Conditionals - Zero Conditional

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If you heat ice, it melts!
If babies are hungry, they cry.

What is the relation between
these two sentences?

Zero + First Conditional

What will happen?

The ZERO conditional

• We use the ZERO conditional  to talk about facts
• It's is always true 
• P.S. je hoeft de ZERO conditial niet te kennen voor de toets-week! Maar het is wel goed om te weten dat -ie bestaat :-)
  
  

Which tense(s) do we use with the zero conditional?
e.g. If babies ARE hungry, they CRY.

Complete with a zero conditional:
If it ... (rain), the grass ... (get) wet.

ZERO CONDITIONAL: Complete the sentence.

If you only eat junkfood, you ... fat!

1. got
2. gets
3. get
4. gotten

ZERO CONDITIONAL: Complete the sentence.

A snake ... if it is scared.

1. bite
2. bitten
3. biting
4. bites

ZERO CONDITIONAL: Complete the sentence.

If babies are hungry, they ...

1. cries
2. cried
3. crying
4. cry