Exercises
A. Use
the Zero conditional and make phrases:
Ex.: (not / rain / the flowers /
die)
If
it doesn’t rain, the flowers die
1. (not/I / wake up late / I / be late for work)
_____________________________________________
2. (not/my husband / cook / he / burn the food)
_____________________________________________
3. (not/Julie / not wear a hat / she / get
sunstroke)
_____________________________________________
4. (not/children / not eat well / they / not be
healthy)
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5. (not/you / mix water and electricity / you / get
a shock)
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6. (not/people / eat / too many sweets / they / get
fat)
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7. (not/you / smoke / you / get yellow fingers)
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8. (not/children / play outside / they / not get
overweight)
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9. (not/you / heat ice / it / melt)
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10. (not/I / speak to John / he / get annoyed)
____________________________________________
11. (I / feel good the next day / I / go to bed
early)
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12. (lots of people / come / Jenny / have a party)
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13. (she / buy expensive clothes / she / go
shopping)
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14. (my daughter / pass her exams / she / work
hard)
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15. (David / be sick / he / drink milk)
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16. (the river / freeze / it / be very cold)
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17. (I / like to visit the museums / I / be in a
new city)
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18. (I / cycle to work / the weather / be fine)
_____________________________________________
19. (my flatmate / clean it really well / she /
clean the house)
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20. (everybody / be grumpy / it / rain a lot)
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B. Complete the zero
conditional sentences with the verb in brackets. Use contractions where
possible.
1. If you press that button, the light____________________(come) on.
2.It's easier to
sleep if____________________________(you /
not / be) stressed.
3.The teacher gets angry if __________________(we /
not / work) hard.
4.If___________________(I / go) on a boat, I always
feel sick.
5.They play football if__________________________(they
/ not / have) any homework.
6.If you freeze water,_________________________( it
/ turn) to ice.
7.
His mother gets annoyed if _____________(he / be) late.
8. If_________________________
(I / not / know) a word, I look in my dictionary.
9. If people __________(eat) too
much, they ___________(get) fat.
10. If you _________________(touch) a fire, you
______________( get) burned.
11.People _____________( die) if
they________________ (not eat).
12.You______________( get) water
if you ___________(mix) hydrogen and oxygen.
13. Snakes ___________( bite) if
they ________(be) scared
14.If babies__________( be) hungry, they__________( cry)
C. Make phrases using the zer or first conditional
1) If I
______________(go) out tonight, I ____________ (go) to the cinema.
2) If you _________(get) back late, I ________ (be)
angry.
3) If we ______________
(not/see) each other tomorrow, we ____________(see)
each other next week.
4) If he ___________ (come) , I___________ (be) surprised.
5) If we _________(wait)
here, we ___________ (be) late.
6) If we ___________(go) on holiday this summer, we _______________
(go) to Spain.
7) If the weather
_________________________(not/improve) ,
we __________(not/have) a picnic.
8) They _____________(go) to the party if they __________(be) invited.
9) If I______________ (not/go) to bed early, I ____________(be) tired tomorrow.
10) If we ___________
(eat) all this cake, we ____________
(feel) sick .
11) She _________
(stay) in London if she________ (get) a
job.
12) If you ________________
(not/want) to go out, I _____________ (cook) dinner at home.
13) I ____________(come) early, if you _________
(want).
14) He ______________ (not/get) a
better job if he ________________(not/pass)
that exam.
15) I_____________ (buy) a new dress if I __________ (have) enough money.
16) She ______________(cook) dinner if you ______________________(go) to the
supermarket.
17) They________________ (go) on holiday if they ___________(have) time.
18) We _______(be) late if we _______________
(not/hurry).
19) She ___________ (take) a taxi if
it ______(rain).
20) I ____________ (not/go) if you _____________
(not/come) with me.
21) I ___________(sell) you any alcohol,
unless you ________________(be)over 18.
22) If it's
true, we ___________(be) fired.
23) I won't go to the party
unless she ______________(invite) me.
24) If you take an
aspirin, you ____________ better. (feel)
25) Unless the weather
_________ (get) better, I ________________
( arrive)
26) Unless she _______________(improve)
her results, she ____________(not/go)to the concert.
27) If this is a good article, I_________(be) Formula One driver!
28) If you heat water
to 100 C, it_______(boil)
29) I______________(be)
grateful if you _________(keep) what I said to yourself.
30) If you want to be
with me,____________(tell) me that you love me.
31) If I have to do this,
I ____________(be)
32) I_________(be) very
upset if those gossips __________________(turn out) to be true.
33) If world is a stage,
then life _________(be) a game.
