Zero conditional challenge
Please look at the examples below and try to make Zero Conditionals
There are several possibilities as you can see.
O n e sentence per post and w i t h the English translation!!
Post in English and Spanish, sometimes the translation can be different.
And please, do remember:
Don't use subject pronouns!!
Let's try to make some more Zero conditional sentences.
Zero conditional sentences state facts and use simple present verbs in both parts of the sentence. Active or passive as follows.
Water boils if you heat it to 100 degrees C.
El agua hierve si la calientas a 100 grados C.
Water boils if it is heated to 100 degrees C.
El agua hierve si se calienta a 100 grados C.
If you heat water to 100 degrees C, it boils.
Si calientas el agua a 100 grados C, -- hierve.
If water is heated to 100 degrees C, it boils.
Si se calienta el agua a 100 C, hierve
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Si estoy a la orilla del mar, estoy tranquilla.
If I am at the seashore, I am peaceful.
I'll give it a shot...
Cuando leo en la cama, me duermo.
When I read in bed, I fall asleep.
Cuando Meli llama a su esposo por teléfono, él siempre contesta.
When Meli calls her husband on the phone, he always answers.
If one lays in the sun too long, he burns.
Si tumbarse en el sol por demasido tiempo, se quema.
Si nadie más participa Ian está triste.
If nobody else participates, Ian is sad. 
Pues a mí a estas alturas me pasa al revés:
Si veo respuestas correctas, me da un soponcio
If I see correct answers, I have a fainting fit
jeje
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I've probably taken this one step too far: as both are highly unlikely if not impossible, the present tense is probably not the best choice!
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When my teenage son tidies his room, that's the day that pigs fly.
Cuando mi hijo adolescente ordena su habitación, que es el día en que las vacas vuelan.
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(I believe that the spanish saying uses cows instead of pigs
Si hago este ejercicio correctamente, me sorprende.
If I do this exercise correctly, I am surprised.
Si la perra oye trueno, tiembla.
If the dog hears thunder, she trembles.
Si nadie prepara la cena, no comemos
If nobody fixes dinner, we don't eat.
Si una docena de huevos cuesta dos dólares, entonces cinco docenas costaría diez dólares.
If a dozen eggs costs two dollars, then five dozen cost ten dollars. .
I am sorry to bust your bubble but in most cases the sentences posted would not be used in English to state a general truth (Izanoni's post). They would be to give instructions though. Ask yourself if you would say "if it rains, I get wet" or rather "when it rains, I get wet". It might be proper but just doesn't sound "right".
Si usted no me vota para arriba, usted cazaré para abajo.
If you don't vote me up, I will hunt you down.
Si ganas, pierdes.
If you win, you lose.
Come on guys - have a go. Who knows we could all learn something.
