Student’s name: Gloria Isabel Martinez Cardenas Group: 12-502
Zero Conditional
The Zero conditional is used for
things that are always true as
long as the condition is met.
Formation: If + present tense, +
present tense
If I eat too much, I feel ill.
The if clause can come before or
after the main clause.
If it comes after, we don’t use a
comma.
1) Complete the zero conditional sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. If you _____boil____ water to 100° C, it _____heat_____. (heat, boil)
2. The menu___appear__ on the screen if you ___press____ this button twice. (appear, press)
3. Put those plants in the sun. If they _not get_enough light, they _die_. (die, not get)
4. If you __not have_ the right password, you __not access___the website. (not have, not
access)
5. My mum __not sleep__well if she _drink___coffee before bed. (not sleep, drink).
6. Do not__your teacher __get___annoyed if you_get__ your homework? (get, not do)
2) Complete the zero conditional sentences by choosing the correct pairs of verbs from the
box. Put the verbs in the correct form.
feel/not do be/play not wake/not get can not/read get/make not
remember/tell
1. If I _not remember___to do my homework, I tell_ the teacher a lie.
2. If I not wake my brother up in the morning, he _not get_to school on time.
3. I _play music really loudly if I_am_ at home alone.
4. If I _can not_sleep at night, I __read____ a magazine.
5. Make__you _get embarrassed if you _get_ a mistake when speaking English?
6. She do not_ her homework if she __feel_ tired.
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 yoy heat water 100 degrees, then It boils.
2) You cross an international date line. If You Cross an internacional date line, the time 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 doesn’t burn if there is no air.
5) Ice floats. You drop it in water. Ice floats you drop it in water.
6) There is no rain. The grass doesn’t grow. If There is no rain, the grass doesn’t grow.
7) Iron rusts. It gets wet. Iron rusts If It gets wet.