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Page 1: IF CLAUSE. If Clause Use an if clause to describe Condition/Result If clause is the condition Main clause is the result. If I like a reporter, I read

IF CLAUSE

Page 2: IF CLAUSE. If Clause Use an if clause to describe Condition/Result If clause is the condition Main clause is the result. If I like a reporter, I read

If Clause

Use an if clause to describe Condition/Result

If clause is the condition

Main clause is the result.

If I like a reporter, I read her article.

If Clause(condition) Main Clause(result)

Page 3: IF CLAUSE. If Clause Use an if clause to describe Condition/Result If clause is the condition Main clause is the result. If I like a reporter, I read

Forming Present Real Conditionals(Type 0)

Use;

If Clause + Simple Present, Main clause + Simple Present

If I have time in the morning, I read the newspaper.

Page 4: IF CLAUSE. If Clause Use an if clause to describe Condition/Result If clause is the condition Main clause is the result. If I like a reporter, I read

You can use when or whenever in the if clause. The meaning is the same.

When/Whenever/If you trust people, you tend to believe them.

Page 5: IF CLAUSE. If Clause Use an if clause to describe Condition/Result If clause is the condition Main clause is the result. If I like a reporter, I read

You can put the if clause or the main clause first, but the punctuation is different.

If you control the media, you control public opinion

(comma)

You control public opinion if you control the media.

(no comma)

Page 6: IF CLAUSE. If Clause Use an if clause to describe Condition/Result If clause is the condition Main clause is the result. If I like a reporter, I read

You can use conditionals questions but use question order only in main clause.

If you see something on the news, do you always believe it?

Page 7: IF CLAUSE. If Clause Use an if clause to describe Condition/Result If clause is the condition Main clause is the result. If I like a reporter, I read

Using Present Real Conditionals

Use a present real conditional(Type zero) to describe:

• Facts and general truths

If a website is popular, people talk about it.

• Habits and routines

I always read the news online if I wake up early.

Page 8: IF CLAUSE. If Clause Use an if clause to describe Condition/Result If clause is the condition Main clause is the result. If I like a reporter, I read

Forming Future Real Conditionals(Type 1)

Use;

If Clause + Simple Present, Main Clause + Future

If you arrive early tomorrow at the debate, you will get a good seat.

Page 9: IF CLAUSE. If Clause Use an if clause to describe Condition/Result If clause is the condition Main clause is the result. If I like a reporter, I read

Using Future Real Conditionals(Type 1)

Use future real conditionals to describe:

• Plans

If traditional media don’t cover the debate tonight, I’ll read a blog about it.

• Predictions

If you read this article, you won’t be disappointed.

Page 10: IF CLAUSE. If Clause Use an if clause to describe Condition/Result If clause is the condition Main clause is the result. If I like a reporter, I read

Use even if when you believe the result will not change.

Even if means “whether or not”

Some people will believe the news even if it isn’t true.

(The news may or may not be true. Some people will believe it either way.)

Page 11: IF CLAUSE. If Clause Use an if clause to describe Condition/Result If clause is the condition Main clause is the result. If I like a reporter, I read

Use unless to state a negative condition more strongly.

It often has the same meaning with “If…not”

Unless a reporter interviews many people, she won’t find out the truth.

=

If a reporter does not interview many people, she won’t find out the truth.

Page 12: IF CLAUSE. If Clause Use an if clause to describe Condition/Result If clause is the condition Main clause is the result. If I like a reporter, I read

Real conditionals with Modals,

Modal-like Expressions, and

Imperativeso In present and future real conditionals you can use

If + Present Simple , Main Clause + Simple Modal/ Future Modal/Modal-like Expression.

If you are planning to vote, you have to register.

She might learn more about politics if she subscribes to that political magazine.

Page 13: IF CLAUSE. If Clause Use an if clause to describe Condition/Result If clause is the condition Main clause is the result. If I like a reporter, I read

In present and future real conditionals(zero/one), you can use

If + Present Simple , Main Clause + Imperative

If you are at home tonight at 7:00 p.m., watch the president’s speech.