first conditional
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Diana L. Portillo
October 2014
First conditional
*First clause:
If + subject + verb in present,
* Second clause:
subject + will + base form verb
*A possible
future situation
and its
consequence.
*If I find you, I´ll
kill you.
*It expresses
real situations:
*If you don´t
apologize, you´ll
regret later.
If
- I´ll come if you
like. (No comma).
- If you like, I´ll
come.
- If you miss the bus, take a taxi.
- If you miss the bus, you can get a taxi.
She won´t be
angry if you tell
her the truth.
What will you do
if it rains?
If it rains, I´ll …
What will you do
if it rains?
If it rains, I´ll …
Any present tense can be used in the if clause (simple, continuous or perfect) and any future form (will, going to, future perfect, future continuous).
*If you´re not going,
I´m not going to go
either.
*
*Capel, Annette and Sharp, Wendy. (2013).
Objective Proficiency. Cambridge, UK:
Cambridge University Press.
*Oxenden, Clive and Latham-Koenig, Christina.
(1997). American English File 2. New York,
USA: Oxford University Press.
*Oxenden, Clive and Latham-Koenig Christina.
(2009). New English File Upper-intermediate
students. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
