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Describing situations of cause and effect
More conditional sentences
Previously, you learned that conditionals are sentences that express situations and
their results and that you can use conditional sentences with If to talk about causes
and results. You have already studied the zero conditional sentences that express
ideas that are generally or always true.
Now, you will learn:
First conditional sentence
We use the
First conditional sentences
to talk about actions that are very probable,
they express future conditional. It is the “real” or “possible” conditional.
Example:
If it rains, I will stay home.
The normal pattern for this type of conditional is present simple tense in the If clause
and some explicit indication of future time (e.g. will or be going to) in the result clause.
Example:
IF you fnish your homework, I’m going to invite you to the park.
This kind of sentence has two parts:
Part A: is the situation or condition (the If clause).
Part B: is the result or consequence (the result clause).
You have to write a comma (,) between the two parts, unless you change the order
of the parts.
Example:
I will stay home if it rains.
Use the
present simple
tense in the
If
clauses and
will
or
be going to
in the result
clause.
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Part A
If it rains,
IF you fnish your
homework,
Part B
I will stay home.
I’m going to invite you to
the park.
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