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Describing situations of cause and effect
Freezer:
A piece of electronic
equipment in which you can
keep food for a long time at a
low temperature.
Description of the elements of the zero conditional sentences.
Example: If
you
put
water in the freezer, it
becomes
ice.
How to form the zero conditional sentences:
Part A,
The If clause: If you put water in the freezer.
Part B,
The result clause: It becomes ice.
Part A:
The
if
clause
If
+
you
+
put
+
water in the freezer.
If
+
subject
+
verb in present simple
+
complement
Part B:
The result clause
it
+
becomes
+
ice.
Subject
+
verb in present simple
+
complement
The following grammar box shows grammatical rules to make sentences with
the IF – zero conditional sentences. It includes the aFfrmative, negative and
interrogative Form. You can fnd some examples too.
Grammar box. If - zero conditional sentences
If
- zero conditional
How to form it
Example
AFfrmative Form
Sentence in present +
if
+ sentence in present.
My father gets angry
if
he
loses his keys.
Negative form
Negative sentence in
present +
if
+ negative
sentence in present.
My mother doesn´t let me
go out with my friends
if
I
don’t fnish my homework.
Interrogative form
Interrogative sentence in
present +
if
+ aFfrmative
sentence in present?
Does your mother get
angry
if
you come home
very late?