Universite d’antananarivo ecole normale superieure

Second step: presentation stage (15 min)

The teacher wrote the structure of first conditional sentence below the three sentences written on the sheets of paper:

If+S+Simple Present+,+S+will+V(-to) OR S+will+V(-to)+if+S+Simple Present

Afterwards, she asked the students to give other examples of sentences containing if clause type one without explaining what “if lause type I” means and when we use it. She also forgot to explain the clause ordering in the sentences and the meaning of the clauses, but instead, she gave a rule which is quite difficult for students to remember. Only one student could answer: “If we study hard, we will have good marks.”

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