A quick climate quiz
Read each sentence. Say: Zero, First, or Second Conditional.
- If people recycle, they reduce waste.
- If it rains tomorrow, we will cancel the beach clean-up.
- If I lived near the sea, I would worry about rising water levels.
- If factories burn coal, they produce carbon dioxide.
- If we use public transport, we will create less pollution.
- If governments invested more in solar power, energy would be cleaner.
- If the temperature rises, ice melts.
- If you leave the lights on tonight, you will waste electricity.
Choose the right pattern
Meaning | If-clause | Result clause |
|---|---|---|
General truth | if + present simple | present simple |
Real future possibility | if + present simple | will + base verb |
Unreal present or future idea | if + past simple | would + base verb |
If climate change gets worse, sea levels rise.
If the flood continues tomorrow, people will need help.
If I had a bigger garden, I would plant more trees.
Connect meaning and form
Match each situation with the best conditional type.
Connect each situation with its conditional type
- A general fact about water and temperature
- Zero Conditional
- A possible result of tomorrow's storm
- First Conditional
- An imaginary solution to pollution now
- Second Conditional
Connect the patterns
Match each pattern with its meaning.
Connect each verb pattern with its meaning
- if + present, present
- General truth
- if + present, will + base verb
- Real future possibility
- if + past, would + base verb
- Unreal present or future idea
Connect the environmental examples
Match each sentence beginning with its ending.
Connect the sentence beginnings and endings
- If people do not recycle,
- more rubbish goes to landfill.
- If it is sunny tomorrow,
- we will walk to school.
- If I had more money,
- I would buy an electric car.
Complete each environmental sentence
Choose the verb form that fits the meaning and pattern.
- If people [___] , more rubbish goes to landfill.
- If it [___] sunny tomorrow, we will walk to school.
- If I [___] more money, I would buy an electric car.
- If you turn off unused devices, you [___] energy.
- If the city [___] more cycle lanes, people would use bikes more often.
Check the forms in context
Decide whether each statement is correct
Select the accurate verb form
- If factories [___] coal, they produce carbon dioxide.
- If the drought continues, farmers [___] more water.
- If we [___] more renewable energy, our cities would be cleaner.
- If you recycle, you [___] your carbon footprint.
Final climate challenge
Retrieve the conditional type
Match each sentence with its label.
Connect each sentence with the correct conditional label
- If we waste water, rivers become polluted.
- Zero Conditional
- If you take the bus tomorrow, you will reduce your carbon footprint.
- First Conditional
- If I owned a garden, I would grow vegetables.
- Second Conditional
- If temperatures rise, glaciers melt.
- Zero Conditional
- If governments act now, they will limit some climate damage.
- First Conditional
Key points
Conditional | Main meaning | Pattern |
|---|---|---|
Zero | general truth | if + present, present |
First | real future possibility | if + present, will + verb |
Second | unreal present/future idea | if + past, would + verb |
Choose the meaning first. Then check the two verb forms.


