Zero conditional

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Zero conditional

If - sentences 

What are the similarities between
these two sentences?

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

If-sentences for facts

• We use if-sentences for facts to talk about... well... facts
• It's is always true 
  
  
• Also called: zero conditional 

Which structure do we use with the zero conditional? (If you heat ice, it melts.)

Structure of the zero conditional

             > If this happens,       then that happens. 

               If clause          +         main clause

if + present simple           +         present simple

Zero Conditional

Write an example of the
Zero conditional

Fill in the zero conditional:
If it ... (rain), the grass ... (get) wet.

Finish the sentence in the zero conditional:
If you have no electricity...

Well done!

Let's practice!

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/zero-conditional-exercise-1.html