2024-08-23 First conditional – Conditionals with Georgie

USES OF THE FIRST CONDITIONAL

To talk about likely future situations and their possible consequences. 

• If it rains this weekend, I‘ll stay inside and watch a film.
• If it doesn’t rain this weekend, I‘ll do some work in the garden.
• I‘ll cry if my train home is cancelled.

To make predictions.

• If electric cars become cheaper, then more people will buy them.
• If you don’t move that plate, it‘ll fall off the table and break.
• If you leave some food outside, the birds will come.

STRUCTURE

Example: If my train is cancelled, I will cry.

Condition (if-clause): present simple 

Result (main clause): will + base verb

You can change the order of the sentence and the meaning stays the same:

I will cry if my train is cancelled.