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Understanding Zero Conditional Rules

The document discusses the zero conditional, which is used to talk about things that always or often happen, like laws of nature. It provides examples of zero conditional sentences and exercises involving filling in zero conditional sentences.

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Understanding Zero Conditional Rules

The document discusses the zero conditional, which is used to talk about things that always or often happen, like laws of nature. It provides examples of zero conditional sentences and exercises involving filling in zero conditional sentences.

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ZERO CONDITIONAL

Short Rules of forming:


IF + Present Simple Present Simple
Examples:
If you heat ice, it melts.
If you work whole night, you are tired on next day.
Or in different order:
Present Simple IF + Present Simple
Examples:
Ice melts if you heat it.
Tom is tired if he works whole night.

Use of Zero Conditional:


We use Zero Conditional to talk about things that happen always, often or in regularly. We
also use Zero Conditional to describe obvious things or the laws or nature/physics.

Exercises:
1. Answer the questions using Zero Conditional:
Example: What do you do when your tyre gets worn ?
If my tyre gets worn, I change it for new one.

I. What do you do if you have a pain in your stomach ?


…………………………………………………………….
II. What happens if you don’t feed your dog?
…………………………………………………………….
III. How do you feel when you do not drink ?
…………………………………………………………….
IV. What do you do when you have spare time?
…………………………………………………………….
V. What people usually do when they are on swimming-pool?
…………………………………………………………….
VI. If you want to buy a cake where do you go ?
…………………………………………………………….
VII. Who do you call if you find a bomb ?
…………………………………………………………….
VIII. What does a dog do when he sees a cat ?
…………………………………………………………….
IX. What does a man do when he is out of money?
…………………………………………………………….
X. How do you behave when you see a burning building?
……………………………………………………………
2. Use a proper form of verb:
If the children …………. (eat) too much candies, they ………(get) fat. If a child………(be) fat, he
or she………(need) to do exercises. A child……..(get) stronger if he or she…….(do) exercises. The
parents…….(be) happy if a child…..(is) strong. If the moon ……(rise) high, tides……..(become) bigger.
If Tom……(not/water) flowers, they …….(die).

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