🟢0 conditional
Complete the sentence:
If you heat ice, it ______.
melts
Complete it
If it rains tomorrow, I ______.
If it rains tomorrow, I'll stay home.
If it rains tomorrow, I'll take an umbrella.
Complete it
If I were rich, I ______.
If I were rich, I'd travel around the world.
Identify It
If you don't water plants, they die.
Which conditional is it, and why?
ZERO CONDITIONAL
Because it describes a general fact/result.
Build it
Use the prompts to make one complete sentence:
people / not drink enough water → get thirsty
If people don't drink enough water, they get thirsty.
Build it
Use the prompts:
finish my homework early → play video games tonight
If I finish my homework early, I'll play video games tonight.
Build it
Use the prompts:
can live anywhere → (choose where) __________
If I could live anywhere, I'd live in Italy.
Grammar Detective 🔎
Something is wrong:
❌ If I will have time tomorrow, I'll help you.
Find the mistake and correct the sentence.
If I have time tomorrow, I'll help you.
What happens if you don't get enough sleep?
Answer using the zero conditional.
If I don't get enough sleep, I feel tired.
If I don't get enough sleep, I can't concentrate.
React!
Your friend invites you to a party this Saturday.
Complete:
If I go to the party, __________.
If I go to the party, I'll see my friends.
If I go to the party, I'll have a great time.
Superpower! 🦸
You can have ONE superpower.
What would you choose?
Start with:
If I could have any superpower, __________.
If I could have any superpower, I'd choose teleportation.
1st or 2nd? 🤔
Your friend says:
“Maybe I'll study abroad next year.”
Complete their thought:
If I __________ abroad next year, I __________.
If I study abroad next year, I'll learn a lot.
FIRST CONDITIONAL is the expected answer because the speaker presents studying abroad as a genuine future possibility.
Your friend says:
“I can never concentrate in my first class because I stay up really late.”
Give your friend advice by explaining a general consequence using the zero conditional.
If you don't get enough sleep, you can't concentrate well.
if + present simple, present simple
Make a Decision
It's Friday. Your friends want to go out tomorrow, but you have an important test on Monday.
Explain your plan using the first conditional.
If I finish studying tomorrow afternoon, I'll go out with my friends.
If I don't finish studying, I'll stay home.
Fame or Privacy? 📸
Imagine you could become extremely famous tomorrow, but you would lose almost all your privacy.
Would you do it?
Use the second conditional.
If I had the opportunity, I wouldn't become famous because I value my privacy.
If I could become famous, I'd do it because...
Same Situation, Different Reality
Situation:
💰 WIN THE LOTTERY
Make TWO sentences:
A. Treat winning as a real future possibility.
B. Treat winning as an imaginary/unlikely situation.
A: If I win the lottery, I'll buy a house.
B: If I won the lottery, I'd buy a house.
Invent a rule for your ideal school.
Explain what happens when students follow—or don't follow—the rule using the zero conditional.
If students __________, __________.
If students finish their work early, they get free time.
If students use their phones during tests, the teacher takes them away.
Chain Reaction 🔗
Start with:
If I don't sleep well tonight...
Create a chain of THREE first conditional sentences.
If I don't sleep well tonight, I'll be tired tomorrow.
If I'm tired tomorrow, I won't concentrate in class.
If I don't concentrate in class, I won't understand the lesson.
Impossible Choice 😈
You have to choose ONE:
🌎 Travel anywhere in the world for free for the rest of your life
OR
😎 Never have to work again
Explain your choice using at least TWO second conditional sentences.
If I could travel anywhere for free, I'd choose that. If travelling were free, I'd visit a different country every month.
Conditional Transformation 🔥
Read:
If I have enough money this summer, I'll travel to Europe.
Now imagine that travelling to Europe is only a dream because you definitely don't have enough money.
Change the sentence.
If I had enough money, I'd travel to Europe.