FIRST CONDITIONAL

FIRST   CONDITIONAL

The first conditional is used to express situations based on fact in the present or future (things which may happen).

FORMULA and  EXAMPLES:

IF	CONDITION	RESULT
	SIMPLE PRESENT	FUTURE
If	I see you tomorrow	I will buy you a drink
If	I have time today	I will phone my friend
If	I go to England,	I will buy some Cheddar cheese
If	he  is late,	we   will   go  without him
If	She  doesn´t eat healthy  food	She  will  be  sick very  often
If	The  bird doesn’t  fly away	The eagle  will  eat it

 

OTHER   POSSIBILITY  THAT IS  CORRECT

RESULT	IF	CONDITION
FUTURE	SIMPLE PRESENT
I will buy you a drink	If I see you tomorrow
I will phone my friend	If  I have time today
we   will   go  without him	If  he  is late,
I will buy some Cheddar cheese	If  I go to England

                                                     

PUT THE VERBS INTO THE CORRECT TENSE. CONDITIONALS : TYPE I

1. If it ____________________cold tomorrow, we will stay at home.  (GET)

2. If I find your passport, I ___________________ you. (PHONE)

3. If he___________________ all that food, he will be ill. (EAT)

4. The police _______________him if they _________________him. (ARREST CATCH)

5. If you _______________any breakfast, you _______________hungry.(NOT EAT- BE )

6. I ________________him a candy if he ________________my car. (GIVE – WASH)

7. If he ______________ late, we ______________without him.  (BE – GO)

8. If you ____________my dog a bone, he ______________it at once. (GIVE- BURY)

9.  If you _______________ away, I _______________ the police.  (NOT GO -  CALL)

10. If you _______________Tom, tell him I have a letter for him.  (SEE )

11. I _________________you only if you _______________ me. (HELP- PAY)

12. If you ______________a pill, you__________________ a headache. (TAKE - NOT HAVE)

13. Take care of my dog if I _________________ (DIE)

14. What will happen if my parachute __________________? (NOT OPEN)

15. She _________________very angry if you ________________her the truth. (BE – TELL )

16. If I lend you 10 $, when _______________you_______________ me ? ( REPAY )

17.  If I ________he was there, I___________ him to go away.  (know, tell)

18. If the weather _________nice, I _____________to the beach (be, go)

19.  If I___________ you, I ___________for the job.  (be, apply)

20.   If I__________ a lot of money, I_________ working. (win, stop)

QUIZ   ABOUT  CONDITIONAL 1

NAME:____________                 COURSE:__________

Fill the gap using the verb in brackets.  Three gaps need a NEGATIVE verb and watch out for the third person

1          If Clare ___________________   late again, the hockey trainer will be furious. (to arrive)

2          You'll be sorry if you ___________________  for your exams. (to revise)

3          We ___________________  if the weather's good. (to go)

4          They ___________________  you if you wear a wig and dark glasses. (to recognize)

5          If the bus ___________________ on time, I won't miss the football. (to be)

6          If you ___________________ your homework now, you'll be free all tomorrow. (to do)

7          We___________________  out if there's no food at home. (to eat)

8          You'll find life much easier if you ___________________ more often. (to smile)

9          If it's hot, we___________________  for a swim. (to go)

10        You'll do it better if you ___________________ more time over it. (to take)

11        If she ___________________ practicing, she'll get better. (to keep)

12        Mum will be very sad if Jim ___________________ Mother's Day again. (to forget)

13        I___________________  so happy if I pass the exam. (to be)

14        You'll be really tired tomorrow if you ___________________  to bed soon. (to go)

15        The government ______________  the next election if they continue to ignore public opinion. (to lose)

16        If Valencia FC win the Spanish football league, I_______________ my hair blue. (to dye)

17        If someone ___________________ you a bike, you can come with us. (to lend)

QUIZ   ABOUT  CONDITIONAL 1

NAME:____________                 COURSE:__________

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER:

 If you sell more than you did last year   

 a) he'll be out on his ear.                       b) I'll buy you a new car.    

c) you'll soon be on your way                   d) you'll be in big trouble.

2. If you take my advice   

 a) Concorde is faster than a 747.                                                b) I'll buy two.   

 c) you'll keep a tighter control on what Jerome gets up to.              d) you'll be in big trouble.

3. If he doesn't accept our offer    

a) we'll have to withdraw. that's the most we can afford to pay.        b) your job here will be quite safe.  c) he'll be out on his ear.                                                    d) you'll be in big trouble.

4. If you give me a 10 % discount    

a) you'll soon be on your way                                             b) your job here will be quite safe. 

c) I'll buy two.                                                                 d) you'll be in big trouble.

5. If sales don't improve soon    

a) we'll have to lay off some workers      b) your job here will be quite safe.

 c) I'll buy two.                                    d) you'll keep a tighter control on what Jerome gets up to.

6. If the report isn't on my desk tomorrow morning    

a) you'll be in big trouble.                       b) your job here will be quite safe.    

c) we'll have to lay off some workers       d) he'll be out on his ear.

7. If Nick doesn't mend his ways soon    

a) you'll soon be on your way                 b) your job here will be quite safe.    

c) you'll be in big trouble.                       d) he'll be out on his ear.

8. If I see you standing around the coffee machine talking again    

a) you'll be in big trouble.                      b) your job here will be quite safe.    

c) we'll have to lay off some workers       d) he'll be out on his ear.

9. If you don't make the grade here    

a) your job here will be quite safe.          b) you'll soon be on your way    

c) we'll have to lay off some workers      d) he'll be out on his ear.

10. Unless you do something really bad

   

a) your job here will be quite safe.          b) you'll soon be on your way    

c) you'll be in big trouble.                        d) he'll be out on his ear.

               

QUIZ   ABOUT  CONDITIONAL 1

 NAME:___________       COURSE:__________

Choose the correct response for each of the sentences:

1. If you _________ greasy food, you will become fat.

a) eat                              b) will eat

2. If your sister goes to Paris, she _________ a good time.

a) has                             b) will have

3. If he _________ that, he will be sorry.

a) will do                         b) does

4. If I leave now, I ________ in New York by 8:00 PM.

a) will arrive                              b) arrive

5. You ________ on your test if you don't study.

a) won't do well                b) don't do well

6. They won't know the truth if you ________ them.

a) won't tell                      b) don't tell

7. If I bake a cake, ________ have some?

a) will you     b) do you

8. If he ________ you, will you answer the phone?

a) will call                                  b) calls

9. If you don't go to the party I ________ very upset.

a) am                                       b) will be

10. If you get a haircut you ________ much better.

a) will look                                          b) look

QUIZ   ABOUT  CONDITIONAL 1

NAME:____________                 COURSE:__________

Write   the  sentences  in  Conditional  1

1) If the bus is late, we _______________________(walk).

2) She (call) them if she _______________________(have) time.

3) If it costs too much, I______________________ (buy) a smaller one.

4) If the flight for New York is full, I _____________(go) somewhere else.

5) What will we do if the taxi __________________(not come)?

6) Will you phone me if there__________________ (be) any problems?

7) I _________(ask) Anthony if I____________________ (see) him tomorrow.

8) I_______ (go) next week, if I __________________(can) get a train ticket.

9) If I______ (have) to, I_________________ (complain) to the manager.

10) If he___________ (see) me here with you, she ________(be) really angry.

11) Mary ______________(be) worried if you don’t come to the airport.

12) If it _______________(snow) this winter, we _________(go) skiing.

13) My father __________(lend) me some money if I__________ (ask) him.

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