Zero Conditional

Zero Conditional

by Miriam Sanchez Aguilar

This topic is used to talk about general truths and true facts in which the result always happens.​

​You already know facts, like your habits for example:

​If you don’t sleep well, you feel tired.

​To form the Zero Conditional you have to mention a real condition and a result that always happens:

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If Clause Main clause

If Condition Result

Present Simple Present Simple

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What does "real condition" mean?

• General Truths

  Natural Laws

• Scientific Facts

  Facts

• Habits

  Daily Routines

• Rules

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The zero conditional is used to express:

• What do you think

• Real facts

• Things that always change

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When you use the zero conditional, you have to make sure that:

• You express what you really think

• If clause (condition) Main clause (result)

• Both clausses are combined

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If you use when instead of if in zero conditional sentenses

• The meaning turns the opposite

• You cannot do that

• The meaning is the same

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Make sure that in sentences with Zero conditional:

• The result always happens

• You express unreal situations

• The result always change