The First Conditional Basic English Grammar
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about the first conditional in English
the first conditional if you don’t know
that expression the first conditional is
basic if-then statement so if I do this
then I’ll do that that kind of thing
today we’re going to focus on the most
basic form of conditional sentences so
there are a few different types of
conditional some of them are very
challenging today we’re going to focus
on the most basic type so there’s a lot
to do I’m going to focus a lot on
example sentences and I hope that you
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so as I said today’s topic is the first
conditional if you don’t know the words
first conditional it means basic if-then
statements we’re going to focus on very
very basic conditional sentences today
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okay so I want to begin today’s lesson
with this number one portion today’s
lesson is in three parts as usual the
first part is like what is the first
conditional second I’ll talk about the
main clause and third will be the if
clause but I want to focus here on this
making it’s like the basic what is
section of today’s lesson so an if
conditional all if conditionals this
if-then pattern they all have this
structure this is the the most basic
structure how we make it so there’s an
if clause and there’s a main clause so
there are many different types of
conditionals we can make lots of complex
statements with this grammar but for
today’s lesson we’re going to focus on
very basic conditional expressions so
when we make the first conditional our
if Clause uses the present tense so we
don’t need to change our verbs in the if
Clause when we make the first
conditional then our main Clause is also
just like a simple future tense
statement so I’ll talk about this more
in part 2 of today’s lesson but this
part your main Clause will not see like
any you won’t use like past tense or
perfect tense nothing like that we’re
going to use very simple future tense
statements here like about our future
actions I will
I won’t I might I may and so on here
I’ll talk about later this part is where
we use modal verbs may might could must
those ones so I’m going to talk about
this in part two so please watch part
two but this there are these two basic
parts to an if condition
sentence 1 point lots of students asked
about can we switch these can we do main
Clause first if class second yes that’s
fine the meaning doesn’t change like the
only difference is what do you like the
speaker what do you want to focus on do
you want the focus here your if clause
if so put your if clause first and a
comma if you’re writing if you want your
main clause to be the focus perfect put
your main clause first continue with the
if clause no comma so I’m going to use
lots and lots and lots of example
sentences today please send your example
sentences in the chat and I will try to
check them throughout the lesson so
let’s begin I’m going to show you some
examples now a lot of the first set of
examples that use this grammar let’s
begin this part here this is the first
example it says if I win the lottery
tomorrow I’ll buy a house if I win the
lottery tomorrow I’ll buy a house
lottery lottery this vocabulary word
ello tter why the lottery is a game it’s
a type of gambling you buy a ticket and
you check numbers that are announced if
your numbers match the announcement you
win money so if I win the lottery
tomorrow so here win wim2 win something
like to get a prize
this is not changed no change to this
verb simple present tense verb if I win
the lottery tomorrow
l’ll buy a house so here we see simple
future tense aisle this is the reduced
form of I will buy I will buy becomes
I’ll buy it sounds more natural to
reduce that down I’ll buy a house so
this is not a real situation if I win
the lottery tomorrow this is
not a real situation we want to imagine
that’s the purpose of this grammar to
imagine something if I win the lottery
tomorrow I’ll buy a house great some
other examples are coming in many on
YouTube said if I study every day I will
improve my English perfect
very nice very nice and if you can try
to reduce down so I will becomes Eyal
then it sounds very natural Gaurav says
if I get my visa approved I will meet
Alicia really are you sure
I’m very interesting nice sentence
though on Facebook Bruno says if I pass
my license I’ll get a good job ok one
point if I pass you have passed their
past tense
make sure your verb is simple present
tense no change to your verbs there
don’t change your verb in your if clause
honey says if you if you keep your mouth
shut you won’t get in trouble ok
interesting sentence nice
Uriel has a long example if I up again
if I win if I win don’t change this verb
so your verbs in your if Clause should
not change no change to these if I win
the lottery or oh I see I see I see I
see what you’re doing so this is not a
first conditional sentence this is a
more complex grammar point for this for
today’s grammar point we’re not using
the same grammar but yes your sentence
is ok if I won the lottery I would
invest it and make more money
nice-nice different from today’s grammar
but correct ok ah lots of you are
sending different type conditional
sentences more complex conditional
sentences nice nice nice Sheena says if
you come to Japan I’ll show you around
my city perfect very nice first
conditional great great ok Alina says if
my sister comes to visit we may go to
dance nice one nice one one point there
I mentioned simple present tense for
your verbs yes I’ll go on I’ll show you
this in the next sentence if your
subject is he/she
or it you need to keep the same verb
conjugation rules as you would for a non
conditional sentence so let me show an
example then let’s look at this next one
this sentence is if he gets a new job
he’ll have to buy a new suit if he gets
a new job he’ll have to buy a new suit
