Formación Básica - Cuarto Semestre

• A NEW SEMESTER.
ACTIVITY 2
• ZERO CONDITIONAL.

Opening activity: Imagine that you have to do a team assignment, so, you have to choose your
team members, What characteristics do you want on your team members? Maybe a reliable and
kind person? and What characteristics do you have? How honest are you? Can people count
on you for a specific work?

Zero Conditional

To speak of the zero conditional it is necessary to remember the simple present, where the
conjugation in the third person takes a very important role.

Rule number 1
• We add S to the verb.
• Ex: To work= She works.

Rule number 2
• We only stress in the 3rd person Verbs ending in S, SS, CH, SH and X,
you ad ES to the verb.
• Ex: To wash= She washes.

Rule number 3
• To verbs ending in Y and preceded by a vowel, we add letter S.
• Ex: Play= She Plays.

Note: When a verb ends in Y, change the final “Y” to “ies” after a consonant and Y.
Example Study= studies, Party= Parties, Fly=Flies

For the conjugation of the other personal pronouns, only the verb passes as it is.
Example:

I work I kiss I play

You work you kiss You play
He works He kisses He plays
She works She kisses She plays
It works It kisses It plays
We work We kiss We play
You work You kiss You play
They work They kiss They play

Ask your teacher for more examples.

Remember how to use the negative form in simple present.

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Subject + do/does + not + verb+...

I do not play I don't play
You do not play You don't play
He does not play He doesn't play
She does not play She doesn't play
It does not play It doesn't play
We do not play We don't play
You do not play You don't play
They do not They don't play
Taken from: https://www.vitutor.com/gramatica_inglesa/verb_tense/simple_present_negative.html

Exercise: Convert the following sentences to the negative form.

1. He lives in New York.

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2. They work in an office.

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3. My sister Susan kisses my mother every morning.

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4. They do their exercises every day.

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5. Tom and Mike study every afternoon.

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Now that we made a previous on the simple present let’s begin with the zero conditional.

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• WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF...?

ACTIVITY 3
• ZERO CONDITIONAL

Opening activity: Imagine that you just saw your best friend's boyfriend coming out of a night
club with another girl, what would you do? would you tell your friend?

The zero conditional

In English there are several types of conditionals, in them; the zero conditional plays an important
role with true and scientific facts.
This type of conditional is used in situations in which if the condition is accomplished, the same
result always occurs.

Example:
If you don't study, you don´t pass the exam.
If you heat water, it boils.

Structure: Conditionals are sentences made of two sentences; the zero conditional has the
following structure:
If + subject + present simple, subject + present simple

The order of the sentences that make the structure of the conditional can be changed. If we start
with the condition (If) in the sentence, we will separate them with a comma. If we start with the
phrase that expresses the result, it is not necessary to put the comma.

Example:
If water reaches 100ºC, it boils.
Water boils if it reaches 100ºC.

When the if-clause comes before the main clause, the two clauses are separated by a
Note:
comma. If not, the comma is omitted.

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Note: Remember to follow the rules of the verbs in Present Simple for the 3rd person.

ACTIVITY 4 • CAUSE AND EFFECT

Opening activity: Create sentences in Zero conditional stucture, using the information. Be
careful with the negative structure.

Order the next sentences according to the zero conditional structure

(I / wake up late / I / be late for work)

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(Not / rain / the flowers / die)
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(My husband / cook / he / burn the food)
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(Julie / not wear a hat / she / get sunstroke)
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(Children / not eat well / they / not be healthy)
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(You / mix water and electricity / you / get a shock)
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(People / eat / too many sweets / they / get fat)
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(You / smoke / you / get yellow fingers)
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(Children / play outside / they / not get overweight)
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(You / heat ice / it / melt)
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(I / speak to John / he / get annoyed)
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ACTIVITY 5 • CAUSE AND EFFECT

Opening activity: Match and then create the sentence in Zero Conditional.

1) You mix blue and yellow a) It rains

2) Clouds meet cold air b) You feel thirsty

3) There is no gravity c) Water freezes

4) You do not eat d) Objects do not fall

5) A cat falls from a height e) It lands on its feet

6) You do not sleep well f) You get green

7) It is hot g) You lose weight

8) The temperature falls below 0ºC h) You feel tired

https://inglescarmelitaslb.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/conditional-sentences.pdf

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