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Not many people use the local bus service because it is too expensive. CHEAPER If the local bus service ___________________________ it.
was/were cheaper, more people would use
She couldn’t go to the party because she was ill. BEEN If ___________________________ ill, she could have gone to the party.
she hadn’t/had not been
The report concluded that the more remote communities lacked adequate health facilities. TOTALLY The report concluded that health facilities in the more remote communities ___________________________ .
were totally inadequate
I didn’t make up the spare room because I didn’t know you were visiting. MADE I ___________________________ the spare room if I’d known you were visiting.
’d/would have made up
The satnav doesn’t work, which is why we are lost. BE If the satnav ___________________________ lost.
5 worked, we wouldn’t be
He doesn’t know anything about computers, so he wasn’t able to fix my laptop when it broke. MIGHTHe ___________________________ to fix my laptop when it broke if he had known anything about computers.
might have been able
The doctor told me that my injuries would take a long time to fully heal. PAINFULLY I understood from my doctor that my recovery would ___________________________ .
be painfully slow
In our modern world, there is a great concern about the (1) __________ of the rainforests and DESTROY its impact on our global climate
destruction
It's important to limit carbon (2) __________ effectively and seek viable EMIT alternatives to fossil fuels and a multitude of other issues, such as the safe (3) __________ of DISPOSE toxic waste materials
emissions disposal
. The good news, though, is that whilst the human race has become (7) __________ dependent on fossil fuels, for example, research and EXCESS development into viable alternative energy sources is gaining momentum
excessively
We should remember, however, that there are not always alternatives to the resources we use and that, in the future, a (8) __________ of SCARCE drinking water may well expose our vulnerability.
scarcity
eliminate wastage through the (1) using up/taking up of all paints and materials that are (2) surplus/leftover to requirements has (3) triggered/empowered a debate on efficiency and government spending
using up/ leftover/ triggered
