This is the "No Music" version. For the version with background music, please click here: http://oomongzu.com/upper-intermediate/first-conditionals/ If you love our videos, please support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oomongzu Watch the comical story of Bella and the three stooges and learn about the various forms of if clause type 1 for upper-intermediate level classes. WEBSITE: http://oomongzu.com For more creative, engaging and interactive animated grammar teaching videos, please visit our website. Title of English / ESL Video: Bella and the Three Stooges Target English Grammar: If Clause Type 1 (First Conditional / 1st Conditional): – Conditional clauses / conditional sentences – If clause + result clause / clauses of result – Also known as: – condition clause + consequence clause – subordinate clause + main clause / other clause – dependent clause + independent clause. – Imperatives – Modal verbs – Should – Future time clauses Student Proficiency Level: Upper-intermediate level grammar Suggested Courses: General English Instructions: – Play the video in class after delivering a warm-up activity first. – Pause the video whenever the narrator asks students a question to give students time to answer. For example, after elicitations and concept checking questions (CCQs). Summary of English Grammar: If Clause Type 1 Approximate chronological order: Storyline: – Starts and 0:00. Ends at 2:32. First Conditional: Function: – To talk about possible present or future situations and their consequences. Forms: Most Common Form: – If + present simple, + future simple (will) – Also known as: If + present simple, + will/won’t + verb (base form) Real Form: – If + any present tense, + any future tense – Or: – If + any future tense, + any future tense – Any present tense: present simple, present continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous. – Any future tense: future simple (“will” or “going to”), future continuous, future perfect, future perfect continuous. Examples: – If + present simple, + future simple (will) – If + you do your job, + we’ll be on our dream holiday to Europe by tomorrow. – If + present simple, + future continuous – If + I have free time, + I’ll be seeing my friend. – If + present simple, + future perfect – If + Matthew stops bothering me, + I’ll have finished my assignment by tomorrow. – If + present perfect, + future simple (going to) – If + Matthew has broken into my house again, + I’m going to kill him! – First conditionals talk about present or future events. However, using the present perfect makes it a past event. – If + present continuous, + modal – If + you’re cleaning the bathroom, could you change the towels? – The function of this sentence is a polite request. This polite request is in the form of a yes/no question. – If + future simple (will), + future simple (will) – If + you’ll meet with me tonight, + I’ll take you somewhere special. – This sentence is both a request and an offer. Using “will” in the if clause makes the sentence more polite. This polite request/offer is in the form of a statement and not a yes/no question like the previous example. – If + present simple, + future perfect continuous – Elicitation from students. – If + you start now, + you’ll have been cleaning out this house for two hours by midnight. – If + present perfect continuous, + modal – Elicitation from students. – If + he has been following my orders, + he should be out any time now.

• published: 21 Aug 2016
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