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Present

Future

Type 1 – If Conditional ClauseType 1 – If Conditional Clause

• If wefrighten them, they will attackus. •If we frighten them, they will attack us.

If Clause – Present Tense

If Clause – Present Tense

Main Clause – Future TenseMain Clause –

Future Tense

if clausemain clause

Present

simple, will/can + infinitive.

1st Conditional

Possible to happen

IF CLAUSE + WILL / CAN

if clausemain clause

If the phone rings,

I will answer it.

if clausemain clause

If the weather is

sunny later,

we can go to the

beach.

Did you notice Something with Punctuation ?

There is always a comma (,) after the “if Clause” when it begins the sentence.

1.If you ____________ (work) hard,you_______

)_______ fail.(

2.If it ________(rain),I ___________(come)

and meet you in the car.

3.If it ___________ (rain) tomorrow,I_______

) ___________ stay (at home.

2nd Conditional IF CLAUSE + WOULD / COULD

if clausemain clause

Past

simple,

would/could +

infinitive.Unreal/imaginary situation

if clausemain clause

If I were rich,

I would travel

around the world. if clausemain clause

If I studied more,

I would pass my English

exam.

1) If I (come) home earlier, I (prepare) dinner.

2) If we (live) in Rome, Francesco (visit )us.

3) If Tim and Tom (be) older, they (play )in our hockey team.

4) If he (be) my friend, I (invite )him to my birthday party.

5) If Susan (study) harder, she (be )better at school.

1) If I came home earlier, I would prepare dinner.

2) If we lived in Rome, Francesco would visit us.

3) If Tim and Tom were older, they would play in our hockey team.

4) If he was my friend, I would invite him to my birthday party.5) If Susan studied harder, she would be better at school.