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| <html> <span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style=";"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'>The first conditional is used for real, likely events. Compare these two sentences:</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.25pt;"><b style=";"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'>If I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">leave</span> home at 8.00, I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">arrive </span>at 9.00. [this refers to every time I leave at 8.00]</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.25pt;"><b style=";"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'>If I leave home at 8.00, I'll arrive at 9.00. [this refers to a specific occasion in the future]</span></b></p></span><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br></p></html> | <html> <span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style=";"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'>The first conditional is used for real, likely events. Compare these two sentences:</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.25pt;"><b style=";"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'>If I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">leave</span> home at 8.00, I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">arrive </span>at 9.00. [this refers to every time I leave at 8.00]</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.25pt;"><b style=";"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'>If I leave home at 8.00, I'll arrive at 9.00. [this refers to a specific occasion in the future]</span></b></p></span><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br></p></html> |
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| <html><p><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/444_6634826d0daef75ad5b5ee1fe05c891a.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="479" height="311" id="444" style="width: 121px; height: 102px;" alt="Fire alarm" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/444_6634826d0daef75ad5b5ee1fe05c891a.jpg"></a> <b style=";"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; ;'>The alarm goes off if there's a fire.</span></b> </p><p><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/543_458b5b7491b2213988d3f7d2a4550129.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="282" height="424" id="543" style="width: 106px; height: 131px;" alt="girl, rain, park, child, weather, wet, rainy, outdoor summer jump fille pluie" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/543_458b5b7491b2213988d3f7d2a4550129.jpg"></a> <span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>Only children go in the garden if it's raining. </strong></span></p><p><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/526_b66020485bb75e91ed66a3fe30453272.png" rel="image_show"><img width="254" height="252" id="526" style="width: 118px; height: 106px;" alt="meeting, Japanese" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/526_b66020485bb75e91ed66a3fe30453272.png"></a> <span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>When you work with people from other countries, you might have to do things differently.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/582_cab626316124b79e7be62c94d5bcb2a2.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="425" height="281" id="582" style="width: 117px; height: 95px;" alt="girl, eating, yoghurt manger child enfant" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/582_cab626316124b79e7be62c94d5bcb2a2.jpg"></a> <span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>If she's eating then she's getting better. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: " |