ZERO CONDITIONAL

Short Rules of forming:

IF + Present Simple Present Simple
Examples:
If you heat ice, it melts.
If you work whole night, you are tired on next day.
Or in different order:
Present Simple IF + Present Simple
Examples:
Ice melts if you heat it.
Tom is tired if he works whole night.

Use of Zero Conditional:

We use Zero Conditional to talk about things that happen always, often or in regularly. We
also use Zero Conditional to describe obvious things or the laws or nature/physics.

Exercises:
1. Answer the questions using Zero Conditional:
Example: What do you do when your tyre gets worn ?
If my tyre gets worn, I change it for new one.

I. What do you do if you have a pain in your stomach ?

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II. What happens if you don’t feed your dog?
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III. How do you feel when you do not drink ?
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IV. What do you do when you have spare time?
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V. What people usually do when they are on swimming-pool?
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VI. If you want to buy a cake where do you go ?
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VII. Who do you call if you find a bomb ?
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VIII. What does a dog do when he sees a cat ?
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IX. What does a man do when he is out of money?
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X. How do you behave when you see a burning building?
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2. Use a proper form of verb:
If the children …………. (eat) too much candies, they ………(get) fat. If a child………(be) fat, he
or she………(need) to do exercises. A child……..(get) stronger if he or she…….(do) exercises. The
parents…….(be) happy if a child…..(is) strong. If the moon ……(rise) high, tides……..(become) bigger.
If Tom……(not/water) flowers, they …….(die).