If you want to be fit, you need to do exercise every day.

If people are wearing headphones in the street, they often don’t notice other people.

If you haven’t been to New York, you haven’t lived.

If you haven’t seen his last film, you should.

If you want to lose weight, don’t eat sugar.

If you want to be fit, you need to do exercise every day.

If people are wearing headphones in the street, they often don’t notice other people.

If you haven’t been to New York, you haven’t lived.

If you haven’t seen his last film, you should.

If you want to lose weight, don’t eat sugar.

To talk about something which

is always true or happens as a

result of something else.

Present

simple

Present

continuous

Present

perfect

Modal verb

imperative

Identify the structure of the following sentences:

the sentence is divided in two parts:

If + present simple Will / won’t + infinitive

To talk about a possible future

situation, and the

consequence.

Let’s brainstorm

superstitions. How

do you express

them?

Opening an umbrella indoors

Opening an umbrella indoors

If you open an umbrella indoors, it will bring you bad luck.

Breaking a mirror

Breaking a mirror

If you break a mirror, you will have you 7 years of bad luck.

Walking under a ladder

Walking under a ladder

If you walk under a ladder, something bad will happen to you.

Blowing out all the candles on your birthday cake

Blowing out all the candles on your birthday cake

If you blow out all the candles on your birthday cake with one breath, you will get what you wanted.

But will or won’t aren’t our only options.

Which other modal verbs can you distinguish in these examples?

If + present simple

can

might

may

must

should

+ infinitive

if not unless

Which verb tense can you

identify after these time

expressions?

Which verb tense can you

identify after these time

expressions?

That's right! The present form!

• Present simple

• Present continuous

• Present perfect