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What Is The Zero Conditional Tense?

The document discusses the zero conditional, which is used to describe situations that are always true. It provides examples of zero conditional sentences using the structure "if + present simple, present simple" or "if + present simple, can + infinitive verb". The zero conditional can be made negative by making the first part, second part, or both parts of the sentence negative.

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What Is The Zero Conditional Tense?

The document discusses the zero conditional, which is used to describe situations that are always true. It provides examples of zero conditional sentences using the structure "if + present simple, present simple" or "if + present simple, can + infinitive verb". The zero conditional can be made negative by making the first part, second part, or both parts of the sentence negative.

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The zero conditional

What is the Zero Conditional tense?

We use the Zero Conditional tense to talk about conditions that


are always true.

Look at the sentence you heard in the listening lesson:

If you buy a phone and headphones, you receive a free phone case.

This means:

 I buy a phone and headphones = I receive a free phone case.

and:

 I don’t buy a phone and headphones = I don’t receive a free


phone case.

The structure for the zero conditional is:

 If + subject + present simple verb, subject + present simple verb.

If you wear a coat in summer, you feel hot.

If I have a cold, I cough and sneeze.

The word ‘when’, can replace ‘if’:


When you wear a coat in summer, you feel hot.

When I have a cold, I cough and sneeze.

More on the zero conditional


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We also use the word ‘can’ to show possibility.

Look at the sentence you heard in the listening lesson.

If you have any problems, you can return the phone.

I have problems. = It is possible to return the phone.

I don’t have problems. = It is not possible to return the phone.

The structure for the conditional with ‘can’ is:

If + subject + present simple verb, subject + can + infinitive verb.

Example sentences:

If you are a woman, you can join this class.


If I go to your party, I can meet your sister.

Making the zero conditional negative


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How do we make the Zero Conditional Negative? Here, we look at


3 ways.

You can make just the first part of the sentence negative.

For example:

 If you don’t sleep, you feel tired.

 If you don’t understand, you can ask me.

You can make the second part of the sentence negative.

For example:

 When I feel cold, I don’t eat ice-cream.

 If I drink a lot of coffee, I can’t sleep.

You can make both parts of the sentence negative.

For example:

 If it doesn’t rain, I don’t take an umbrella.

 If you don’t have a ticket, you can’t enter.

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