Planning an outdoor event · Building the first conditional

Building the first conditional in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

Application goal: Building the first conditional.

For a possible future condition, use if with the present simple and will with a base verb in the result. Do not automatically put will in the if clause.

Context: Planning an outdoor event. Identify the wording that achieves this goal, then adapt the details to a situation of your own.

Practical examples

If the weather stays dry, we will hold the workshop outside.

إذا ظل الجو جافًا، فسنقيم ورشة العمل في الخارج.

If it rains, we will use the community hall instead.

إذا أمطرت، فسنستخدم القاعة المجتمعية بدلًا من ذلك.

We will send everyone a message if the location changes.

سنرسل رسالة للجميع إذا تغير المكان.

Check your understanding

1. Choose the closest Arabic meaning of this expression: If the weather stays dry, we will hold the workshop outside.
2. Choose the English expression that matches this meaning: سنرسل رسالة للجميع إذا تغير المكان.