CONDITIONALS

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 CONDITIONAL 0

If the telephone rings, it makes a noise.

Water evaporates if you boil it.

If he drinks too much coffee, he can’t sleep.

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 CONDITIONAL 0

We use conditional when we want to talk about

“conditions and their results”.

ZERO CONDITIONAL:

There are conditionals to express real-life. What

we normaly do or normally happens. Something
that is always or generally true.

If you freeze water, it turns into ice.

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 ATTENTION

If the conditional comes first, you need a comma.

If you heat water at 100°, it boils.

You don’t need a comma if the conditional

doesn’t come first.

I get tired if I work too much.

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 USES

FOR GENERA TRUTHS:

If the recorder is on, the green light appears.

FOR INSTRUCTIONS:

If you have any problems, call our store.

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 GRAMMAR

ZERO CONDITIONAL

If + present simple + present simple

If he is angry, his face turns red.

If + present simple + imperative

If you don’t understand the instructions, ask me.

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 EXERCISES

People (get) _______fat, if they (eat) _______junk food.

If a person (practise) _______sports, he or she always (feel)

_______good.

If the sun (rise) _______high, it (become) _______very hot.

Plants (die) _______, if it (do) _______not rain.

If children (not/get) _______enough sleep at night, they (get)

_______tired all day.

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 REORDER THE WORDS AND MAKE CONDITIONAL 0
SENTENCES

3.you / not / eat / you / die

4.iron / rust / it / get / wet

5.my daughter / eat / too much chocolate / she /get / sick

6.ice / float / you / drop / it / in water

7.if / no / rain / the grass / not / grow

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 LINKS TO PRACTICE

http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoEnglish/
gr.zero.p.htm

http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/
gr.zero.i.htm

http://www.englishmedialab.com/Quizzes/
preintermediate/zero%20conditional.htm

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/
studyzone/330/grammar/0cond1.htm

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 FIRST CONDITIONAL

Ellen, if you hang up on me, you’ll break my

heart.

If you beg, I’ll let you lick my ice cream cone.

If you continue to gain weight, you’ll get very fat.

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 USES

To refer to the future. There is a possibility that

the “if - event” happens. It’s a posible condition.
You have a situation, but you’re not sure about
its results.

If Susan studies harder, she will pass the exams.

If he cut his hair, he will look completely

different.

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 GRAMMAR

If + present simple + future (will)

CONDITION + RESULT

If Tara is free tomorrow, I will invite her to the

party.

If I find his address, I will send him an invitation.

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 EXERCISES
Complete the Conditional Sentences (Type I) by putting the verbs
into the correct form.

1. If you (send) _______this letter now, she (receive) ________it tomorrow.

2. If I (do) _________this test, I (improve) ________my English.
3. If I (find) ________ your ring, I (give) ________ it back to you.
4. Peggy (go) ________ shopping if she (have) ________ time in the
afternoon.
5. Simon (go) ________ to London next week if he (get) ________ a cheap
flight.
6. If her boyfriend (phone / not) ________ today, she (leave) ________ him.
7. If they (study / not) ________ harder, they (pass / not) ________ the
exam.
8. If it (rain) ________ tomorrow, I (have to / not) ________ water the
plants.
9. You (be able/ not) ________ to sleep if you (watch) ________ this scary
film.
10.Susan (can / move / not) ________ into the new house if it (be / not)
________ ready on time.

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 Put the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Form a Conditional
sentence - type I.

1) If I (to study)_______, I (to pass) _______the exams.

2) If the sun (to shine)_______, we (to walk) _______to the town.
3) If he (to have) _______a temperature, he (to see) _______the
doctor.
4) If my friends (to come)_______, I (to be) _______very happy.
5) If she (to earn) _______a lot of money, she (to fly) _______to New
York.
6) If we (to travel) _______to London, we (to visit) _______the
museums.
7) If you (to wear) _______sandals in the mountains, you (to slip)
_______on the rocks.
8) If Rita (to forget) _______her homework, the teacher (to give)
_______her a low mark.
9) If they (to go) _______to the disco, they (to listen) _______to
loud music.
10) If you (to wait) _______a minute, I (to ask) _______my parents.

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 LINKS TO PRACTICE

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/
studyzone/330/grammar/1cond1.htm

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/
conditional-sentences/type-1/exercises

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/
studyzone/330/grammar/1cond2.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/
if_clauses/type_1_statements.htm

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