First Conditional

First Conditional

1. The First Conditional is used to express actions or situations that are likely to happen in the future.

   • EXAMPLE: -If I have enough happiness, I will be happy ever after!

2. ANOTHER EXAMPLE: - If I call Daniel, he will be really happy.

   • - If you give her some love, she will love you back.
     • -If we tell our parents we want it, they will give it to us.
       • -If they don’t hurry, they will miss the bus.

3. If + Simple Present + Simple Future

4. The first conditional structure isn’t rigid because it can vary depending on the sentence. The “if” clause can appear or not in the beginning of the sentence.

   • EXAMPLE: -If I see Park, I will hug him!
   • If Clause + Main Clause
   • Main Clause + If Clause
     • -I will hug Park, if I see him.

5. When we use the Simple Future to form the First Conditional it doesn’t mean that we will just use the “will” to represent the future. We can use the “going to” as well as “will”, and also some modal verbs such as “can”, “may” and “must”.

   • EXAMPLE: -If I see her, I'm going to tell her exactly how I feel.
     • -If you go to Paris, you must see the Eiffel Tower.
       • -If she comes, we can talk about it with her.
         • -If we ask you about the exercise, you may be able to help us.