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Zero
Zero
Conditional
Conditional
Let's start 1
with this.
What is the zero
conditional?
We use the zero conditional to talk
about things that are always true, it is a
sentence in which we indicate a
condition and its result.
 2 What is the structure of the
zero conditional?
Affirmative If + present simple + , + present simple Present simple + if + present simple

Negative If + don’t/doesn’t + present simple + , + don’t/doesn’t + present simple

Interrogative Do/Does + present simple + If + present simple + ?

 What are its uses? 3
preferences
superstitions
routines and habits
proverbs causes and effects
rules and laws

instructions making requests

offering suggestions and advice

 Preferences

When I go to school, I prefer to walk.

Routines and habits
I always take the bus if I go to work.
 Rules and laws
If you're in a museum, don't take photos.
 Proverbs
If you fall seven times, get up eight times.
 Causes and effects
If you eat ice cream, you can get sick.
 Superstitions
If you sweep a girl’s feet, she can marry
a widower.
 Instructions
If he phones, tell him I’m on my way.
 Making requests
If you go by the supermarket, buy me
some things, please.
Offering suggestions
and advice
If you get sick, go to the doctor.
4 What other words can
replace "if"?

For the structure we can use if,

but we can also use when or
unless to replace it.
 5 What do we use to form
sentences with the zero
conditional?
We use modals to form
sentences with the zero
conditional.
We use the zero conditional to talk about things that are always true, it is a sentence in which we
indicate a condition and its result.

AFFIRMATIVE FORM: If + present simple + , + present simple / Present simple + if + present simple.
NEGATIVE FORM: If + don’t/doesn’t + present simple + , + don’t/doesn’t + present simple.
INTERROGATIVE FORM: Do/Does + present simple + If + present simple + ?

It can also be used to describe: routines and habits, preferences, rules and laws, causes and
effects, superstitions and proverbs, and specific situations such as: vive instructions, to offer
suggestions and advice and to make requests.

For the structure we can use if, but we can also use when or unless to replace it.

We use modals to form sentences with the zero conditional.