someone has to clean up it pollute !
2. We will recycle your empty bottles. Leave them here.
3. Water is important, so don’t pollute it.
4. Every year, people have to waste thousands of tonnes of oil from beaches.
5. Factories and power stations pick up the air we breathe and our water.
6. Every year, companies 78 million acres of rainforest, an area larger than Poland.
b. Complete the sentences. Use will, ‘ll, or won’t and the verbs.
1. Great ! The weather man on TV says it will be ( be ) sunny tomorrow.
2. Do you think people in the future will travel ( travel ) to other planets like Mars ?
3. What time will we arrive ( arrive ) in New York tomorrow, do you think ?
4. I love those trainers ! When I get my pocket money next week, I think I ‘ll buy ( buy ) them.
5. Please can you help me with my homework ? I promise it won’t ( take ) very long.
c. Complete the sentences. Use might or might not and the verbs.
1. Don’t give that ice cream to the cat ! It might be ( be ) sick !
A : Where’s Alicia ?
2.
B : I’m not sure. I think she might be ( be ) at her piano lesson.
3. I don’t know if this book is a good present for my brother. He might not like ( like ) it.
4. Don’t put that glass here ! Someone might break ( break ) it.
5. I’m worried about my maths test tomorrow. I ??? ( pass ) it.
6. In the future, people will probably travel in space and they might live ( live ) on other planets.
7. I feel awful. I think I might have ( have ) flu.
b. Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of the verbs.
1. If I fail ( fail ) the exam, I ‘ll take ( take ) it again.
2. If there are ( be ) more cars on the road in the future, there will be ( be ) more pollution.
3. If you see ( see ) Jane, will you give ( give ) her my message ?
4. If pollution increases ( increase ) , more plants and animals will die ( die ).
5. I won’t tell ( not tell ) you my secret if you don’t come ( not come ) to Mark’s party with me.
6. My parents will be ( be ) really angry if they see ( see ) my bedroom !
c. Complete the questions. Use the correct form of the verbs.
1. What will you do ( do ) if the weather is ( be ) nice this weekend?
2. Where will you go ( go ) if you go ( go ) out this weekend?
3. What will you buy ( buy ) if you go ( go ) shopping this weekend?
4. If you don’t go ( not go ) out this evening, what will you do ( do ) ?
5. If your teacher doesn’t give ( not give ) you any homework today, what will you do ( do ) ?
6. If you phone ( phone ) a friend tonight, what will you talk about ( talk about ) ?
e. Make sentences about the pictures. Use if + will / won’t, might ( not ) or may ( not ).
- 1. If the girl doesn’t run, she might not catch the bus. or she won’t catch the bus if she doesn’t run.
2. If he had friends, he would not be alone or would play with them.
3. If she took off her headphones she would hear him.
4. If they watched the weather, they wouldn’t be standing in the rain.
5. If she doesn’t removed hands, she won’t be falling.
g. Match the two parts of the sentences.
1. Unless we leave now, we’ll be late — D.
2, We won’t understand unless our teacher explains — E.
3. I won’t have any money unless my dad gives me some — A.
4. Unless he studies harder, he’ll fail his exams — B.
5. Nobody will know our secret unless you tell someone.
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