First Conditionals
by How first conditionals are used.
When doing the first conditional I reference it to the other conditional especially to the zero one, which is similar. The zero one is used to communicate an idea about something that is a natural consequence of something such as when it rains, it pours or when you don’t eat you get sick.
The first conditional uses the “if” rather than when and communicates something happening as a result of another action. The result may then be the appearance of another object, the arrival of someone else and so can relate to tow events one happened because of something else. This makes it very different from the zero conditional then.
I usually bring on examples of the student’s life or examples of my own so that he can see it is applied to any person. I have the student to complete a thought through words once I explain a scenario in my life so that he can tell what will happen as a result of an action. So in the case of a dishonest friend that I may still want to meet, he will say, “if you see him, you will be disappointed”.
I also have the student understand that other modals can be used besides will, like can or might in the same example or others depending on definite I want to be.
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