ZERO CONDITIONAL

ZERO CONDITIONAL

1. uses

   • Express a cause-effect relationship in facts that are always true
     • If you get a virus, call the IT specialist
   • To give instructions
     • If we don’t go out, we watch a movie and stay at home

2. structure

   • If + subject + present simple, subject + present simple
     • If water reaches 100ºC, it boils
   • you can also find it with this other structure: if… then
     • If you don´t study, then you fail.

3. Differences between the first conditional and the zero conditional

   • zero conditional
     • Proposition with if
       • If + subject + Present tense verb
         • If you sleep badly,
     • main proposition
       • subject + verb in the present or imperative
         • you feel tired
   • First conditional
     • Proposition with if
       • If + subject + verb in the present (present simple, present continuous, present perfect)
         • If it rains tomorrow
     • main proposition
       • subject + will + basic form of the verb
         • I’ll take an umbrella.

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