Middle School

12 Read. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses.

Saturn has always been a fascinating planet. At about 1.2 billion km (746 million mi.)

from Earth, it was the most distant of the worlds recognized by ancient sky watchers.

If they

(study) it the way we are able to today, they

(be) amazed. They

(find) that its

rings consisted of billions of icy particles. They

(discover) that

these rings are extremely thin-only 10 m (33 ft.) thick. And they

(learn) that some of the planet's small moons play an important part in controlling the

orbits and spacing of the rings. If you

(study) Saturn's moons

today, you

(observe) that some of its 62 moons orbit in

opposite directions. You

(see) that some moons even exchange

orbits. Most importantly you

(learn that two of the moons

have the potential for life!

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12 Read Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses Saturn has always been a fascinating planet At about 1 2

Answer :

Final answer:

The sentences should be completed with the correct past conditional and present simple verb forms to describe what ancient sky watchers could have discovered about Saturn and what we can observe today.

Explanation:

Saturn has always been a fascinating planet. If ancient sky watchers (had studied) it the way we are able to today, they (would have been) amazed. They (would have found) that its rings consisted of billions of icy particles. They (would have discovered) that these rings are extremely thin-only 10 m (33 ft.) thick. And they (would have learned) that some of the planet's small moons play an important part in controlling the orbits and spacing of the rings. If you (study) Saturn's moons today, you (can observe) that some of its 62 moons orbit in opposite directions. You (can see) that some moons even exchange orbits. Most importantly you (can learn) that two of the moons have the potential for life!

Answer:

1. 746 million miles away (?)

2. studied

3. would be/will be

4. found

5. discovered

6. learned

7. would study/studied

8. would observe

9. would see

10. would see

11. would learn

Explanation:

Not sure what's about the how thick/numbered verbs.