Sometimes we want to imagine future events that very likely to happen if something else happens, but are not completely for certain. We still use ‘if’ and add ‘will’ to the sentence.
- If you study hard, you will get an A.
- If it rains, my friend will be sad.
- If I win the lottery, I will buy my parents a boat.
For these examples, it is possible that the second event does not happen even if the first event happens. For example, maybe your friend won’t be sad if it rains because he didn’t want to go to soccer practice.
To make these sentences we need four parts:
- The word ‘if’
- If I get lost, I will call.
- A subject + verb in the present tense. This is about the first thing that happens.
- If I get lost, I will call.
- Then a comma
- If I get lost, I will call.
- Last a subject + will + verb in the present tense . This is about what might happen after.
- If I get lost, I will call.