ZR0 CONDITTONAL - CERTAINTY
IF/WHEN CONDITION
RESULT
PRESENT SIMPLE
PRESENT SIMPLE
If/When
you heat butter
it melts
RESULT
IF/WHEN
CONDITION
PRESENT SIMPLE
PRESENT SIMPLE
Butter melts
If/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.
1-If it
(rain), the streets
(get) wet.
2-My mother
(get) angry when I
(not do) my homework every day.
3- If you
(run) too fast, you
(get) really exhausted.
4-1 can'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- My little sister always
(cry) when she
(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-If you
(don't drink) enough water, yoน
(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.
13-If you
(mix) red and blue, you,
(get) purple.
14-Plants
| (die) if they
(not get) enough water.
15- If you
(break) a leg, it
(hurt) and it's very painful.
16- When my friends
(tell) me an important secret, I never
(tell) it to anyone.
17- You
(get) a substantial fine if you
(not pay) your taxes.
18- If you
(not get) enough vitamins and iron, you|
(suffer) from anaemia.
