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Zero / First Conditional

The document discusses different types of conditionals in English including zero conditional, first conditional, and changing sentences to use 'unless'. It provides examples for zero conditional which refers to generally true things, first conditional which refers to possible future situations, and how to change sentences from using 'if' to using 'unless'.

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Zero / First Conditional

The document discusses different types of conditionals in English including zero conditional, first conditional, and changing sentences to use 'unless'. It provides examples for zero conditional which refers to generally true things, first conditional which refers to possible future situations, and how to change sentences from using 'if' to using 'unless'.

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Tatiana Zaliubovskaya
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Conditionals

If clause Main clause

If you study hard, you will pass your exams.

The order of the clauses does not change the meaning.


Zero conditional
We use the zero conditional to talk about things that
are generally true, especially for laws and rules.

If / when (present simple) , (present simple)

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If I drink too much coffee, I can't sleep at night.
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Ice melts if you heat it.
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When the sun goes down, it gets dark.
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Complete the sentences
If she eats a lot of junk When_______, they cry
food, __________________

If water reaches 100


degrees,___________ If ________, you get
purple

If ________, you get If ________,


burnt / burned you get a
speeding ticket
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First conditional
We use the first conditional when we talk about specific
situations. It's used to talk about things which might happen
in the future.

If / when (present simple) , ( will / might / could / may+ verb)

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When the babysitter arrives, I’ll leave.
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I won't stay in London if I don’t get a well-paid job.
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I'll give you a key if I'm not at home.
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Change the sentence with “unless“
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Children will be sick if they don't stop eating junk food.
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If you don't save some money, you can't go on holidays.
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You will feel cold if you don't wear a coat
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I'll arrive at 10am if there isn't traffic
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I'll be annoyed if I do not arrive at 10am
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If it doesn’t rain tonight, the match will start at 9 o’clock tomorrow
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Karen will catch a cold, if she doesn’t wear a sweater.

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