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What is Grammar?
English Grammar Terms
The 8 English Parts of
Speech
These are the words that you use to make a sentence.
There are only
8 types of word - and the most
important is the Verb!
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Verbs |
be, have, do, work |
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Nouns |
man, town, music |
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Adjectives |
a, the, 69, big |
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Adverbs |
loudly, well, often |
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Pronouns |
you, ours, some |
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Prepositions |
at, in, on, from |
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Conjunctions |
and, but, though |
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Interjections |
ah, dear, er, um |
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Verbs
Passive voice
Modal verbs
Conditionals
Questions
Irregular
verbs
Going to
Gerunds
Phrasal Verbs
Tenses
Nouns
(Un) Countable nouns
Adjectives
Articles
Pronouns
Preposition List
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| Grammar Quizzes
Parts of Speech Quiz
Verb Classification Quiz
Main Verb Forms Quiz
Active or Passive Quiz
Subjunctive Quiz
Future Time Quiz
Continuous Tense Verb
Quiz
Used to do or Be used to
Quiz
Have to,
Must, Must not Quiz
Can, Could, Be able
to Quiz
Questions Quiz
Tag Questions
Quiz
Infinitive or
-ing Quiz
Gerunds Quiz
Phrasal Verbs
Quiz
Conditionals Quiz
For or Since Quiz
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Present Perfect
Simple
Present Perfect
Continuous
Past Simple
Questions
Comparative
Adjectives
Superlative
Adjectives
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Zero Conditional:
certainty
We use the so-called zero conditional when the result of
the condition is always true, like a scientific fact.
Take some ice. Put it in a saucepan. Heat the saucepan. What
happens? The ice melts (it becomes water). You would be surprised if it did
not.
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condition |
result |
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present simple |
present simple |
| If |
you heat ice |
it melts. |
Notice that we are thinking about a result that is always true for
this condition. The result of the condition is an absolute certainty. We
are not thinking about the future or the past, or even the present. We are
thinking about a simple fact. We use the present simple tense to talk about the
condition. We also use the present simple tense to talk about the result. The
important thing about the zero conditional is that the condition always has
the same result.
Here are some more examples:
| IF |
condition |
result |
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present simple |
present simple |
| If |
I miss the 8 o'clock bus |
I am late for work. |
| If |
I am late for work |
my boss gets angry. |
| If |
people don't eat |
they get hungry. |
| If |
you heat ice |
does it melt? |
| result |
IF |
condition |
| present simple |
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present simple |
| I am late for work |
if |
I miss the 8 o'clock bus. |
| My boss gets angry |
if |
I am late for work. |
| People get hungry |
if |
they don't eat. |
| Does ice melt |
if |
you heat it? |
| EnglishClub.com Tip |
| We can also use when
instead of if, for example: When I get up late I miss my
bus. |
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