Zero conditional
- 2. FUNCTIONS The zero conditional se emplea para realizar afirmaciones sobre el mundo real y suele referirse a hechos generales que damos por ciertos, como los hechos científicos. En estas oraciones el marco temporal es ahora o siempre y la situación es real y posible.
- 3. TRAINING In conditional sentences of zero- conditional Verbal Both propositions in Time is the simple present As with all conditional sentences , the order of the propositions is not fixed. It may be necessary to change the pronouns and punctuation by reversing the order of the proposals but the meaning of the sentence will not change. In the prayers of "conditional zero " you can replace "if " to " when" without affecting the meaning , since both terms are used to express general facts .
- 4. EXAMPLE 1 -If you heat ice, it melts. -Si calientas hielo, se derrite.
- 5. EXALPLE 2 Ice melts if you heat it El hielo se derrite si la calientas
- 6. EXAMPLE 3 When you heat ice, it melts. Cuando se calienta el hielo , se derrite .