Thursday, 1 March 2012

First Conditional

We use the First Conditional to talk about a real possibility in the future. We are thinking about a particular condition or situation in the future, and the result of this condition. There is a real possibility that this condition will happen.

IF
condition
result

present simple
WILL + base verb
If
it rains
I will stay at home.

For example: It's morning and you plan to go to the park in the afternoon, but there are some clouds in the sky. Imagine that this afternoon it rains. What will you do? The answer, in this case, is staying at home.


We are thinking of a future condition. It isn't raining yet and you don't know what will happen this afternoon. We use WILL + base verb to talk about the possible future result.


We use the first conditional to talk about a possible given SITUATION and its FUTURE RESULT. It can be understood as a cause and effect situation.


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