Conditional 0 and 1

1. CONDITIONAL TYPE 0 & 1
T. Elmehdi MAJT
‫عربي‬ ‫ابن‬ ‫التأهيلية‬ ‫الثانوية‬

2. Example:
If the teacher is absent, students don’t enter the classroom.
When the teacher is absent, students don’t enter the classroom.
Students don’t enter the classroom when (if) the teacher is absent.

3. Example:
If the teacher is absent students don’t enter the classroom.
When the teacher is absent students don’t enter the classroom.
Students don’t enter the classroom when (if) the teacher is absent.
It is a rule
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0

4. Example:
If you freeze water, it turns into ice.
When you freeze water, it turns into ice.
Water turns into ice when you freeze it.
Water
Ice

5. Example:
If you freeze water it turns into ice.
When you freeze water it turns into ice.
Water turns into ice when you freeze it.
Water
Ice
It is a fact / scientific truth
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0

6. Example:
If the fish is out of the water, it dies quickly.
when the fish is out of the water, it dies quickly.
The fish dies quickly if it is out of the water

7. Example:
If the fish is out of the water it dies quickly.
when the fish is out of the water it dies quickly.
The fish dies quickly if it is out of the water
It is a fact
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0

8. • Use:
• a fact / truth or a general rule.
• Form:
• 1:
• If/when + Subject + simple present + object , subject + simple present + object
• 2:
• Subject + simple present + object if/when + subject + simple present + object
if clause Main clause
if clauseMain clause

9. Example:
Hey son, if you practice sports, you will stay healthy.
Hey son, you will stay healthy if you practice sports.
An action in the future will happen only if a condition is fulfilled
You practise sports = you will be healthy / you don’t practise sports = you will not be healthy

10. Example:
If I study hard, I will pass.
I will pass if I study hard.
We don’t know if the action will be fulfilled or not
I will pass: we don’t know if she will pass or not UNTIL she studies hard

11. • Use:
• An action likely to happen in the future until a condition is fulfilled.
• Form:
• 1:
• If/when + Subject + simple present + object , subject + simple future + object
• 2:
• Subject + simple future + object if/when + subject + simple present + object
if clause Main clause
if clauseMain clause