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Zero Conditional: Negative Examples

This document discusses the zero conditional, which refers to situations that are always true or universal truths. With a zero conditional sentence, the speaker indicates that if a certain action is performed, a particular result will very likely occur. Examples are provided of positive, negative, yes/no question, and information question sentence structures for the zero conditional, including "If you heat water to 100° C, it boils" and "If I don't practice the piano everyday I play poorly."

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Zero Conditional: Negative Examples

This document discusses the zero conditional, which refers to situations that are always true or universal truths. With a zero conditional sentence, the speaker indicates that if a certain action is performed, a particular result will very likely occur. Examples are provided of positive, negative, yes/no question, and information question sentence structures for the zero conditional, including "If you heat water to 100° C, it boils" and "If I don't practice the piano everyday I play poorly."

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Zero Conditional

This conditional refers to a situation that is always true (universal truths).


With this type of conditional sentence the speaker indicates that if you perform a certain action
"very likely" that a particular result is given.
POSITIVE
If + Subject + Simple present + Subject + Simple Present
If you heat water to 100 C, it boils.
If I practice the piano everyday I play poorly.
if you call her Your mom gets mad
NEGATIVE
If + Subject +Negative Simple present + Subject + Simple Present
If you dont heat water to 100 C, it boils.
If I don't practice the piano everyday I play poorly.
if you don't call her Your mom gets mad

YES/NO QUESTION
If + Subject + Simple present + Do/Does+Subject + Verb in present
If you heat water to 100 C, Does it boil?
If I don't practice the piano everyday Will I play poorly?
if you don't call her Does you mom get mad?

INFORMATION QUESTION
If + Subject + Simple present + Wh question word+Do/Does+Subject + Verb in present
If you heat water to 100 C, When Does it boil?
If I don't practice the piano everyday Why Will I play poorly?
if you don't call her Why Does you mom get mad?

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