Compare the following two sentences:
A. If you call me I come.
B. If you call me I will come.
Both sentences seem to suggest that an action will take place, if a certain condition is met.
That's what they have in common.
There is a difference though, in a way that sentence A seems to express a sort of general rule, a principle that the speaker adheres to.
In sentence B the speaker merely states an intention (what is likely to happen).
We use the 1st Conditional in offers, suggestions, warnings and threats.
Examples: If we hurry (present simple), we will catch the bus.
If we miss it, there will be another one
Try the exercise below the text on the learn4good page.
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