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Zero and First Conditional

The document discusses two types of conditional sentences: 1) Zero conditional sentences are used to express things that are always true. They follow the structure "If + present tense, present tense". 2) First conditional sentences are used to talk about possible future situations and their consequences. They follow the structure "If + present tense, will/won't + base verb". The condition must be realistically possible. Examples are given of affirmative, negative and interrogative first conditional sentences.

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Zero and First Conditional

The document discusses two types of conditional sentences: 1) Zero conditional sentences are used to express things that are always true. They follow the structure "If + present tense, present tense". 2) First conditional sentences are used to talk about possible future situations and their consequences. They follow the structure "If + present tense, will/won't + base verb". The condition must be realistically possible. Examples are given of affirmative, negative and interrogative first conditional sentences.

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Conditional sentences
To express something TRUE, we use ‘zero conditional’.
The structure is as it follows:
Example: If you cross an international date line, the time changes.

If you cross an international date line, the time changes.

IF - CLAUSE MAIN- CLAUSE

It is also possible to replace “IF” by “WHEN”:

When you cross an international date line, the time changes.


Complete the sentences with the Zero conditional structure

If he eats too much chocolate,... Let’s invert!

I fail the exam if...


If she drinks coffee at night,...

She gets sick if...

If she doesn’t wake up,...


Conditional sentences
First Conditional
To express an idea which will happen according to the condition of the
sentence.
First Conditional Structure
IF + Preset Simple + Future simple

If it rains, I will stay at home.


Notice that we are thinking about a future condition. It is not raining yet. But the sky is
cloudy and you think that it could rain. We use the Present Simple tense to talk about
the possible future condition. We use will + base verb to talk about the possible future
result. The important thing about the first conditional is that there is a real possibility
that the condition will happen.
FIRST CONDITIONAL
If I study, I will pass my exams.

PRESENT SIMPLE FUTURE SIMPLE

I will pass my exams if I study.

We use it to talk about possible situations


and their consequences in the future.
FIRST CONDITIONAL
If I study, I will pass my exams.
+

- If I don’t study, I won’t pass my exams.

? If I study, will I pass my exams?

+ If he studies, he will pass his exams.

- If he doesn’t study, he won’t pass his exams.

? If he studies, will he pass his exams?

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