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What is Grammar?
English Grammar Terms
The 8 English Parts of
Speech
These are the words that you use to make a sentence.
There are only
8 types of word - and the most
important is the Verb!
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Verbs |
be, have, do, work |
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Nouns |
man, town, music |
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Adjectives |
a, the, 69, big |
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Adverbs |
loudly, well, often |
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Pronouns |
you, ours, some |
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Prepositions |
at, in, on, from |
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Conjunctions |
and, but, though |
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Interjections |
ah, dear, er, um |
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Verbs
Passive voice
Modal verbs
Conditionals
Questions
Irregular
verbs
Going to
Gerunds
Phrasal Verbs
Tenses
Nouns
(Un) Countable nouns
Adjectives
Articles
Pronouns
Preposition List
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| Grammar Quizzes
Parts of Speech Quiz
Verb Classification Quiz
Main Verb Forms Quiz
Active or Passive Quiz
Subjunctive Quiz
Future Time Quiz
Continuous Tense Verb
Quiz
Used to do or Be used to
Quiz
Have to,
Must, Must not Quiz
Can, Could, Be able
to Quiz
Questions Quiz
Tag Questions
Quiz
Infinitive or
-ing Quiz
Gerunds Quiz
Phrasal Verbs
Quiz
Conditionals Quiz
For or Since Quiz
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Present Perfect
Simple
Present Perfect
Continuous
Past Simple
Questions
Comparative
Adjectives
Superlative
Adjectives
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First Conditional:
real possibility
We are talking about the future. We are thinking about a
particular condition or situation in the future, and the result of this
condition. There is a real possibility that this condition will happen. For
example, it is morning. You are at home. You plan to play tennis this
afternoon. But there are some clouds in the sky. Imagine that it rains. What
will you do?
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condition |
result |
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present simple |
WILL + base verb |
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it rains |
I will stay at home. |
Notice that we are thinking about a future condition. It is not
raining yet. But the sky is cloudy and you think that it could rain. We use the
present simple tense to talk about the possible future condition. We use WILL +
base verb to talk about the possible future result. The important thing about
the first conditional is that there is a real possibility that the condition
will happen. Here are some more examples (do you remember the two basic
structures: IF condition result / result IF condition?):
| IF |
Condition |
Result |
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present simple |
WILL + base verb |
| If |
I see Mary |
I will tell her. |
| If |
Tara is free tomorrow |
he will invite her. |
| If |
they do not pass their exam |
their teacher will be sad. |
| If |
it rains tomorrow |
will you stay at home? |
| If |
it rains tomorrow |
what will you do? |
| result |
IF |
condition |
| WILL + base verb |
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present simple |
| I will tell Mary |
if |
I see her. |
| He will invite Tara |
if |
she is free tomorrow. |
| Their teacher will be sad |
if |
they do not pass their exam. |
| Will you stay at home |
if |
it rains tomorrow? |
| What will you do |
if |
it rains tomorrow? |
| EnglishClub.com Tip |
| Sometimes, we use
shall, can, or may instead of will, for example: If
you are good today, you can watch TV tonight. |
Second Conditional
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