CONDITIONAL

ZERO

 WHAT IS THE ZERO

CONDITIONAL IN ENGLISH?

The zero conditional is a grammatical structure that is used

to talk about general truths or about situations that are
real and possible. It is used to talk about scientific laws,
general truths, and to give instructions.

 1. To speak of general truths

WHEN TO USE
THE ZERO 2. To give instructions
CONDITIONAL? 3. To talk about scientific laws
 STRUCTURE OF THE ZERO
CONDITIONAL
The zero conditional in English is formed with
the present simple and has two clauses
that we can call 'condition' and 'result'.
Condition clause

The condition clause has the following structure:

If + subject + present simple,

Result clause

The second clause is the result clause and is formed with:

Subject + simple present.

 ZERO CONDITIONAL ZERO CONDITIONAL NEGATIVE
AFFIRMATIVE

In the case of negative sentences in the zero conditional, it is

The zero conditional in affirmative sentences is formed using
the present simple in both clauses. Structure:
If + Subject + present simple, + Subject + present simple
Exemplo:
Ejemplos:
If it rains, plants grow. (Si llueve, las plantas crecen.)
Plants grow if it rains. (Las plantas crecen si llueve.)
necessary to use the auxiliary do/does. Structure:.
If + Subject + do not/ does not + verb in infinitive, + Subject + do not/
does not + verb in infinitive
EXEMPLO:
If she doesn’t work, she doesn’t feel good. (Si ella no trabaja, no
se siente bien.)
She doesn’t feel good if she doesn’t work. (Ella no se siente bien si
no trabaja.)

ZERO CONDITIONAL WHEN IS THE COMMA USED IN

THE ZERO CONDITIONAL?
INTERROGATIVE

To form the zero interrogative conditional, you must use an

interrogative particle and an auxiliary. This is the structure:
If + Subject + verb in infinitive / simple present, + Wh- + Auxiliary +
Subject + simple present + ?
EXEMPLO:
f you study all night, when do you sleep? (Si estudias toda la
noche, ¿cuándo duermes?)
When do you sleep if you study all night? (¿A qué hora duermes
si estudias toda la noche?)
You may have noticed that in some of the examples we have used a
a
comma to separate the clauses. The rule is very simple. You must add
comma when your sentence begins with the condition, that is, with "if".
EXEMPLO:
If the dog barks, it scares the baby. (Si el perro ladra, asusta al bebé).
If I use a sweater, I feel comfortable. (Si uso suéter, me siento
cómodo).
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