Real ESL

In this blog post, I talk about gay marriage being allowed in California. I use quite a few IF clauses to give you some more examples. One thing I want you to remember is that after IF, you need a subject and a present verb, usually simple present, but sometimes it can be present progressive - am/is ___ing. Give me some examples of your own real if clauses in the comments.

Transcript and Vocabulary/Grammar Explanation

I just went to the park with my children, to West Hollywood Park, and behind me, you see a wedding altar.

That’s because here in West Hollywood, there are going to be a bunch of (a lot of) marriages.

And not the ordinary kind of marriages, but gay marriages.

Because here in California, females can marry females and males can marry males.

And that, to me, is the best thing.

I am so happy that this has gone through.

I’m a big supporter of gay marriage. And I think it’s wonderful.

Now, I’m going to use a few real conditional clauses for a little bit of practice for all of you.

If you want to get married and you are gay, you can come to California and get married legally.

If you want to do it this weekend, you can come to the West Hollywood Park because they have a lot of altars set up (put up).

If you are thinking about getting married, you’ll have to head to California before November because there might be a situation where all (gay) marriages are declared unconstitutional (not allowed under the state’s main legal document - the constitution).

So, now’s the time to do it if that’s what you want to do.