ZERO CONDITIONAL

ZEROCONDITIONAL

USE

FUNTION

GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURE

EXAMPLES

GRAMMATICAL RULES

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FUNCTION

The main function of the Zero Conditional is to express situations that are always true when a specific condition is fulfilled. It connects a cause with an invariable effect.

Grammatical Structure

USE

• Scientific Facts and Laws: Express natural phenomena that always occur.

• Example: If you heat ice, it melts.

• Routines and Habits: Describe actions that happen consistently under certain conditions.

• Example: If I wake up early, I exercise.

• Instructions and Rules: Explain how things work or how certain actions should be performed.

• Example: If the light is green, you go.

• Advice and Warnings: Give recommendations about what happens in certain situations.

• Example: If you touch a hot stove, you get burned.

The Zero Conditional uses the simple present tense in both clauses. It can appear in affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms.Affirmative:Structure: If + subject + present simple, subject + present simple.Example: If you mix yellow and blue, you get green.Negative:Structure: If + subject + negative present simple, subject + negative present simple.Example: If you don’t water plants, they die.Interrogative:Structure: If + subject + present simple, does + subject + complement?Example: If you heat water, does it boil?

Grammatical Rules

ZERO CONDITIONAL

ACTIVITY

• Present Simple: Use present simple in both clauses.

Example: If you heat water, it boils.Order: Start with either clause; use a comma if starting with "if."Example: If you heat water, it boils. / Water boils if you heat it.Negatives/Questions: Use "don't/doesn't" and change word order for questions.Example: If you don't water plants, they die. / Does it boil if you heat water?.

EXAMPLES

Affirmative:

If it rains, the grass gets wet.

Negativo:

If you don't study, you don't learn.

Interrogativo:

If you heat water, does it always boil? (Si calientas agua, ¿siempre hierve?)

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