Conditionals - Zero Conditional

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

The 0 (zero) conditional

Goals of this lesson: 

- you understand what the 0 conditional is

- you can explain in your own words what a 0 conditional is. 

- you can complete an exercise with the 0 conditional.

If you heat ice, it melts!
If babies are hungry, they cry.

What is the relation between
these two sentences?

Zero + First Conditional

What will happen?

The ZERO conditional

• We use the ZERO conditional  to talk about facts
• or situations/things we accept as true
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Pick the Zero Conditional sentence.

1. If Julie doesn't wear a hat, she gets sunstroke.
2. If Julie wears a hat, she will be protected from the sun.
3. If Julie wore a hat, she wouldn't get sunstroke.
4. If Julie had worn a hat, she wouldn't have gotten sunstroke.

Choose the Zero Conditionals

1. I'll faint if I don't eat a snack soon!
2. If babies are hungry, they cry
3. You get water if you mix hydrogen and oxygen.
4. If you touched a fire, you would get burned.

Choose the Zero Conditionals

1. People die if they don't eat.
2. If babies are hungry, they cry
3. You will get water if you
4. If you touch a fire, you get burned.

ZERO CONDITIONAL: Complete the sentence.

If you only eat junkfood, you ... fat!

1. got
2. gets
3. get
4. gotten

ZERO CONDITIONAL: Complete the sentence.

A snake ... if it is scared.

1. bite
2. bitten
3. biting
4. bites

Complete with a zero conditional:
If it ... (rain), the grass ... (get) wet.

Complete with a zero conditional:
If babies ... (be) hungry, they .... (cry).

Complete with a zero conditional:
Water ... (boil) if you ... (heat) it to 100 degrees Celcius.

Complete with a zero conditional:
I ... (get) tired if I ... (work) too much.

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