FIRST CONDITIONAL

WE USE THE FIRST CONDITIONAL TO TALK ABOUT FUTURE EVENTS THAT ARE PROBABLY OR LIKELY
TO HAPPEN.

WE USE WILL FOR EVENTS THAT ARE MORE PROBABLE.

(IF YOU WANT TO BE AN ACCOUNT, YOU WILL NEED TO STUDY HARD.)

WE USE COULD, MIGHT AND MAY FOR EVENTS THAT ARE LESS PROBABLE.

(IF YOU DON´T PREPARE FOR THE INTERVIEW, YOU MIGHT NOT GET THE JOB)

(IF SHE DOESN’T PREPARE FOR THE INTERVIEW, SHE MIGHT NOT GET THE JOB)

WE USE CAN FOR ABILITY.

(IF YOU TAKE LESSONS FOR DANCING, YOU CAN DANCE)

WE USE SHOULD TO GIVE ADVICE.

(IF YOU WANT TO TRAVEL IN YOUR JOB, YOU SHOULD STUDY ENGLISH)

NOTE: EITHER THE IF CLAUSE OR THE MAIN CLAUSE CAN COME FIRST IN THE SENTENCE.

WHEN THE IF CLAUSE COME FIRST, WE SEPARETE IT FROM THE MAIN CLAUSE WITH A COMMA.

EXAMPLE: IF I PREPARE FOR THE INTERVIEW, I MIGHT GET THE JOB

I MIGHT GET THE JOB IF I PREPARE FOR THE INTERVIEW.

IF CLAUSE MAIN CLAUSE

IF+SUBJECT+SIMPLE SUBJECT+WILL/CAN/COULD/SHOULD/MIGHT/MAY+VERB
PRESENT+complement SIMPLE FORM

IF YOU WANT TO BE AN ACCOUNTANT, YOU WILL/WON’T NEED TO STUDY HARD.

IF YOU DON’T PREPARE FOR THE INTERVIEW, YOU MIGHT/ MIGHT NOT GET THE JOB.
IF JOHN GETS A JOB IN AN OFFICE, HE WILL NEED TO BUY SOME FORMAL
CLOTHES
IF YOU WANT TO TRAVEL IN YOUR JOB, YOU SHOULD/SHOULDN’T STUDY ENGLISH.

NOTE: WE CAN WORK THE FIRST CONDITIONAL IN AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE FORM.

IN SIMPLE PRESENT= DON’T/DOESN’T (IF CLAUSE)

IN FUTURE= WON’T/MIGHT NOT/COULDN’T/SHOULDN’T (MAIN CLAUSE) #1

IF YOU STUDY FOR THE EXAM, YOU WILL PASS THE SUBJECT.

YOU WILL PASS THE SUBJECT IF YOU STUDY FOR THE EXAM.

IF SHE STUDIES FOR THE EXAM, SHE WILL PASS THE SUBJECT.

SHE WILL PASS THE SUBJECT IF SHE STUDIES FOR THE EXAM.

IF YOU PAY ATTENTION TO CLASS, YOU WILL LEARN SOMETHING.

IF HE PAYS ATTENTION TO CLASS, SHE WILL LEARN SOMETHING.

IF YOU TRAIN HARD, YOU WILL WIN THE MATCH.

IF HE TRAINS HARD, HE WILL WIN THE MATCH.

if condition result
  Present Simple will + base verb
If it rains, I will stay at home.
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.

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