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Zero Conditional

The document discusses the zero conditional, which is used to talk about things that always happen in certain conditions. It provides examples of sentences using the zero conditional structure of "if + present simple, present simple". It then gives tasks to practice forming zero conditional sentences from pairs of independent clauses.

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Zero Conditional

The document discusses the zero conditional, which is used to talk about things that always happen in certain conditions. It provides examples of sentences using the zero conditional structure of "if + present simple, present simple". It then gives tasks to practice forming zero conditional sentences from pairs of independent clauses.

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Fuentes Orozco Sebastian 5ALV

Zero Conditional
If + Present Simple, Present Simple
We use the zero conditional to talk about things that always happen in certain conditions. The main action is an
automatic result of the if-clause. (We can sometimes use when instead of if.)

Task 1. Open the brackets. Remember about the punctuation.

1) If you _____________
press (press) this button the machine ___________
Start (start).
2) If you _____________
Press (press) this button the machine ___________ Stop (stop).
Don’t practise (not practise) the piano every evening I ___________
3) If I _____________ Forget (forget) how to play it.
4) If we _____________
Take (take) our dog to the park she ___________
Runs (run) away.
5) If you _____________
Heat Melts
(heat) ice it ___________ (melt).
6) If/When I ___________
Miss (miss) the 8 o’clock train I ________
Am (be) late for work.
7) If/When I ___________
Am (be) late for work my boss ________
Get (get) angry.
8) If/When people ___________ Get
Don’t eat (not eat) they ________ (get) hungry.
9) When you ___________
Fly (fly) budget airline you ___________
Have to (have to) pay for your drinks and snacks.
10) When you ___________
Go (go) on holiday ___________
Take (take) plenty of sun cream. It'll be very hot.

Task 2. Rewrite each pair of sentences to make one sentence with the zero conditional.

1) You heat water to 100 degrees. It boils. If you heat water to 100 degrees. It boils.
2) You cross an international date line.
If you cros san international date line, the times changes.
The time changes.
3) It rains. The grass gets wet. If it rains, the grass gets wet.
4) Wood doesn't burn. There is no air. wood needs air in order to burn. No air
5) Ice floats. You drop it in water. If ice floats, you drop it in water.
6) There is no rain. The grass doesn’t grow. If it doesn't rain, the grass doesn't grow
7) Iron rusts. It gets wet. The iron rusts, if it gets wet
8) People eat too much. They get fat. If people eat too much, they get fat.
9) Babies are hungry. They cry. If babies are hungry, they cry.
10) The river freezes. It’s very cold. The river freezes and it is very cold

Task 3. Write the sentence with the zero conditional.

(I / wake up late / I / be late for school) (people / eat / too many sweets / they / get fat)

if I wake up late, i am late for if people eat too many sweets, they
school get fat

(my husband / cook / he / burn the food) (I / feel good the next day / I / go to bed early)
if my husband cooks ,he burns if I go to bed early, i feel good the
the food next day

(you / mix water and electricity / you / get (she / buy expensive clothes / she / go shopping)
a shock)

if you mix water and if she goes shopping ,she buys


electricity,you get a shock expensive clothes

(I / cycle to work / the weather / be fine) (I / study hard / I / pass my exams)


if the weather is fine,I cycle if I study hard ,I pass my exams
to work

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