conditional sentences type 1

conditional sentences type 1

by Rai Parmana

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Sentence: When people smoke cigarettes, their health suffers.

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how many conditional sentences do you know?

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Sentence:When people smoke cigarettes, their health suffers.

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A sentence is similar to a clause. It consists of mainly Subject and Predicate

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​The definition

• Conditional sentences are statements discussing known factors or hypothetical situations and their consequences. Complete conditional sentences contain a conditional clause (often referred to as the if-clause) and the consequence. Consider the following sentences:

  If a certain condition is true, then a particular result happens.

  I would travel around the world if I won the lottery.

  When water reaches 100 degrees, it boils.

​Conditional Sentences

• • There are four types of conditional sentences.

  • It’s important to use the correct structure for each of these different conditional sentences because they express varying meanings.

  • Pay attention to verb tense when using different conditional modes.

  • Use a comma after the if-clause when the if-clause precedes the main clause.

What Are the Different Types of Conditional Sentences?​

• There are four different types of conditional sentences in English. Each expresses a different degree of probability that a situation will occur or would have occurred under certain circumstances.

  • Zero Conditional Sentences

  • First Conditional Sentences

  • Second Conditional Sentences

  • Third Conditional Sentences

Zero conditional sentences express general truths—situations in which one thing always causes another. When you use a zero conditional, you’re talking about a general truth rather than a specific instance of something. Consider the following examples:

​If you don’t brush your teeth, you get cavities.

When people smoke cigarettes, their health suffers.

There are a couple of things to take note of in the above sentences in which the zero conditional is used. First, when using the zero conditional, the correct tense to use in both clauses is the simple present tense. A common mistake is to use the simple future tense.

When people smoke cigarettes, their health will suffer .

Secondly, notice that the words if and when can be used interchangeably in these zero conditional sentences. This is because the outcome will always be the same, so it doesn’t matter “if” or “when” it happens.

How to Use First Conditional Sentences​

First conditional sentences are used to express situations in which the outcome is likely (but not guaranteed) to happen in the future. Look at the examples below:

If you rest, you will feel better.

If you set your mind to a goal, you’ll eventually achieve it.

Note that we use the simple present tense in the if-clause and simple future tense in the main clause—that is, the clause that expresses the likely outcome. This is how we indicate that under a certain condition (as expressed in the if-clause), a specific result will likely happen in the future. Examine some of the common mistakes people make using the first conditional structure:

• If you will rest , you will feel better.

  If you rest , you will feel better.

​The formula of conditional sentences type 1

Type 1 conditional sentences are used to talk about real and possible situations. Here we use a simple present tense in the if-clause and will /can / may + infinitive in the result clause.​

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​Study the sentences given below.

If I am hungry, I will get something to eat.

If you are hungry, you can eat an apple.

If it rains we may get wet.

Use the simple present tense in the if-clause.

• If you set your mind to a goal, you eventually achieve  it.

  If you set your mind to a goal, you’ll eventually achieve  it.​

• Explanation: Use the zero conditional (i.e., simple present + simple present) only when a certain result is guaranteed. If the result is likely, use the first conditional (i.e., simple present + simple future).

Poll

do you agree that a conditional sentence always has "IF"?

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• After ‘Unless’

  • Unless you do your homework, you won’t be going to the party. 

  • We won’t buy a new car unless we win the lottery. 

  After ‘As long as’, ‘providing’, ‘provided that’

  • You can go to the party as long as you do your homework.

  • You can go to the ball providing there is no alcohol there. 

  After ‘supposing’, ‘suppose’

  • Supposing you had time. Would you travel more?

  • Suppose they lost their jobs. Would they have money enough to survive?

  After ‘on condition that’

  I will let you watch television on condition that you finish your homework. 

  After ‘without’, ‘but for’

  • Without your help I would never have been able to solve my problems. 

  • It would have been more difficult but for your support. 

Multiple Choice

If you heat ice, it melts.

Ice melts if you heat it.

When you heat ice, it melts.

Ice melts when you heat it.

If it rains, the grass gets wet.

The grass gets wet if it rains.

When it rains, the grass gets wet.

The grass gets wet when it rains.

• conditional sentences type zero

• conditional sentences type 1

Multiple Choice

We use the zero conditional when we want to talk about facts or things that are generally true. ... For example: "When it rains, tennis lessons are held in the gym." "If it rains, tennis lessons are held in the gym."

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