FIRST CONDITIONAL

FIRST CONDITIONAL

1. FUNTION

   • It's used to talk about things which might happen in the future. Of course, we can't know what will happen in the future, but this describes possible things, which could easily come true.

2. GRAMMAR

   • AFFIRMATIVE FORM
     • SUBJECT + WILL/CAN/MAY + VERB SIMPL FORM+ COMPLEMENT+ IF+ SUBJECT+ VERB PRESENT+ COMPLEMENT
   • NEGATIVE FORM
     • SUBJECT+WONT/CANT/MAY NOT/ + VERB SIMPLE FORM+COMPLEMENT+IF+SUBJECT+VERB PRESENT+COMPLEMENTE
   • INTERROGATIVE FORM
     • WILL/CAN/MAY + SUBJECT+ VERB SIMPLE FORM+COMPLEMENT+IF+SUBJECT+VERB PRESENT+ COMPLEMENT?

3. EXAMPLES

   • +) WE WILL MAKE A PARTY IF WE GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE THIS YEAR
   • -) SHEILA WONT GO TO EUROPE NEXT SUMMER IF SHE DOESNT HAVE ENOUGH -) WE WONT MAKE A PARTY IF WE DONT GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE THIS YEAR
   • ?) WILL YOU MAKE A PARTY IF YOU GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE THIS YEAR?

4. NOTES

   • The first conditional has the present simple after 'if', then the future simple in the other clause