First Conditional

First conditional

What is it about?

We are talking about the future. We are thinking about a particular condition or situation in the future, and the result of this condition. There is a real possibility that this condition will happen. For example, it is morning. You are at home. You plan to play tennis this afternoon. But there are some clouds in the sky. Imagine that it rains. What will you do?

Notice that we are thinking about a future condition. It is not raining yet. But the sky is cloudy and you think that it could rain.

We use the Present Simple tense to talk about the possible future condition. We use will + base verb to talk about the possible future result. The important thing about the first conditional is that there is a real possibility that the condition will happen. Here are some more examples (do you remember the two basic structures: [if condition result] and [result if condition]?):

Let's analyze the following examples:

• If it rains, I won't go to the park.
• If I study today, I'll go to the party tonight.
• If I have enough money, I'll buy some new shoes.
• She'll be late if the train is delayed.
• She'll miss the bus if she doesn't leave soon.
• If I see her, I'll tell her.

Activity:

Do the following activities with your teacher. You can use them too if you want to practice or to study. 1. https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/first-conditional-exercise-1.html 2.https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/First_conditional/First_conditional_pk180qg

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