Name: The first conditional - 6 Minute Grammar
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Hello and welcome to six minute grammar with me, Neil and Me.

Hello Today we're talking about the first conditional.

Yes, the first conditional will be looking at why on when we use it, we'll see how to make it.

There'll be a quiz at the end of the show, so keep listening.

Okay, let's start with why on Wen, we use the first conditional to talk about possible future situations on dhe.

If I lose my umbrella, I will buy another one.

If I lose my umbrella, I will buy another one and it's made of two parts.

The first part describes a possible future situation, and it's made from if plus the present.

If I lose my umbrella on the second part is the result part.

Can you put them both together now, please, Katherine, If I lose my umbrella, I will buy another one.

If I visit Mexico, I will stay with my friends.

If my whole passes his exams, we'll have a party for him.

So that's the first conditional if plus presents simple with will plus an infinitive to talk about a possible future situation.

But if we're not sure if the result part will actually happen, we can use might instead off Will.

If I lose my umbrella, I might buy another one.

Sophie, if you're nice to me, well, I'm always nice, Neil.

So that's might instead of will when we're not certain about the future results.

But if we're sure that the future situation will happen, we can change.

If toe when like this when I lose my umbrella, I would buy another one.

I should always look after your umbrellas, Katherine.

Okay, let's look at using should for advice in a first conditional sentence.

You shouldn't use the cattle if it isn't working properly, So the result part comes first.

We have a model verb shouldn't and we use this to give advice.

The if parts gives the possible future situation.

But how are we going to make the tea if the kettle's broken?

Now for a pronunciation tip in our examples about umbrellas, the two words I will can be shortened to ill.

With the long and short version's off, I will listen carefully.

If I lose my umbrella, I'll buy another one.

So Will is shortened to just a cool sound.

Here are some more examples They will go to the beach.

If it's sunny, they'll go to the beach if it's sunny.

If my hall passes his exams, we will have a party for him.

BBC Learning English and we're talking about the first conditional on dhe.

Decide if these sentences are right or wrong.

If William wakes up late, he miss the school bus on This sentence is wrong.

The if part is correct, but will is missing from the result parts.

Here's the correct sentence with a short will.

If William wakes up late, he'll miss the school bus.

I'll visit Central Park if I go to New York.

On the last one, I might go to the doctor if I won't feel better tomorrow.

This sentence has the future form won't in the if part, and that's wrong.

The correct sentence needs present simple in the if part, so I might go to the doctor if I don't feel better tomorrow.

If you got those right at home now, before we go, here's a top tip for using the first conditional correctly.

If I will see Peter on Saturday, I will tell him to call you.

If I see Peter on Saturday, I'll tell him to call you.

Only one will, and it isn't in the if part So that's the first conditional it's made of if plus the present simple with will plus the infinitive on.

We mainly use it to talk about a possible situation in the future and its results.

There's lots more about this at BBC Learning english dot com.

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