Understanding Conditional Clauses: Zero, First and Modal Conditions - Prof. 1578, Apuntes de Idioma Inglés

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Conditional clauses (I)^ Zero and First conditionals +conditionals with modals

First conditional

-^ The first conditional talks about the result of a

possible event

or situation

in the future.

-^ We make the first conditional with: If /Unless

+Present Simple

,^ will/won’t/might/might not

+^ infinitive

If^ I^ find^ your watch, I

will tell^ you If^ we^ don’t pay

him, he won’t do

it

(= Unless

we^ pay^

him ,…) If^ you^ don’t apply

soon, you

might^ have to wait until June (= Unless

you apply soon

Conditionals with modal verbs and

imperatives If parents

want^ their kids to grow up healthy, they

shouldn’t

protect

them so much.If kids never

go^ outside, they

can’t^ learn to look after themselves.

If you^ don’t understand

the instructions, you

must^ tell me immediately.

If you^ come

home late,

don’t wake

me up. I’ll buy some water

in case

I get thirsty.

I’ll buy some water

if^ I get thirsty

•We use

in case

to say that we are prepared for something that might happen.