Day: ____________________

__________

Date:

2. Plants die if they don't get

enough water.
3. If my husband has a cold, I
usually catch
it.
4.If public transport is efficient,
people stop
using their cars.
5.If you mix red and blue, you get
purple.
6. If it rains, the grass gets wet.
7. If Bill phones, tell him to meet
me at the
cinema.
8.Ask Pete if you're not sure what
to do.
9. If you want to come, call me
before 5:00.

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I. Objectives
At the end of the period the students
should be to:
Construct zero conditional sentences
that express general truth and state
instructions
Identify the clauses in each sentence
and the verb forms used in each
II. Subject Matter
Grammar: Conditional Sentences Used
for
Expressing General
Truth
III. Procedure
A. Elicitation
Let us study the sentences
below and
be able to answer the questions
below.
1. The water boils if you heat it to
100
degrees.
2 If you cross an international
date line, the
time changes.
3. Phosphorous burns if you expose
it to air.
Questions:
a. How many clauses do the sentences
contain?
b. What are these clauses?
c. What do these clauses called?
d. What form of verbs are used in each
clause?
e. In what tense are these verbs?
f. Where can we place the if clause in a
sentence?
g. What punctuation marks are used
after the
if clause?
B. Practice Exercises
I. Read the sentences and identify
the clauses
and the verbs used
I. If you freeze water, it becomes
a solid.

10.Meet me here if we get

separated.
II. Make a Zero conditional sentence
using the given words and phrases.
1. My daughter/eat/too much
chocolate/she/get/ sick
2. Ice/float/ you/drop/it/ in a
water
3. You/not/eat/you/die
4. no/ rain/the grass/ not/ grow
5. iron/ rust/ it/ get/ wet
C. Generalization
1. What is a zero conditional
sentence?
2. What forms of verbs are used in this
type of
sentence?
3. What is the correct order of the if
clause in a
sentence?
D. Free Stage
Construct sentences that will talk
about scientific facts, and general truths. You
may also use zero conditional in giving
instruction.
IV. Assignment
A.Rewrite your sentences on 1/2
crosswise .

B. What is another form of conditional

sentence?

I. If you freeze water, it

becomes a
solid.
2. Plants die if they don't get
enough
water.
3. If my husband has a cold, I
usually
catch it.
4.If public transport is
efficient,
people stop using their
cars.
5.If you mix red and
blue, you get
purple.
6. If it rains, the grass
gets wet.
7. If Bill phones, tell him
to meet me at
the cinema.
8.Ask Pete if you're not
sure what to do.

Let us study the sentences below and

be able to answer the questions
below.
1. The water boils if you heat it to
100
degrees.
2 If you cross an international
date line, the
time changes.
3. Phosphorous burns if you expose
it to air.
Questions:
a. How many clauses do the sentences
contain?
b. What are these clauses?
c. What do these clauses called?
d. What form of verbs are used in each
clause?
e. In what tense are these verbs?
f. Where can we place the if clause in a
sentence?
g. What punctuation marks are used
after the
if clause?
B. Practice Exercises
I. Read the sentences and identify
the clauses
and the verbs used

9. If you want to come, call

me before
5:00.
10.Meet me here if we get
separated.
II. Make a Zero conditional sentence using
the given words and phrases.
1. My daughter/eat/too much
chocolate/she/get/ sick
2. Ice/float/ you/drop/it/ in a
water
3. You/not/eat/you/die
4. no/ rain/the grass/ not/ grow
5. iron/ rust/ it/ get/ wet
C. Generalization
1. What is a zero conditional
sentence?
2. What forms of verbs are used in this
type of
sentence?
3. What is the correct order of the if
clause in a
sentence?
D. Free Stage
Construct sentences that will talk
about scientific facts, and general truths. You
may also use zero conditional in giving
instruction.

IV. Assignment
A.Rewrite your sentences on 1/2
crosswise .
B. What is another form of conditional
sentence?