If you…, you’ll…

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2In this lesson
3. 3Listen: Ash's messageListening comprehension
4. 4What does it mean?Grammar exercise
5. 5Find the resultsGrammar exercise
6. 6How the first conditional worksGrammar rule
7. 7Choose the right formGrammar exercise
8. 8A note for the babysitterGrammar exercise
9. 9Find the mistakeGrammar exercise
10. 10Questions for your teacherGrammar exercise
11. 11Say it naturallySpeaking practice
12. 12The pet advisorSpeaking practice
13. 13About youGrammar exercise
14. 14Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: the restaurant's first monthGrammar exercise
2. 2Homework: choose the right formGrammar exercise
3. 3Homework: build the sentencesGrammar exercise
4. 4Homework: a pet for my friendDiscussion

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

A few questions about you before we start.

1. Did you have a pet when you were a child? What was it like?
2. Are you a dog person or a cat person? Why?
3. What will you do after this lesson?

Grammar rule

How the first conditional works

if + present, will / won't + verb

	Example
if part first, with a comma	If we leave now, we'll be there by noon.
result first, no comma	We'll be there by noon if we leave now.
a negative in either part	If you don't like it, I won't buy it.
questions	Where will you go if the store is closed? · Will you come if I invite you? — Yes, I will. / No, I won't.

Use it for a real possibility: maybe it will happen, maybe not, and we say what will happen then.

After if, use the present, even for the future, and remember the -s: if she gets, if it rains, if the baby is asleep. In the result, will / won't + the base verb. The result can also be an order: If you have any questions, call me.

Watch out: not If it will rain… (after if, the present), not will to go or will goes (will + the base verb), and not Yes, I'll. (Yes, I will.)