Conditionals: zero and first (Difficult) Quiz

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📝 IELTS – English Grammar – Conditionals: zero and first – Difficult

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Choose the sentence that uses a zero conditional correctly.

If you mix red and blue, you get purple.

If you will mix red and blue, you get purple.

If you mixed red and blue, you got purple.

If you mix red and blue, you will get purple.

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Zero conditional sentences describe general truths and use the present simple tense in both clauses. Option B is correct. Option A incorrectly uses 'will' in the if-clause.

Which of the following sentences is a first conditional?

If the alarm rings, we will wake up.

If the alarm will ring, we wake up.

If the alarm rings, we wake up.

If the alarm rang, we would wake up.

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First conditional sentences use the present simple tense in the if-clause and 'will' in the main clause to describe possible future events. Option B is correct. Option A is a zero conditional.

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