Conditional sentences

Intermediate English Objective PET Unit 26

NAME _________________________________________________________ Date __________________________________Conditionals
| |Usage |Structure |
|Zero Conditional |To talkabout situations that are always true if something |Conditional 0 is formed by the use of the present simple in the if |
| |happens.|clause followed by a comma + the present simple in the result clause.|
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| |If I am late, my father takes me to school. |You can also put the result clause first without using a comma || |Mom doesn't worry if Julian stays out after school. |between the clauses. |
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| |Both "if" and "when" are used in the Zero Conditional. Using| |
| |"if" suggests that something happens less frequently. Using |If my uncle comes to town, we have dinner.|
| |"when" suggests that something happens regularly. |We have dinner if my uncle comes to town. |
||Examples: | |
| |When I have a day off from work, I...