What will happen if …?

First conditional

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First conditional

If clause Main clause

If you throw a If I pass my driving test,
plastic bottle into If I don’t pass my driving test,
a river, it will If you pass your driving test,
float out into Main clause
the ocean.
My mom will be happy
My mom won’t be happy
Will your mom be happy
my mom will be happy.
my mom won’t be happy.
will your mom be happy?
If clause
if I pass my driving test.
if I don’t pass my driving test.
if you pass your driving test?

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We use the first conditional to talk about
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future situations that the speaker thinks are If we don’t hurry up, we’ll miss the train.
probable.
You’ll get into a good college if you
If she leaves before ten o’clock, she’ll catch
study hard.
the bus.
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First conditional

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses.
Use short forms.

’ll go
If it snows tomorrow, we ___________ (go) to the movies.
won’t win
1 I ___________ (not win) the talent show if I don’t practice.
won’t get up (not get up) if she doesn’t set her alarm.
2 Lisa ___________
Will
3 ______ travel (travel) to Chile if you save enough money?
you ______
finishes
4 Andre will be happy if he ___________ (finish) his project on time.
iron
5 If you ___________ (iron) all the clothes, I will cook dinner.
’ll be
6 If they play videos games all night, they ___________ (be) too tired
for school.
will improve (improve) if you do 30 minutes of exercise every day.
7 Your health ___________
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First conditional

Write first conditional sentences. Use short forms.

it / be / a nice day / tomorrow / we / go / to the beach

If it’s a nice day tomorrow, we’ll go to the beach
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1 I / move / to Italy / I / learn / Italian
If I move to Italy, I’ll learn Italian
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2 I / see / Corey / I / tell / him / about the party
If I see Corey, I’ll tell him about the party
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3 Nick / ask / Mary / to marry him / she / say / “yes”
If Nick asks Mary to marry him, she’ll say “yes”
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4 the children / stay up / late / they / be / tired
If the children stay up late, they’ll be tired
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5 I / have / time / I / visit / the Metropolitan Museum / when / I / be / in New York
If I have time, I’ll visit the Metropolitan Museum when I’m in New York
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