so here as I think it was Alena in the
YouTube chat Road at this point right
here this s so I said we don’t change
the verb that’s true so by that I meant
we don’t conjugate to a different tense
so when your subject here is he she or
it you need to keep the same present
tense verb conjugation rules so that
means we use yes so for example I think
in your example if my sister comes
something like that I can’t remember
your example lots of good ones so if he
gets a new job he’ll this part might be
confusing he’ll have to buy a new suit
he will have to so that means that’s a
future tense of future responsibilities
he will have to buy a new suit is what
this means so if he gets a new job he’ll
have to buy a new suit
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a while if you get some sleep you’ll
feel better
nice one angel untell good okay if I
study everyday I will speak English very
well perfect nice Jennifer if I learn
math I will be a math teacher
interesting Ilhan good one if I get a
good job I will travel to China
Ali Osman I will travel to China so make
sure you have the simple future tense
future tense here in your main clause
just small changes okay ms k-8 sorry the
purple M on YouTube yes but that’s a
different type of conditional sentence
today we’re focusing on the very basic
type of kid
sentence yes yes so for for a past
imaginary situation yes you are correct
for today we’re focusing on very basic
conditional sentences if this happens
now maybe tomorrow I’ll do this
so yes you are correct there is a
different type of conditional that uses
slightly different grammar okay lots of
good examples
I’ll finish well let’s see time is going
quickly so I’ll read a couple more
examples and then we’ll move on to a
quick break and part two so a couple
more examples that use this very basic
type of conditional is this one uses we
if we forget to go to the grocery store
we won’t have anything to eat for
breakfast so here I’m using a negative
in my main clause
we won’t so we will not this means in
the future there won’t be anything if
this happens if we forget so now today
like this evening if we forget to go to
the grocery store we won’t have anything
to eat for breakfast
final example here if you don’t give me
my keys I can’t drive us home if you
don’t give me my keys I can’t drive us
home here I’m using can’t can’t or you
could change it if you wanted to to like
I won’t be able to drive us home so
there are a lot of different patterns we
can use in the main clause that’s what
I’m going to talk about next so a few
examples to start us off and yes as a
lot of you are writing there are more
complex conditional sentences yes but
today I’m focusing on this basic one I
talked about the third conditional in a
live stream last month I think if you
want to practice more complex
conditional sentence
this please check out that live video
alright let’s take a break so that is a
part one what is the first conditional
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good there are lots of good examples ok
let’s continue on though I want to focus
in part two of today’s lesson on the
main clause this part I talked about
here so let’s move along to the next
part if you are just joining this live
lesson today I’m talking about the first
conditional these are very basic
conditional sentences if-then statements
so let’s take a look at part two making
the main Clause how to make the main
clause so I explained in the first part
of today’s lesson and if conditional
these if-then statements have two parts
if an if part which uses the word if and
a main clause so the main Clause the
main clause tells us or gives us
information about the result the result
so we use this grammar if-then grammar
to imagine a situation and then the main
Clause gives us like the
and what’s the result what might happen
what’s going to happen the main Clause
tells us the result of the situation so
for the first conditional for first
conditional sentences we use simple
future tense simple future tense so
again yes there are different types of
conditionals that use different tenses
in the main clause today first
conditional we’re going to use simple
future tense now I think the most
important part of today’s lesson is this
so this is today’s big point so please
remember this part use modal verbs in
your main clause
do not use modal verbs in your if clause
a very common mistake I see with
students is they use like for example if
I will or if I won’t something like that
we don’t use those modal verbs in if
clauses so in the part of your sentence
that uses if no modal verb there use
them in the main clause this is today’s
really big point a reminder modal verbs
are words like will won’t may or might
not could or could not should or should
not must must not are other things or
like have to need to don’t have to don’t
need to all of these words should be in
your main Clause not in your if clause
not in your if clause for today’s lesson
so please remember this as you practice
making your example sentences these
words named clause that’s today’s big
point so you might have noticed in part
1 of today’s lesson it’s quite common to
use will and won’t in the main clause
for this grammar when you make this kind
of sentence it’s very common to use will
and won’t here so the reason for this if
you know the difference between will and
going to when we use will and won’t when
we’re
making decisions like in the moment
during the conversation so in these
cases when we’re talking about the
future imagining the future it’s quite
common to make our decision in that
moment like in the conversation so it’s
natural to use will and won’t here okay
let’s look at some examples of this then
so and let’s focus on the main clause
here we’re going to focus on the main
clause of this sentence so these two
these first two examples have the same
meaning really I just chose a different
way to express the same idea to show you
