Water- Pot - Boil

Chocolates Rain on red tulips overweight

Scale
Cupcakes Swimming Pool Ice melts
Let’s talk about...

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.

If + present simple , present simple
1. For general truths
Ex: Ice melts if you heat it.
2. For instructions
Ex: If you press the button, it turns on.
3. Habits and daily routines
Ex: If I drink, I never drive.
 Estructura del condicional cero
IF Condition Result

If Present Simple Present Simple

If this thing happens that thing happens
Podemos sustituir la estructura “If” por “when” ya que ambos términos sirven para
expresar hechos generales.

También puede tener la siguiente estructura: If... then... (si... entonces)

 If you eat healthy, then you are strong – Si comes saludable, eres fuerte
 If you take a shower, then you are clean – Si te duchas, estás limpio
 If you don't study, then you fail – Si no estudias, suspenderás
 Usos del condicional de tipo cero con ejemplos

Para hechos generales

 If I study too much, I get tired – Si studio mucho, me canso

 If she eats something with milk, she gets an allergy – Si toma algo con leche, le da alergía
 If public transport works efficient, people stop driving their cars – Si el transporte público
funciona bien, la gente no usa sus coches
 If we don’t go out, we watch a movie and stay at home – Si no salimos, vemos una película y
nos quedamos en casa.
Para dar instrucciones en cuyo caso el verbo de la estructura principal va en imperativo

 If he phones, tell him I’m on my way – Si llama, dile que estoy de camino
 If you are not sure what to do, ask your parents for advice – Sino estás seguro de que hacer,
pideles consejo a tus padres
 Para sucesos científicos, que son ciertos y siempre se cumplen

•If you heat water, it boils – Si calientas agua, hierve

•If it snows, the grass gets wet and slippery – Si nieva, el suelo estará mojado y resvaladizo
•If you freeze water, it turns into ice – Si congeals agua, se convierte en hielo
•If you mix red and yellow, you get orange – Si mezclas rojo con amarillo, se obtiene naranja
Complete the sentences with the Zero conditional structure

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

I fail the exam if...

If she drinks coffee at night,...

She gets sick if...

If she doesn’t wake up,...

 If it is warm, I turn on the electric fan. I turn on the electric fan if it is warm.

If he eats all the vegetables, his mother smiles. His mother smiles if he eats all the vegetables.

 Now, match the sentences:

If it is cold, they die.

If you never say “please”, I put on my sunglasses.

If you don’t water the plants, I put on a coat.

If it rains, you are not very polite.

If it’s sunny outside, I open my umbrella.

If you put water into the freezer, my parents give me a nice present.

If my grades are good, it turns to ice.

Song Lyrics
“If I Can't Have You”
Yvonne Elliman

Don't know why I'm surviving every lonely day

When there's got to be no chance for me
My life would end and it doesn't matter how I cry
My tears of love are a waste of time
If I turn away am I strong enough to see it through
Go crazy is what I will do

If I can't have you, I don't want nobody baby

If I can't have you, ah, ah, ah…
I can't have you
I don't want nobody baby, if I can't have you ah, ah, ah…

Can't let go and it doesn't matter how I try

I gave it all so easily to you my love
To dreams that never will come true
Am I strong enough to see it through
Go crazy is what I will do

If I can't have you, I don't want nobody baby

If I can't have you, ah, ah, ah…
I can't have you
I don't want nobody baby, if I can't have you ah, ah, ah…
A. What feelings or emotions do you see?
B. How do you think she feels?
C. Give two examples of conditional (using if) from this song.

1. _________________________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________________________
D. What does it mean when she says, “to see it through”?
E. What is this song about?
a. a woman who can’t let her young child go
b. a woman who knows her relationship is over but doesn’t want it to be
c. a woman who wants to own a baby and doesn’t want anything else
F. Why does she use the word “baby” in the song?
G. Can you think of other nickname ?
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