Conditional Type 0 (Zero Conditional)

The easiest one. Both parts are in the simple present, because we're not talking about one time. We're talking about every time.

When do we use it?

1. Facts and science

Facts

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• If you heat ice, it melts.
• Plants die if they don't get enough water.
• If you boil water to 100°C, it turns into steam.

2. Things that always happen to you

Always, for me

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• If I drink coffee at night, I can't sleep.
• If it rains, Galle Road gets really busy.
• If my husband has a cold, I usually catch it.

3. Instructions

The result part can also be an instruction (call me, tell him, don't worry).

Instructions

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• If Nimal calls, tell him to meet me at the bus stand.
• If you want to come, call me before 5.
• Meet me here if we get separated.

if or when?

In the zero conditional, if and when mean the same thing, because it happens every time.

Same meaning

• If it rains, the roads get wet.
• When it rains, the roads get wet.
• The roads get wet when it rains.

Quick check

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1. If you mix blue and yellow, you green.

   getwill get

2. If my dog chocolate, he gets sick.

   eatseat

3. If you this number, a machine answers.

   callwill call

4. I always get a headache I don't eat lunch.

   whenwill