that you can kind of be creative as well
so let’s take a look but um first one if
I feel sick tomorrow if I feel sick
tomorrow
I’ll take the day off I’ll take the day
off
so here Isle is I will this is my main
clause I’ll take the day off it uses
will I will take the day off so I’m
expressing my decision
reminder vocabulary reminder take the
day off take the day off means not go to
work or not go to school I will take the
day off
another example basically has the same
meaning is if I don’t feel well tomorrow
well means good like energetic so if I
don’t feel well tomorrow I might not I
might not come to work here again modal
verb in the negative I might not come to
work I might not come these two
sentences really have the same meaning
so here I didn’t mention work this could
be school I might not come to school is
also okay so you can be a little bit
creative with your sentences here there
are a couple of different ways to
express the same thing so if you have
other examples please send them in the
chat I will try
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on time you won’t take the quiz ah maybe
if you don’t come to class on time you
won’t be able to take the quiz for
example okay other example sentences
there are some people sending different
questions I’m trying to focus on
questions about today’s lesson today’s
lesson other ones if you eat too you
could sick tomorrow I’m not sure
Jennifer
if you eat too I’m not sure about that
one this is American English yes this is
American English okay if you eat too
much nice girl could be if you eat too
much you might get sick yes again we’re
using first condition first conditional
so that means we’re using simple present
tense or in the if clause and simple
future tense in our main Clause here all
right other ones if tomorrow is sunny
I’ll go to the beach nice nice nice
so very basic sentences okay onward um
let’s see time is going quickly so I’ll
read these just to give some more
examples and then we’ll finish today’s
lesson with part three okay two more
examples are if I don’t study I won’t be
prepared for my test
so here I’ve used a negative here and
this is also negative if I don’t study I
won’t be prepared if I don’t study I
won’t be prepared
Thiago nice one if I don’t study English
today I might not remember this lesson
perfect very nice one
okay one more example if I don’t leave
the house now I’ll miss the bus this is
a good daily life expression you can use
if I don’t leave now I’ll miss the bus
I’ll miss the train
so again we’re using this will in the
main clause here very common very common
here
very basic grammar all right I will take
one more quick break and then we’re
going to finish up with the if clause
we’ll focus on the if clause here and
some patterns some basic information you
can use there okay so as I said a couple
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the last section someone says please
show us some incorrect phrases okay I’ll
show you some reference I’ve shown a
couple anyway let’s take a look here
this is actually one part where I see a
lot of mistakes is in the if Clause so I
explained in part two here that we
should use I’m going to step off screen
for just a second we should use modal
verbs in the main clause so a very
common mistake I hear is learners use
modal verbs in the if clause don’t do
that so like if I will or
if I might or if I don’t I don’t know
don’t use modal verbs in your if clause
modal verbs should be used in your main
clause so please keep that in mind so
don’t use that like if I might if I
won’t that kind of thing
those would be not correct in vast image
of in most situations so the purpose
first of the if clause is to tell us the
imaginary situation so this situation is
not real not real the purpose is to give
us the situation the if Clause is the
situation so when we use our if to begin
the sentence we very commonly follow it
with a personal pronoun wow someone just
sent us money in super chat thank you we
really appreciate it that was very nice
of you from Korea hello awesome thank
you so this part this if is usually
followed with a personal pronoun that
means if I if he if she if we if you if
they so it’s very common to follow your
if directly with your pronoun so don’t
use like if will or if my tour if verb
so it’s very common to use a pronoun
here in some more complex sentences
using a gerund is okay for those of you
who are like more complex are familiar
with more complex grammar you can use a
gerund so a gerund is the like the the
noun the noun form of a verb that ends
in ing so there are some situations
where you can use a gerund here but
again a slightly more complex grammar
point so let’s look at the a couple more
points here verbs should be in simple
present tense a couple of you have
mentioned like how do I use like
past participle or what what should I do
there yes for other types of
conditionals you do use different verb
conjugations in the if clause that’s
okay for today the very basic if
conditional just use simple present
simple present so that’s what you’ll see
in all of the example sentences in
today’s lesson so let’s take a look at
just two more example sentences to
finish or maybe one okay so if we finish
work early we can see a movie if we
finish work early we can see a movie so
here if is followed by my personal
pronoun we which is followed by my verb
in simple present tense if we finish
work early we can see a movie one more
with focus on the main clause if she
doesn’t call me back if she doesn’t call
me back so if personal pronoun she'
negative present tense doesn’t call if
she doesn’t call me back today I’m gonna
be really upset so make sure that your
modal verbs are in your main clause if
clauses in most cases will be if plus
your personal pronoun so please keep
this in mind as you make these sentences
okay I have to finish there for today so
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