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First Conditional Uses the Same Split

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Real future condition

If it rains tomorrow, we will stay home.

Test outcome

If you pass the ASVAB, you will enlist.

Wrong

If it will rain… ✗

Fact pattern

If you heat water, it boils. · present + present

The condition uses present form even when its meaning points to the future.

if + presente; resultado con will

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Tips

First Conditional Uses the Same Split

  1. First conditional divide el trabajo: if + present, resultado con will + base.
  2. Aunque la condición habla del futuro, el verbo dentro de if permanece en presente.
  3. Present + present expresa una relación general: “If you heat water, it boils.”