‘ZERO CONDITIONAL - CERTAINTY IF/WHEN | CONDITION RESULT PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT SIMPLE Tf/When _ | you heat butter [it melts RESULT IF/WHEN | CONDITION PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT SIMPLE Butter melts Tf/when | you heat it We use the zero conditional when the result of the condition is always true and obvious. Exercise Write the verbs in brackets. Use the ZERO conditional. Lifit (rain), the streets (get) wet. = 2-Mymother[ | (get) angry when! [ _____| (not do) my homework every day. 3-Iyoul | (run) toofast, you, ____| (get) really exhausted. Alean't | (understand) Elizabeth when she [________|_ (speak) so quickly. 5-If Madeleine _ (miss) the seven o'clock train, she |__| (be) late for work. 6-When you [____] (turn on) an electric al appliance, the electricity meter. (go) up. 7-Mylittle sister always [| (cry)whenshe (____) (be) hungry. 8-When you (drink) too much alcohol, you sure [__] (get) drunk. it’s dangerous. 9-The mountains | | (get) white when it _ (snow). 10-4fyoul ____] (don’t drink) enough water, you[_______ (become) dehydrated. 11-You | (gain) weigh if you (eat) too much sugar and fried food. 12-When my mother | | (have) a toothache, she always. {take) an aspirin. a34fyou |_ _| (enix) red and blue, you [1 (get) purple. a4-Plants | ie) it they | (not get) enough water. 1s-ityou[ break) ag, it_] (hurt) and it's very painful 16- When my friends. (tell) me an important secret, | never | {tell) it to anyone. 17-You(__ (get) a substantial fine if you (not pay) your taxes. 18- you. {not get) enough vitamins and iron, you (suffer) from anaemia,FIRST CONDITIONAL - REAL POSSIBILITY CONDITION — PRESENT SIMPLE ——— VERB Tf she studies hard, | she will pass the exam. RESULT Gi CONDITION ‘WILL/WON’T+BASE VERB PRESENT SIMPLE She will pass the exam she studies hard. We use the first conditional when there is a real possibility that this condition will happen in the future. Remember the S for the 3° person singular (present simple). If it rains, I won't go to the beach. Exercise Write the verbs in brackets. Use the first conditional. e at (stay) at home if it _ (rain) this afternoon. 2- ify brother, (go) abroad, ||__ (be) very worried. 3-You (not earn) enough money ifyou, _| (not work) more hours. 4 Melissa _ (can) to go out later if she _(not finish) her homework (go) to the supermarket later, || L (buy) some tomatoes. G-Peter (get) wet if he. (not take) an umbrella. Tift, __ (find) the book you lent me, | (give) it back to you. 8-They___{(be) angry ifwe _ {not visit) them next Saturday. We promised to go. 9-What | (happen) if you | _ {not go) to work tomorrow? :10-Many workers _ (lose) their jobs if that factory (close) down. 41___{not buy) abigger house if!___ {not get ) promoted at work, 12-Hfhe _ (not finish) the vegetables, he (not have) a dessert. 13-My uncle, (can) to go to the opera if he (remember) to get the tickets. 14- Ifyou (not put) sugar in your coffee, it _ (not taste) nice. 15-Sandra, if you (not hurry up), you|_(be) ate for the meeting. 16-Cristophi (be) so happy if he (find) the money he lost. 17-Your motorbike | _ (not break down) if the mechanic (check) it. 18-1f you _ _ (not take) an aspirin, your headache | _(not disappear).