first conditional drills

2. WHAT DOES IT EXPRESS?
THE FIRST CONDITIONAL IS USED TO
TALK ABOUT A POSSIBLE CONDITION
AND ITS PROBABLE RESULT IN THE
FUTURE.

3. WHAT IS ITS STRUCTURE?
IF CLAUSE,
(= SUBORDINATA IPOTETICA)
THIS SENTENCE EXPRESSES THE
CONDITION
MAIN CLAUSE
(= PROPOSIZIONE PRINCIPALE)
THIS SENTENCE EXPRESSES THE
RESULT

4. WHAT TENSES DO WE USE HERE?
IF CLAUSE: PRESENT SIMPLE
• IF THE WEATHER IS GOOD TOMORROW, I’LL GO TO THE BEACH.
• IF IT RAINS TOMORROW, WE WON’T GO CAMPING.
• IF YOU DON’T HURRY, YOU WILL MISS THE TRAIN.
• IF SHE FEELS TIRED, SHE WON’T WATCH TV
TONIGHT.
MAIN CLAUSE: WILL/WON’T + V

5. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE COMMA ,
WHEN WRITING A CONDITIONAL, IN ENGLISH IS NECESSARY TO PAY ATTENTION
TO PUNTUATION.
IN FACT, THE 2 CLAUSES (IF CLAUSE + MAIN CLAUSE) ARE USUALLY SEPARATED
BY A COMMA ( , ) .
IF CLAUSE, MAIN CLAUSE
EX: IF YOU WORK AS A TEAM, YOU WILL BE SUCCESSFUL.
BUT WHEN THE SENTENCE BEGINS WITH THE MAIN CLAUSE, THE COMMA IS
OMITTED.
EX: YOU WILL BE SUCCESSFUL IF YOU WORK AS A TEAM. (NO COMMA)

6. MIGHT
When we are not sure about the
result,
We use MIGHT
(instead of WILL/WON’T)
before the verb of the MAIL CLAUSE.
MIGHT: = potrei, potresti, potrebbe…

7. ‘WHEN’ AND ‘UNLESS’ (INSTEAD OF ‘IF’)
• WHEN I see Sam, I’ll give him your message.
• I’ll call you WHEN I finish my homework.
(we use WHEN if we are pretty sure that result the action will
happen.
• You will fail the test UNLESS you study.
• UNLESS there is an emergency, I’ll be home on time.
( we use UNLESS to express a particular condition) (= a meno
che)

8. QUESTIONS WITH 1° CONDITIONAL:
• WHAT WILL YOU DO IF YOU SEE A SNAKE?
• WILL YOU STAY HOME TODAY IF IT RAINS?
• IF YOU LOSE YOUR MOBILE PHONE, WHAT WILL
YOU DO?
• IF YOU GET MONEY FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY, WHAT
WILL YOU BUY?