CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

Conditionals are sentences with two clauses – an ‘if clause and a main clause – that are closely related.

 

There are 4 main types of CONDITIONAL  sentences in English

FIRST CONDITIONAL

 It  is used for talking about possibilities in the present or in the future. The first conditional is used to talk about things which are possible in the present or the future -- things which may happen.

if clause

main clause

If + Present Simple

Future Simple, can, may, might, imperative

If you study

you will pass the test

If the Spanish team continues so well, they will /may/might win the World Cup

Read the following words by Bob Marley. Do you agree with them'