What did they say?

When Rumpelpumpkin bargains with Gwen, he says: “If you guess my name, we’ll forget all about it.”

This is an example of the first conditional. First-conditional sentences are formed like this:

Question: What will you give me if I

make it for you?

Answer: If you do the work, I’ll give you my earrings.

An if-clause often refers to a condition — something that must happen in order that something else can happen. An if-clause can come at the beginning or the end of the sentence. If the if-clause comes at the end, you don’t need a comma. Remember not to put will in the if-clause: ⋅

I’ll give you my necklace if you do the work.

Instead of will, you can also use another modal ⋅ verb + infinitive:

If you do this little job, you can go to university. Cross out the wrong alternatives below.

A. I be | ’ll be so happy if I will get | get

good results in my exams.

B. If I won’t get | don’t get good results, I am not | won’t be able to go to university, I’m afraid.

C. If my dad gets | will get the job, life

will be | is much easier. D. What do you do | will you do if he asks | will ask you to marry him? E. I ask | will ask my friends if I won’t know | don’t know the answer.