If-sentences (first conditional)

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First Conditional? What does condition mean?

First Conditional

- main clause and if-clause

- comma

- situations which are very likely to happen in the future 

First conditional

If - sentences (first conditional)

If you study well,

you will pass the test. 

voorwaarde

waarschijnlijk gevolg

* "If-clause

* here, always use the present simple

If - sentences (first conditional)

If you study well,

you will pass the test. 

voorwaarde

waarschijnlijk gevolg

* main clause will + infinitive

Here: will pass

If - sentences (first conditional)

If you study well,

you will pass the test. 

voorwaarde

waarschijnlijk gevolg

If - sentences (first conditional)

Remember: if en 'will' makes the teacher ill

If you will study well, you will pass the test.

i f + present simple If you study well,	will + ww. you will pass the test.
will + ww. You will pass the test,	if + present simple if you study well

If - sentences (first conditional)

Sometimes you use 'unless' in first conditional sentences. It is the opposite of 'if'. 

Unless = tenzij

i f + present simple Unless you study well,	will + ww. you won't pass the test.
will + ww. You won't pass the test,	if + present simple unless you study well.

First conditional:
If I ... (have) enough money, I ... (buy) new shoes.

1. have - will buy
2. will have - buy
3. have - buy
4. will have - will have

First conditional:
If she .......(not listen), I ............(call) the security

1. don't listen/will call
2. didn't listen/ will call
3. doesn't listen/will call
4. doesn't listen/ won't call

First conditional:
If I ... (win) the lottery, I ... (treat) myself with a new car.

1. will win - will treat
2. win - will treat
3. win - treat
4. will win - treat

First conditional:
I ... (stay) home, if it ... (rain)

1. stay - will rain
2. stay - rains
3. will stay - rains
4. will stay - will rain

If I ... (see) Mary, I ... (tell) her.

If you ... (work) hard, you ... (get) rich.

Their teacher ... (to be) sad if they ... (not - to pass) their exam.

They ... (not go) unless it ... (stop rain).

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