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  • Hello everyone, how are you today ? this is Marc.

  • I'm doing just great thanks for asking

  • if you watch this lesson you'll learn the

  • first conditional. There won't be a

  • bright future unless we work on it now !

  • They will move to another city if

  • necessary.

  • A students will complete an English course

  • provided they are highly encouraged.

  • Whatever happens to us won't change the

  • outcome. In this lesson, as I said, we're

  • going to look at the first conditional.

  • so stay tuned.

  • I've already talked about conditionals if

  • you want to watch those lessons you may

  • click here. Now let's concentrate on the

  • first conditional first. We use it

  • when talking about a situation which may

  • exist in the future and thus is a

  • probable situation, we have a formula

  • and that is, the subject plus the present simple

  • then we need will plus

  • infinitive, so the first part we call it

  • a condition, and then the second part we

  • call it a result. Just like my

  • introductory example: If you watch this

  • lesson, you'll learn the first

  • conditional. Now I could've said you'll

  • learn the the first conditional, if you

  • watch this lesson. It's the same thing

  • the only thing that changes is the

  • importance that you want to give to

  • the first part of the sentence for

  • example, in this case, you'll learn the first

  • conditional, is more important than, if

  • you watch this lesson. So I've listed

  • four rules or four tips for you to follow

  • and to understand better the first

  • conditional. The first tip that I want to

  • talk about is to use unless instead of

  • if, unless means "if not". The example was

  • There won't be a bright future unless we

  • work on it now. So we have the result

  • right here: there won't be a bright

  • future. and then the condition: unless we

  • work on it now. I could have said there

  • won't be a bright future, if we don't

  • work on it now. It's the same thing. Now

  • let's take a look at the second tip. We

  • could omit the verb "to be" by adding "if + adjective"

  • or a prepositional phrase

  • If you don't know what a

  • prepositional phrase is, you can click

  • here and watch a lesson on that. The

  • example that I gave you at the beginning

  • was: they will move to another city if

  • necessary, so we have "is" plus adjective: necessary

  • The other example that I listed here: He

  • won't go to the beach if hot. He

  • will go to the beach if warm. Okay the third

  • tip is we can use provided, provided that,

  • proving, as long as, only if when you want

  • to state that one situation is necessary

  • for another. Ok let's take a look at the

  • example maybe you'll get what I mean:

  • A student will complete an English course

  • and then I used "provided" just provided

  • provided they are highly encouraged.

  • So the first start the first part of the

  • sentence you can see that is the result

  • the condition is after provided, provided

  • they are highly encouraged. Let's take a

  • look at another example: Her parents

  • won't worry as long as she calls them

  • every evening for example. Her parents

  • wont't worry is the result of the statement as

  • long as she calls them, is the

  • conditional, is the condition

  • of the sentence. Now the last tip that I

  • have for you today about first

  • conditional, is in the condition, we can

  • also use whoever, whatever, wherever

  • however, whichever, and whenever let's

  • take a look at my examples.

  • Whatever happens to us so this is the

  • condition part of the statement, won't

  • change the outcome, won't change the

  • outcome is the result.

  • Another example would be: Whenever I see

  • her in the condition, I'll tell her about

  • her marks. It's the result of the sentence

  • of the statement. Now let's recap

  • So in this lesson, I talked about the first conditional. It's a

  • situation that may happen in the future

  • so it's probable. So we have a formula

  • for this: in the condition part of the

  • sentence, so after if, unless, provided, etc

  • we need the subject obviously, and the

  • present simple, in the result though, we

  • need: will, plus infinitive. These could change

  • according to the importance, so it may

  • happen that you want the result first

  • and then the condition, it's up to you

  • I gave you four tips, on how to use the first

  • conditional correctly. If you haven't

  • understood please rewatch the lesson.

  • That's it for today, thank you very much

  • for watching, if you want to post your

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  • next week for a new lesson

  • Take care bye bye

Hello everyone, how are you today ? this is Marc.

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