Business English B1 · Lesson 7A

Grammar Bank

The rules behind this lesson — form, use, model sentences and the mistakes to avoid.

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Grammar focus of this lesson

1st conditional — offers, promises and warnings

1 structure

First conditional
Real future conditions: if this happens, that will happen.
I've got this
Rules & form
- ›If + present simple, will / won't + base verb.
- ›Either clause can come first (comma only when if comes first).
- ›Also with may, might, can, should in the result.
- ›unless = if not.
Examples
- “If it's sunny, we'll go to the beach.”
- “They won't sign unless we drop the price.”
- “If we sign today, I can offer a 10% discount.”
Watch out · Never will after if: If it will rain ✗ → If it rains ✓.
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