Assignment B - PPP Grammar Lesson Table: First Conditional
NB: Look at the model provided and make sure you understand what MFP refer to here. See Units 2 and 7. For example, in number 4 in the
table below, we do NOT mean 'What is the function of the lesson'!!!
1. What is the target form of the first conditional The tense in the “If” clause is the present simple, the tense in the main clause can be either
(both clauses)? (F)
a)the future simple
Affirmative form: If + subject + verb (present simple), subject + verb (future simple)
-If it snows tomorrow, Jean will stay at home
-Jean will stay at home, if it snows tomorrow.
or
b)modals that “express the degree of certainty, permission, or a recommendation about the outcome”:
e.g. might, may, should
Examples:
If it is cloudy, it might rain.
I may get home before it rains.
If clause Main clause (result)
(condition)
If + present simple 1.future simple
2.modals
If this thing happens 1.that thing will
happen
2. (ref. 2 above)that
thing might/
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, If clause Main clause (result)
(condition)
may/should happen
Rules (as other conditional forms; Zero, Second, Third):
1.The order of the clauses (if clause/main clause) are not fixed, they can be changed.
2.The pronouns may have to be rearranged and the punctuations adjusted when the order of the
clauses are changed, however the meaning does not change.
(see bibliography point 1, for source)
2. What is the model sentence you will elicit to I will point to the picture (d) of the warmer (A picture of a boy in a house, looking through the
begin your presentation? window: it is snowing outside. At the top is written “Jean is at home”) on the wall by the board
among others, I will then engage in a dialogue which will result in the model sentence: “If it snows
tomorrow, Jean will stay at home” I will begin with.
3. What are the negative and question Model sentence in negative form, two different ways of saying the sentence:
(interrogative) forms of your model sentence? 1)Jean won’t stay at home if it doesn’t snow tomorrow.
(You might find there is more than one possibility, or
but you only need to show one negative and one 2)If it doesn’t snow tomorrow, Jean won’t stay at home.
contraction of “will not” to “won’t”
question, then analyse the forms.)
contraction of “does not” to “doesn’t “
Form:
1)Subject + won’t + verb (main clause; future simple – will + not + infinitive verb) if + Subject +
doesn’t + infinitive verb (present simple – does + not + infinitive verb).
2) If + Subject + doesn’t + infinitive verb (present simple – does + not + infinitive verb), Subject +
won’t + infinitive verb (main clause; future simple – will + not + infinitive verb).
Model sentence in question form: Will Jean stay at home if it snows tomorrow?
Form: Will + Subject + infinitive verb (future simple), if + Subject + infinitive verb (present simple)?
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NB: Look at the model provided and make sure you understand what MFP refer to here. See Units 2 and 7. For example, in number 4 in the
table below, we do NOT mean 'What is the function of the lesson'!!!
1. What is the target form of the first conditional The tense in the “If” clause is the present simple, the tense in the main clause can be either
(both clauses)? (F)
a)the future simple
Affirmative form: If + subject + verb (present simple), subject + verb (future simple)
-If it snows tomorrow, Jean will stay at home
-Jean will stay at home, if it snows tomorrow.
or
b)modals that “express the degree of certainty, permission, or a recommendation about the outcome”:
e.g. might, may, should
Examples:
If it is cloudy, it might rain.
I may get home before it rains.
If clause Main clause (result)
(condition)
If + present simple 1.future simple
2.modals
If this thing happens 1.that thing will
happen
2. (ref. 2 above)that
thing might/
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, If clause Main clause (result)
(condition)
may/should happen
Rules (as other conditional forms; Zero, Second, Third):
1.The order of the clauses (if clause/main clause) are not fixed, they can be changed.
2.The pronouns may have to be rearranged and the punctuations adjusted when the order of the
clauses are changed, however the meaning does not change.
(see bibliography point 1, for source)
2. What is the model sentence you will elicit to I will point to the picture (d) of the warmer (A picture of a boy in a house, looking through the
begin your presentation? window: it is snowing outside. At the top is written “Jean is at home”) on the wall by the board
among others, I will then engage in a dialogue which will result in the model sentence: “If it snows
tomorrow, Jean will stay at home” I will begin with.
3. What are the negative and question Model sentence in negative form, two different ways of saying the sentence:
(interrogative) forms of your model sentence? 1)Jean won’t stay at home if it doesn’t snow tomorrow.
(You might find there is more than one possibility, or
but you only need to show one negative and one 2)If it doesn’t snow tomorrow, Jean won’t stay at home.
contraction of “will not” to “won’t”
question, then analyse the forms.)
contraction of “does not” to “doesn’t “
Form:
1)Subject + won’t + verb (main clause; future simple – will + not + infinitive verb) if + Subject +
doesn’t + infinitive verb (present simple – does + not + infinitive verb).
2) If + Subject + doesn’t + infinitive verb (present simple – does + not + infinitive verb), Subject +
won’t + infinitive verb (main clause; future simple – will + not + infinitive verb).
Model sentence in question form: Will Jean stay at home if it snows tomorrow?
Form: Will + Subject + infinitive verb (future simple), if + Subject + infinitive verb (present simple)?
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