Zero Conditional
Autoridades
Dra. Margarita Teresa de Jesús García Gasca
Rectora
Dr. Javier Ávila Morales
Secretario Académico
M. en E.D. Jaime Nieves Medrano
Director de la Escuela de Bachilleres
M. en C. Rita Ochoa Cruz
Secretaria Académica de la EBA
M. en C. Lucero Canto Guerrero
Coordinadora del Plantel Sur
M. en C. Edgar Ulloa Hernández
Coordinador del Plantel Norte
Dra. Cypatly Rojas Miranda
Coordinadora del Plantel San Juan del Río
Lic. María Patricia Pérez Velázquez
Coordinadora del Plantel Colón
M. en D. Antonio Pérez Martínez
Coordinador del Plantel Pedro Escobedo
C.P. Gloria Inés Rendón García
Coordinadora del Plantel Pinal de Amoles
M. en A. Óscar Uriel Cárdenas Rosas
Coordinador del Plantel Bicentenario
M. en LIT. José Cupertino Ramírez Zúñiga
Coordinador del Plantel Amazcala
Ing. Juan Fernando Rocha Mier
Coordinador del Plantel Concá
M. en A. Hugo Enrique Suárez Camacho
Coordinador del Plantel Jalpan
Mtra. María de la Luz Ruiz Maqueda
Coordinadora del Plantel Amealco
M. en A. José Antonio Cárdenas Rosas
Coordinador del Bachillerato Semiescolarizado
 Autores

Gabriela Patricia Cinta Collado

Ana Iris Centeno Ledezma

 Hello again, everyone!
Hope you’re doing great!

During this 3rd week we’re going to study a brand-new topic: Zero Conditional.
Don’t worry if it seems a bit difficult and confusing at first sight, it is so easy.
There are 4 main types of conditionals: zero, 1st, 2nd & 3rd.

Sometimes they are also called “if clauses”

And fortunately, as you might guess, the easiest of them is the

Zero Conditional.
 Conditionals describe the result (or consequence) of a certain condition (or cause).
They are formed by two clauses or sentences: the IF CLAUSE and the MAIN CLAUSE.

They are commonly separated by a

comma.

Depending on
,
IF CLAUSE
the conditional
you’re using,
each clause is
written in a
different tense.
Tells you the condition Tells you the result or consequence
What about the Zero Conditional…

We use this conditional when we want to express a situation whose result will always happen
or is always the same, such as:
➢ General Truths ➢ Habits
➢ Natural Laws ➢ Daily Routines
➢ Scientific Facts ➢ Rules
➢ Facts

To form the Zero Conditional, you must mention a real condition and a result that always
happens* .

*We got it from AVI UNAM.

In the Zero conditional both sentences must be written in Present Simple tense.

,
IF + ☺ + Present Simple +
complement

EXAMPLE If you touch the fire, you get burned.

 Notice that we can write 'if' at the beginning, or in the middle. It
doesn't matter at all.
It means that we can start with the consequence instead of with the
cause.

IF ☺ + Present Simple + complement

But when you

put IF in the
middle, you You get burned if you touch the fire.
must not use a
comma.
Soooo… it’s extremely important that you remember all the grammar rules
for Present Simple on how to make affirmative, negative and interrogative
sentences.

You checked them in the 2nd week, remember?

Just in case… here you have a link where you can check them all
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/english-grammar-reference/present-simple
 As you can see,
all these
If you heat water at 100 degrees, it boils. sentences are
demonstrating
causes and its
And consequences.
everything
is written in I get tired if I work too much.
present
tense.

The baby wakes up if we make too much

noise.
We also use when instead of if when we are absolutely sure that the conditions are
going to happen.

When ice cream gets warm, it melts.

When people use aerosols, they

pollute the air.

When you stay up very late, you

feel tired in the morning.

*We got all this informaton from AVI UNAM.

• Match the beginnings of the sentences to the correct endings. Write your answers
in the colored column.

1 If you mix black and white, A it floats.

2 If you don't water flowers, B it turns to ice.
3 When you heat ice, C you get dough.
4 If you freeze water, D it melts.
5 When you tickle her, E they die.
6 If you mix flour and water, F she laughs.
7 When the teacher gives us homework, G you get grey.
8 If you pour oil on water, H she always does it.
• Complete the sentences with verbs in brackets so we can check the
conjugation.

