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| ======Zero conditional====== | |
| ======Zero conditional====== | ======Zero conditional====== |
| =====Introduction===== | =====Introduction===== |
| =====Definition===== | =====Definition===== |
| <html> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style=";"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'>The zero conditional refers to real events. The result of the condition is always the same.</span></b></p> <br></html> | <html> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style=";"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'>The zero conditional refers to real events. The result of the condition is always the same.</span></b></p> <br></html> |
| =====Definition===== | |
| <html> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style=";"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'>The zero conditional refers to real events. The result of the condition is always the same.</span></b></p> <br></html> | |
| =====Construction===== | =====Construction===== |
| <html> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style=";"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'>'If' + present + present</span></b></p> <br></html> | <html> <span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br></p><table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><td width="258" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.8pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt;"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; ;'>Construction</span></b></p><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></td><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><td width="212" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 127.05pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt;"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; ;'>Time reference</span></b></p><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></td><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><td width="304" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 182.55pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt;"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; ;'>Example</span></b></p><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></td><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></tr><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1; ;"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><td width="258" valign="top" style="background: white; border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 154.8pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt;"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'>'if' + present, + present</span></b></p><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='color: red; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'> </span></b></p><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></td><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><td width="212" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 0px; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 127.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt;"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'>any time condition + any time result</span></b></p><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'> </span></b></p><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></td><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><td width="304" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 182.55pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt;"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'>If the sun <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">shines</span>, people <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">are</span> happier.</span></b></p><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></td><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></tr><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></tbody></table><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> <br></font></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'>As with all conditionals, the 'if' clause can come first or second. When it comes first, it is followed by a comma. </span></b></p></span><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br></p></html> |
| =====Uses===== | =====Uses===== |
| <html> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Zero conditional sentences are used to talk about general truths and facts, not about individual, specific situations.</span></b></p> <table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="304" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 182.6pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><span style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'>Use</span></b></p> </td> <td width="470" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 281.8pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><span style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'>Examples</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="304" valign="top" style="background: white; border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 182.6pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Scientific facts</span></b></p> </td> <td width="470" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 281.8pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>If you add salt to water, it boils more quickly.</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td width="304" valign="top" style="background: white; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 182.6pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Universal truths</span></b></p> </td> <td width="470" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 281.8pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>People put on weight if they eat too much.</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td width="304" valign="top" style="background: white; border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 182.6pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Things that happen regularly</span></b></p> </td> <td width=" |