🏗️ Sentence Structure Sunday: The First Conditional

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Today is Sentence Structure Sunday, and we’re learning a very important pattern for talking about the future: The First Conditional.

We use the First Conditional to talk about a real possibility in the future and its result.

It describes something that might happen, and what we will do if it happens.

If + Present Simple, … will + verb

This is the basic pattern. The if part gives the condition .The second part gives the result.

✅ If it rains tomorrow, I will take my umbrella.

☔️Rain is the condition, taking the umbrella is the result.

✅ If you study hard, you will pass the exam.

📚Studying is the condition, passing is the result.

✅ If I am late, I will call you.

Being late = the condition. Calling = the result.

You can also change the order:

✅I will be very happy if you come to the party.

Same meaning, just a different word order.

Use the First Conditional for real future possibilities.If + Present Simple, … will + Verb

Complete this sentence about your own future:

👉 If I have free time next weekend, I will ________.

Write your answer in the comments below!

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