ZERO CONDITIONAL - CERTAINTY
RESULT
PRESENT SIMPLE
IF/WHEN CONDITION
PRESENT SIMPLE
IF/When
you heat butter
it melts
RESULT
IF/WHEN
CONDITION
PRESENT SIMPLE
PRESENT SIMPLE
Butter melts
If/when
you heat it
We use the zero conditional when the result of the
condition is always true and obvious.
Exercise
Write the verbs in brackets. Use the ZERO conditional.
1-If it
(rain), the streets
(get) wet.
2.My mother
(get) angry when i
(not do) my homework every day.
3- If you
(run) too fast, you
(get) really exhausted.
(speak) so quickly.
4 can't
(understand) Elizabeth when she
(miss) the seven o'clock train, she
5-1f Madeleine
(be) late for work.
(go) up.
6- When you
(turn on) an electric al appliance, the electricity meter
7- My little sister always
(cry) when she
(be) hungry
(drink) too much alcohol, you sure
(get) drunk. It's dangerous
8-When you
9-The mountains
(get) white when it
(snow).
10-1f you
(don't drink) enough water, you
(become) dehydrated.
1. If it rains, the streets get wet.
2.My mother gets angry when i don't do my homework every day.
3- If you run too fast, you get really exhausted.
4 I can't understand Elizabeth when she speaks so quickly.
5-If Madeleine start the seven o'clock train, she is late for work.
6- When you turn on an electric al appliance, the electricity meter goes up
7- My little sister always cries when she is hungry
8 When you drink too much alcohol, you sure get drunk. It's dangerous
9-The mountains get white when it snows.
10-If you don't drink enough water, you become dehydrated.