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עמוד:32
4 Which of the phrases in the box can be used to complete the statements below ? Write the completed statements in your notebook using the correct form of the Third Conditional . . .. ( buy ) a more fuel-efficient car .. . more ecosystems ( be ) saved .. . the residents of the city ( have ) a clean place to swim . .. ( pay ) so much to heat the house last winter .. . the residents ( need ) to find another landfill site ... the city ( build ) the highway near the school If people had been more concerned about the environment years ago , .... If our eco-action group had not protested the new road construction , .... If we had installed gas heating instead of electric heating , .... If the lake had not been contaminated with toxic chemicals , .... the city council had not passed the recycling law , .... If it had been up to me , .... Example : a . If p eople had been more concerned about the environment years aqo , more ecoeyeteme would have been eaved . > Read the following paragraph and , in your notebook , complete the sentences below using the Third Conditional . In November 2002 , the oil tanker , the Prestige , split in two off the coast of northwest Spain . It was carrying about 20 million gallons of heavy fuel oil . The oil spill destroyed wildlife along the coast . The prime minister of Spain called it the worst ecological disaster that Spain had ever suffered . Experts say that there were several reasons for the accident . The tanker was old and not in good condition . After several days of bad weather , strong winds made a 150-centimeter hole in the side of the tanker . It began taking in water through the hole . This caused the tanker to break in two and sink in the Atlantic Ocean . aIf the weather had not been bad , .... If the tanker had been newer , .... If the tanker had been in better condition , If the winds had not been so strong , .... If the hole in the tanker had been smaller , . If the tanker had not broken in two , ....
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