Making travel arrangements
When you have travel plans or want to discuss the New language Zero and first conditional
arrangements for a trip, it is useful to be able to talk Vocabulary Travel
about the possible results of actions and choices. New skill Talking about actions and results
KEY LANGUAGE THE FIRST CONDITIONAL
You can use the first
conditional when you
want to describe a
realistic action and a
future result that it
might lead to.
HOW TO FORM THE FIRST CONDITIONAL
The first conditional is usually introduced by “if ” followed by
the present simple. The future with “will” expresses the result.
“IF” PRESENT SIMPLE COMMA FUTURE WITH “WILL”
“If ” shows that the Present simple tense Comma separates Future with “will”
sentence is conditional. describes suggested action. action from result. describes the result.
FURTHER EXAMPLES THE FIRST CONDITIONAL
You can put the “if ” clause at the end of
the sentence if you remove the comma.
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MATCH THE BEGINNINGS OF THE SENTENCES TO THE CORRECT ENDINGS
LISTEN TO THE AUDIO AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
Dan is calling his
colleague, Simon,
to arrange flights
for a conference.
They are discussing
travel options.
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