English Lesson: If Conditionals & Superstitions Today is Friday
the 13th. There is a superstition that says Friday the 13th is
an unlucky day. This is because the number 13 is considered to
be an unlucky number in Western culture, and Friday is said to
be an unlucky day. So if Friday and 13 happen together, it will
be bad luck. Do you think so? There are a lot of other
superstitions. For example, if you break a mirror, you will have
seven years of bad luck. Do you think so? Let’s look at some of
these superstitions today! We use if in a conditional sentence
to talk about things that always happen. Do you know how to use
this grammar? Take a look at the paragraph above and then check
today’s lesson. In this sentence there are two clauses. The
clause with if contains a present verb, and the second clause
contains will plus a present verb. - If the temperature falls
below 0°C, water will freeze. So the structure is: If + present
verb, will + present verb. Some grammar books call this the
first conditional. We us