Zero
1 General Truths
Conditional CONDITION RESULT
If it rains, we get wet.
If I get wet, I change my clot
2 Scientific facts / Laws of Nature
CONDITION RESULT
If you heat ice, it melts.
If you drop something, it falls.
Present [+] Positive Form
Simple tense CONDITION RESULT
IF + S + V(s/es), S + V(s/es).
[-] Negative Form
CONDITION RESULT
IF + S + don’t + V, S + don’t
+ V.
doesn’t doesn’t
Attention
You need a comma
If the conditional comes first.
If you heat water to 100°C , it boils.
You don’t need a comma
if the conditional doesn’t come first.
Water boils if you heat water to 100°C.
Example
• If it rains, the grass gets wet.
• The grass gets wet if it rains.
• If there is no air, wood doesn’t
burn.
• If I eat dinner, I am full.
• Wood doesn’t burn if there is no
air.
Practic
e:
MIX / MAKE ORANGE CUT AN ONION / CRY WEAR SUNSCREEN / GET
SUNBURNED
WATCH A HORROR MOVIE / BE HAPPY AND EXCITED /
SCREAM RUN IN CIRCLES PARK YOUR CAR CORRECTLY /
GET A PARKING TICKET