Zero conditional

I. Make sentences using zero conditionals:

1. (I / wake up late / I / be late for work)
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2. (my husband / cook / he / burn the food)
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3. (Julie / not wear a hat / she / get sunstroke)
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4. (children / not eat well / they / not be healthy)
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5. (you / mix water and electricity / you / get a shock)
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6. (people / eat / too many sweets / they / get fat)
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7. (you / smoke / you / get yellow fingers)
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8. (children / play outside / they / not get overweight)
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9. (you / heat ice / it / melt)
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10. (I / speak to John / he / get annoyed)
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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)
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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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III. Complete the zero conditional sentences with the verb in brackets.
1. If you press that button, the light..............................(come) on.
2. It's easier to sleep if.............................. (you / not / be) stressed.
3. Our teacher gets angry if.............................. (we / not / work) hard.
4. If.............................. (I / go) on a boat, I always feel sick.
5. His mother gets annoyed if.............................. (he / be) late.
6. If.............................. (I / not / know) a word, I look in my dictionary.
7. If you freeze water, .............................. (it / turn) to ice.
8. If you .........(heat) the ice, it ...........(melt).
9. You ........(bleed) if you ........(cut) your finger.
10. If you ...........(drop) a vase, it ........(break).
11. You ............(drown) if you ............(jump) from a bridge to the river.
12. If you .............(want) to leave a message, .............(speak) after the tone.
13. If you ...........(give) a dog a bone, it ...........(bury) it.
14. The dog ...............(bite) you if you ..............(pull) its tail.
15. Phosphorus ..........(burn) if you ..........(expose) it to air.
V. Choose the correct alternative.
1. If he ............. too much alcohol, he ....... a
headache.
a. drinks/l get

b. drink/gets

c. drinks/gets

10. If the temperature ........below zero, water........

a. are, freeze
c. is, freeze

b. is, freezes
d. are, freezes

2. If you ........fire to petrol, it .........

11. If you ........., you ......... money.

a. sets/burns

a. dont work, dont earn b. dont work, doesnt earn

b. set/burns

c. sets/burns

3. If he ................ ice-cream on the sun it melts.

c. doesnt work, doesnt earn

a. leaves

12. If you ......... that button, the radio ......... off.

b. leaving

c. leave

4. If you ........English regularly, you speak fluently.

a. practices

b. practice

a. presses, turns
press, turn

d. work, dont earn

b. press, turnsc.
d. presses, turn

c. is practicing
14. If water ........., it ......... into steam.

5. The tea ............ sweet if you add sugar.

a. be

b. will be

a. boil, turns
c. boils, turn

c. is

b. boil, turn
d. boils, turns

6. If she .........red and white, she ............ pink.

15. If you ......... a mirror, it .........

a. mixes/gets

a. drop, break
c. drop, breaks

b. will mix/gets

c. mix/get

7. You ..........if you stay too long on the beach.

a. sunburn

b. sunburned

c. sunburns

8. If you ............ to Italy by plain it ............ faster

than by car.
a. goes/is

b. go/is

c. goes/be

9. If you ......... an arm, it ......... a lot.

a. break, hurt

b. breaks, hurt

c. break, hurts

b. drops, breaks
d. drops, break

16. If you ......... the pin on a grenade, it .........

a. pulls, explodes
c. pull, explodes

b. pulls, explode
d. pull, explode

18. If Sue ......... us, she always ......... flowers.

a. visit, bring
c. visit, brings

b. visits, brings
d. visits, bring