First Conditional Reference Guide
A clear one-page A2 reference guide to the first conditional, with form, use and model sentences.
What’s in the worksheet?
- Clear visual example
- Concise explanation of form and use
- Additional model sentences
- One-page printable reference
Introduce possible future conditions through rain tomorrow, plans and consequences.
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A simple way to teach it
Before the lesson
Keep the single-page reference visible while learners identify the if-clause and the result; no answer key is needed.
- Use the rain illustration to ask whether the situation is possible and whether it has happened yet.
- Highlight present simple after if and will plus the base verb in the result. Contrast does not hurry with will miss.
- Read the six further examples, then let pairs change the weather or evening plans in one model. Practise the result-first sentence about cooking at home too.
Support and extension
Support with If it rains tomorrow, we will… Extend by comparing a usual result with a possible future result, without suggesting will belongs in every conditional if-clause.
Suggested approach. Adjust the pace and number of questions to suit your class.
