Question on the First Conditional

An interesting question, one that I had never considered, since the paradigms always use 'will' (to contrast with 'would', I suppose). Let's see:

If I visit you, I will bring a gift.
If I visit you, I'm going to bring a gift.

If I visited you, I would bring a gift.
If I visited you, I ....oops...nothing seems to work for Conditional II.

Mister MicawberWell anyway, for Conditional I, the meanings seem to vary slightly just as they do with will vs be going to elsewhere. We have discussed the overlap elsewhere here, too. Yes, we have. Good memory!

Hi Mister Micawber,
Thank you for your reply. Then, 'Will' is possible an so is 'be going to' for the First Co

Yes, I'd say so—just as these are:

If I visit you, I'll have to bring a gift.
If I visit you, I can't bring a gift.
If I visit you, I may bring a gift.

Mister MicawberYes, I'd say so—just as these are:
If I visit you, I'll have to bring a gift.
If I visit you, I can't bring a gift.
If I visit you, I may bring a gift.

Hi Mister Micawber,
Thank you for your reply, but those ones have a very different meaning, don't they?

TS

Thinking SpainAre 'will' and 'be going to' interchangeable without any change in its meaning for the First Conditional?

I'd say no. In my opinion the statements with going to make the consequent action more imminent somehow than the same statements with will, and they seem to be much more frequent as warnings.

If you do that one more

Thinking Spain but those ones have a very different meaning, don't they?

Yes, of course. Sorry, my mind drifted. I thought you were concerned with Conditional I formation.

CalifJim(Or maybe those were the only kinds of examples that came to mind.)

Hi Jim,
Thank you for your reply. So, there is a slightly difference.
These are the sentences that the students will read. These sentences are in the shorts stories I have written or rewritten for them, the ones I always ask here to be corrected.
Examples:
“We aren’t go

Hi Mister Micawber,
Thank you fo your reply. No problem at all. I hope you have never done this one:
About six month ago, winter time here, I got up in the middle of the night because I wanted to pee, quite normal so far, the thing is that I realised I was at the wrong place as soon as I felt the cool down there. I did open the fridge door. Can you imagine? I have to think that of course I

Thinking Spain“We aren’t going to hear the opera singers if she keeps on talking,”"I'm going to get very wet if that bus doesn't come soon!"

These are fine. In both cases there are already signs of what might happen next in the situation described. That makes 'going to' seem like a natural choice.

1 She is already talking; that's going to cre

Hi Jim,
Thank you for your help.

What about these ones, are they also correct?
a) If it rains today, I‘m going to stay at home.
b) If he is busy now, I'm going to come back tomorrow.
c) If I have the time I'm going to visit my sister tonight.
d) If you don't water those plants soon, they will die.

TS

TS