miércoles, 3 de junio de 2015

The Present Perfect and the First Conditional

In English we are learning about how to use the future to talk about things we are planning to do.  We use the present continuous for future plans and for talking about an action that is happening right now.  We use the present continuous to talk about something we´ve already planned.  Here are some examples.

I am going camping.
You/We/They are going camping.
He/She/It is going camping.

Below are some exercises for practicing the present continuous for future.

Present Continuous for Future Exercise 1

Present Continuous for Future Exercise 2


We use the first conditional to talk about future events that are likely to happen.
If we take John, he'll be really pleased.
If you give me some money, I'll pay you back tomorrow.
If they tell us they want it, we'll have to give it to them.
If Mary comes, she'll want to drive.
The 'if' clause can be used with different present forms.
If I go to New York again, I'll buy you a souvenir from the Empire State Building.
If he's feeling better, he'll come.
If she hasn't heard the bad news yet, I'll tell her.

The "future clause" can contain 'going to' or the future perfect as well as 'will'.

Below is a link to a video and some exercises about the first conditional.

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