Conditionals - Zero conditional
Zero conditional
"Zero conditional" refers to conditional sentences that express a factual implication, rather than describing a hypothetical situation or potential future circumstance. The term is used particularly when both clauses are in the present tense; however such sentences can be formulated with a variety of tenses/moods, as appropriate to the situation:
- If you don't eat for a long time, you become hungry.
- If the alarm went off, there's a fire somewhere in the building.
- If you are going to sit an exam tomorrow, go to bed early tonight!
Here are some more examples:
- If people eat too much, they get fat.
- If you touch a fire, you get burned.
- People die if they don't eat.
- You get water if you mix hydrogen and oxygen.
- Snakes bite if they are scared
- If babies are hungry, they cry
