 What happens to a ball of snow if

(when) you heat it?

It melts.
 What happens to plants if (when) you
don’t water them? They die.

Zero conditional
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1. They are used to express that the

action in the main clause (without if)
can only take place if a certain
condition (in the clause with if) is
fulfilled.

2. Formation of Zero conditional

sentences:
If/when + present simple (heat/don’t
water), present simple (melts/die).
3. Use:
 general truths: If you mix blue and
yellow, you get green.
 laws of nature: If you heat water to
100°C, it boils.

4. Punctuation:
 we always put a comma after the
if/when clause:

,
If temperatures drop to zero water
freezes.
 when the main clause comes first, we
do not use a comma:
Water freezes if temperatures drop to
zero.