- Variable and First Conditional - Common and simple topic - Examples provided - If I have time this weekend, I will go shopping - If I have time on weekends, I go shopping - Two important points for conditional sentences - Two parts: condition and result - Example: If you work hard, you succeed - "If you work hard" = condition - "you succeed" = result - Two situations: real and unreal - Real: If you work hard, you succeed - Unreal: If I were you, I would buy a big house - Focus on real situations - Zero and first conditional - Zero conditional - Used for always or usually true statements - Example: If I have time on weekends, I go shopping - Verb tenses: present in both clauses - Example: If he is sick, his sister hands in his assignment - First conditional - Describes probable future outcomes - Example: If I have time this weekend, I will go shopping - Verb tenses: present in "if" clause, future in result clause - Example: If it rains tomorrow, we will not go on a picnic