• If my parents .................. at home on weekends, I have to help with housework. (stay)

• When my mother .................. at home, I do the washing up or hoovering. (be)
• When she .................. at home, I wash the car or work in the garden with my dad. (not
be)
• If they .................. at home on weekdays, I do my homework first and then go out. (be)
• If my father .................................. in the evening, we play games on his computer. (not
work)
 How to make
affirmative,
negative or
interrogative sentences in zero conditional?

Today we’re going to focus our attention on the

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
 Remember that you must follow the Present Simple grammar rules,
so, for affirmative sentences this is the pattern:

IF/ When+ ☺ + verb in present+

complement ,

If you are hungry, you eat.

EXAMPLES If I’m late for work, my boss gets angry.
If she goes to the gym, she feels great.
If he sleeps well, he feels great the next morning.
Remember we said that Zero Conditional is used when we want to express
a general truth, a scientific fact or something that always happens in the same
way, such as routines.
Now, we’re going to check some vocabulary that will help us these kinds of
situations.

Let’s start with water, check it out!!

This is a very easy graphic that helps us to understand (with simple words) the physical states of water. Discuss
with your teacher and classmates in order to understand it, think of this questions and answer them aloud using
complete sentences in class (it’s an opportunity to participate):

1. What happens if you heat/boil water? When you heat water it ______.
2. What happens if you cool/freeze water?
3. What happens if you heat ice?
4. What happens if you cool vapor?

*We got all from https://selftution.com/matter-four-states-kids/

 Now it’s time for weather vocabulary.

Discuss with your group and

teacher if there are other
words to describe the
weather.
We got it from https://7esl.com/weather-vocabulary/
• Write 8 sentences describing the things you do in different weathers, for
instances: When it’s rainy I _______
When it’s freezing I ______
When it’s hot I _______

And in class, share your answers with your group and teacher.
 For negative sentences you must use different auxiliaries.
When you are using verb to be, just write it in its different negative forms depending on the subject of the
sentence:
Normal Contraction
am not ----
is not isn’t
are not aren’t

When you are using a different verb, you must use one of these auxiliaries: do not or does not. Or its contractions:
don’t / doesn’t.

Let’s check the grammar pattern as well as some examples.

 ,
IF/ When+ ☺ + am/ is /are+ NOT +
complement

If you are not hungry, you are not angry.

If I’m not late for work, my boss isn’t angry.
IF/When+ ☺ + don’t / doesn’t+ verb
Simple form + complement ,

If don’t come to class, you don’t understand everything.

When I don’t sleep well, I don’t feel well the next morning.
A conditional sentence can have a mixed structure, it means that the
CAUSE can be affirmative and the CONSEQUENCE negative and vice
versa.

And also, if everything is negative, one clause can be expressed with

verb TO BE and the other with another verb. So, you must use the
proper negative form.
 If I don’t study, I don’t do well on
tests.

If you are not on time, you lose one

mark.

She’s tired the next morning when

she doesn’t sleep well

If she doesn’t sleep well, she isn’t in

a good mood the next day.
We also use unless instead of If not:

Unless you eat healthy, you get

overweight.

Unless students study before

exams, they fail them.
Click on the next link, and read the pre-listening exercise & idioms. Next,
listen to the audio there and answer the 5 questions related to it.
https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_L
anguage_(ESL)/Zero_Conditional/Listening_A1%5E_Zero_conditio
nal_pm1252868oo

RULES FOR THE DELIVERING:

✓ When you finish answering, click on the button TERMINADO, and choose
COMPROBAR MIS RESPUESTAS. right after your last answer you will find
your final score.
✓ Then, at the top of the screen you’ll find your final score. Take a
screenshot where your score and your name can be seen. And send it.
✓ To prevent cheating, you must write your name, on the top of your
screenshot (in the seeker), as in the example. Picture 1. If you are working THIS IS WHAT YOU
on your cell phone, write your name where it says “BUSCAR FICHAS HAVE TO SEND
INTERACTIVAS”.
✓ Your pictures must have a suitable size so that your teacher can check your
results without any problem.
To make interrogatives in Zero Conditional, you must remember a general rule for questions in English:
the order of subject-auxiliary changes.
The auxiliary comes to the beginning of the sentence.
E. g.
You are great. Are you great?
You don’t feel well. Do you feel well?
She doesn’t eat veggies. Does she eat veggies?

