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What’s zero conditional?
❖ Zero conditional is a grammatical structure that is used to talk
about general truths or about situations that are real.
❖ We use conditional sentences to describe possible situations that
have a condition, referred to using ‘if’. If one thing happens,
another action can follow. For example:
If students study hard, they learn quickly.
Specific use zero conditional
⮚ Talk about general truths: If you mix yellow and
blue, you get green.
⮚ To give instructions: If the phone rings, don’t
answer
⮚ To talk about scientific laws: If you put an ice
cube in the sun, It melts.
Structure of the zero
conditional
The zero conditional in English is formed
in the present simple and has two
clauses that we call CONDITION and
RESULT
Structure
Conditional Clause
If + subject + present simple
Result clause
Subject + Present simple
If the students study hard, they learn quickly.
Condition Result
Negative Zero conditional
Negative structure
If + subject + don’t/doesn’t + present simple (infinitive verb),
+ subject + don’t/doesn’t) present simple (infinitive verb)
If she doesn’t work, She doesn’t earn money
She doesn’t earn money if she doesn’t work.
Interrogative Zero conditional
If + Subject + infinitive verb / simple present, + Wh- +
Auxiliary + Subject + simple present + ?
If you study all night, When do you sleep?
When do you sleep if you study all night?
Remember that the zero conditional can’t be
used to refer to a particular time, like the
future or the past. It’s only used for general
facts.
Exercises
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