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exploring grammar with quick and clear explanations
we're focusing today on a conditional tense the first
Conditional but we are not here to just memorize grammar rules. Go natural. English is not about memorizing rules
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So as I mentioned today, we're going to talk about how and when to use the first conditional tense
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Ok, let's dive into the first
Conditional the first thing that I want to say is that we often use this when we're talking about plans
For example, do you want to come to my party?
I'm not sure if it rains I won't come if it doesn't rain
I'll come this is an example of the first conditional so we often use this when we're responding about
Invitations or making plans that might change based on something else
we make the first conditional with if if
It rains
then the subject in this case it then the simple presence in this case rains and then
with another subject and the future tense
So quick important note here most books websites teachers do not tell you about
another way that native speakers often form the first
conditional and that is that we use will to talk about the future and we also use
Going to to talk about the future. So for example, I might say if it doesn't rain I
am
Going to go to your party or if it doesn't rain
I will go to your party or I'll go to your party right because we often use contractions when we're speaking
naturally speaking of which no native speaker is going to say I am
Going to go to your party
I'm sure that was painful to listen to because you probably know that native speakers
Linked sounds together between words and it sounds more like I'm gonna go to your party
So, let's see a few other examples because I love sharing examples
They help us to clearly understand how to use the grammar. For example, if traffic is bad
You'll be late or if it's really loud outside. I won't be able to
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Okay, let's talk about how the first conditional is different from the zero conditional because in the last English tip that I shared
With you we talked about the zero conditional
So just to quickly recap that we saw that the zero conditional was four facts
Right and we use the simple present for both parts of the sentence
If you want to know more about the zero conditional you can look back at that lesson
So the first conditional is about specific situations and we use the future tense
So it's about possibility things that might or might not happen. It's about possibilities if
This happens now then that will happen in the future or won't happen
So I hope this helps you with the first conditional in the next
Grammar focus English tip because this month is a grammar Palooza here at go natural English
We're gonna look at the second conditional which is more about expressing your doubts
So it'll be interesting to see how to do that. I'll talk more about that the next time
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