Today I am going to share the homework correction quoted from my JLPT course!
The student’s sentence is not correct. Can you find the mistake?

 

[Student’s sentence]

お酒を飲めば、頭が痛くなった。

*おさけをのめば、あたまがいたくなった。

 

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[My correction]

お酒を飲めば、頭が痛くなった。
→お酒を飲んだら、頭が痛くなった。
I had a headache after drinking alcohol.

 

たら is used to indicate the action that led to the discovery when the speaker discovered, realized, or learned something new.  However, the ば does not have that usage.

In this sentence, you should use たら, not ば, because you noticed that “I got a headache when I drank alcohol”. When used as a written word, と may be used instead of たら.

◎お酒を飲んだら、頭が痛くなった。(spoken language)
◎お酒を飲むと、頭が痛くなった。(written language)
×お酒を飲めば、頭が痛くなった。(not appropriate)

 

I hope my explanation helps you. 😊

 

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