You will have to use these auxiliaries: do or does. Or also, do not or does not, for negative questions; or its
contractions: don’t / doesn’t.
But now, at the beginning of the sentence, as you can see in the chart.
NOW… to make a conditional question only one clause is going to
change, commonly the result/consequence.
Because you will ask for a possible result to happen, this is what you
want to know: what can be the consequence for a real situation?

Commonly
The underlined the IF
part of the CLAUSE is
sentence is the Do you wake up at 5 if you have to go
to work? never the
clauses that question.
changes into a
question. Do you get angry when you don’t
eat?
 There’s not a unique pattern for interrogative zero-conditional sentences (in fact, there can be some) because
these can be formed by an affirmative or a negative cause. Or the question can have a verb to be or another verb.
So, what you have to do is to remember the previous patterns (for affirmatives and negatives) and the
information we gave you in the slide before about how to make questions.
But, anyway, here you have a couple of patterns that can be useful.

,
IF/ When+ ☺ + verb+ complement

If you are hungry, do you get angry?

When she’s late for work, does her boss get angry?
This is the most common way in which conditional questions start

IF/ When+ ☺ + verb + complement+?

Does ice melt if you heat it?

Do you feel tired if you don’t sleep well?
Do you wear a coat when it’s cold outside?
 Replace the verbs in brackets for its suitable form.

1. If it ________ (not/rain), plants cannot grow.

2. If you smoke, your skin _________ (not/look) great and healthy.
3. I _____ (not/feel) good if you _________ (not/visit) me regularly.
4. ______ water ________ (evaporate) if you _________ (boil) it?
5. If the weather ____ (be) good, ____ Derek ________ (cycle) to work?
6. I feel sick if I _________ (not/drink) some water during the day.
7. _____ I _____ (need) to take my sister to the hospital if she _______ (drink) milk as she is allergic to
it?
8. If Andy _______ (not /go) to bed late, _____ he _______ (wake up) early?
 read the following paragraphs. Then answer the quiz.
It is well known that
drinking coffee a few hours
before going to bed affects
our body clock and keeps us
awake.
That’s because of caffeine. It
has many effects such as
stimulate the central
nervous system. This can
make your more alert and
also gives you energy.
Water is unique because it is the
only substance on Earth that is Obesity has reaches epidemic
found in all physical states (liquid, proportions globally, with at lest 2.8
solid and gas). It boils at 212 ºF million people dying each year as a
and freezes at 32ºF. Water is also result of being overweight or obese.
known as “the universal solvent”. Once associated with high-income
Water molecules have a polar countries, obesity is now also
arrangement of oxygen (negative prevalent in low and middle-income
charge) and hydrogen (positive countries. Governments,
electrical charge). This allows water international partners, civil society,
to become attracted to many other non-governmental organizations and
types of molecules. Thus wherever the private sector all have vital roles to
water goes, it is an excellent solvent play contributing to obesity
on Earth. prevention.
 TRUE FALSE
If you drink coffee before bed, you can’t sleep.
If you avoid drinking coffe before bedtime, you don’t affect
your body clock.
If you heat water to 212 °F, it boils.
If you cool water, it freezes at 0 °F.
If people eat junk food, they keep a healthy condition.
If you eat junk food, you get overweight.
If people eat fruit and vegetables, they prevent an obese
condition.
 Don’t forget to send your homework.
See you next week. Have a nice weekend!
 You can visit the links in the bibliography

Or you can watch these videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDtUTAwMGDQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI0Z1wVgBko

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBf1gXlrcqY
• Ambiente Virtual de Idiomas. Zero Conditional (if clause). UNAM.
Consulted: February 2021.
https://avi.cuaed.unam.mx/repositorio/moodle/pluginfile.php/2092/
mod_resource/content/23/contenido/index.html
• Perfect English Grammar. The Zero Conditional. Consulted: February
2021.
https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/zero-conditional.html