Lesson 42: Unit 99 - Conditional Sentences. First Conditional.
In this lesson you learn how to form and use zero and first conditional sentences in English – for scientific facts and for real future situations.
About this lesson
In this lesson you will learn how to form and use the First Conditional in English. You will understand the structure of conditional sentences and how to express real situations and their possible consequences. Through practical examples and dialogues you will see how people use these sentences in everyday situations – at the bus stop, in a taxi and when talking about animals. You will master the skills to talk about future events that depend on certain conditions.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Understand the difference between zero and first conditional sentences
- Form the structure IF + Present Simple, WILL + infinitive correctly
- Know when a comma is used in conditional sentences
- Use conditional sentences for real future situations
- Recognise conditional sentences in a dialogue and in a text
Lesson vocabulary
- conditional Sentences with IF are called conditionals.
- if clause The IF-clause is the condition, and the other part of the sentence is the result.
- result The other part of the sentence is the result.
- scientific fact They are used to talk about things which are always true — such as scientific facts.
- furious If we're late, the boss will be furious.
- pay-raise We won't get a pay-raise next month, as he has promised.
- share the fare If we take a taxi, shall we share the fare?
- traffic jam If there aren't many traffic jams, we'll be in the office on time.
- give someone a piece of one's mind If I see the person in charge of public transport, I'll give him a piece of my mind.
- impatient The people waiting for the 204 bus were already getting impatient.
- indicate If we shrug our shoulders, this will indicate indifference.
- indifference Shrugging our shoulders will indicate indifference.
- communicate Animals communicate not only with sounds and movements, but with smell.
- warning All her chicks will understand this as a warning of danger.
- recognize We know how dogs recognize each other by smell.
In other languages: Български