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Zero Conditional

The document provides examples of conditional sentences using "if" to indicate things that always, usually, or often happen known as zero conditional sentences. It gives examples of general truths and instructions as common uses of zero conditional and has learners practice rewriting sentences in the zero conditional form and creating their own conditional story.

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Zero Conditional

The document provides examples of conditional sentences using "if" to indicate things that always, usually, or often happen known as zero conditional sentences. It gives examples of general truths and instructions as common uses of zero conditional and has learners practice rewriting sentences in the zero conditional form and creating their own conditional story.

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If + S + present tense, S +

present tense.
If he is angry, his face gets red.
If we have no food at home, we go
out to eat.
` if` means the same as `when`.
When he is angry, his face gets
red.
If we have no food at home, we go

I`m really tired


all day.

you gain weight.

water freezes.

The teacher gets


angry.

We use zero conditional for:


Instructions:
If you press the button, the
computer turns on.
General truths: Things that always,
usually or often happen.
If you heat water to 100 C, it boils.
If you need me, call me!

the flowers don`t grow.


Match the sentences
beginnings below with
the correct endings and
pictures.
1.If the temperature is
below zero,
2.If I don`t get enough
sleep,
3.If you eat a lot of junk
food,
4.If it doesn`t rain,
5.If the weather is sunny,
6.If we are late for class,
7.If people don`t eat,

Look for another job!

we eat lunch
outside.

I miss my bus.

they get hungry.

you fail. They are


difficult.

Write the sentences below in the zero conditional form:


1.drink /a lot of poison/die
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2. economic crises/happen/people/not quit/in their jobs.
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3. economic crises/happen/people/not spend/money.
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4. I/late/my father/drive/me/to school
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5. my grandparents/visit/they/bring/presents/for us
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6. I/not clean my room/my mother/yell/at me
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If I don`t hear my alarm, I sleep late. If I sleep late, I am late


for work. If I am late for work, my boss gets angry. If my boss
gets angry, I feel stressed. If I feel stressed, I can`t sleep well.
If I can`t sleep well, I don`t hear my alarm and if I don`t hear
my alarm, I sleep late again!!

Can you write a story like this?


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