Murphy's Laws - First Conditional Practice
Match the first half of Murphy's Laws with the second half to practise first conditional
Click a beginning on the left, then the ending that finishes the law.
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Rule: Zero and First Conditional ShowHide
Zero conditional
If / When + Present Simple, Present Simple
Things that are always true: facts, science, habits.
If you heat ice, it melts.
When the sun rises, the street lights go out.
First conditional
If + Present Simple, will + verb
A real possibility in the future and its result.
If he doesn't go to bed now, he'll be tired tomorrow.
If you wash your car, it will rain the next morning.
unless
unless = if … not
Unless you exercise, you'll get fat.
= If you don't exercise, you'll get fat.
No will after if: If it rains tomorrow, not If it will rain. When the if-part comes first, put a comma after it: If you drop a glass, it breaks. / A glass breaks if you drop it.
Games on Zero and First Conditional
Ready-made games on this topic. Open one on the board and play in teams.
