Making statements about general truths. Students review the zero conditional and learn how to make statements about the real world and general truths, such as scientific facts. Students are introduced to vocabulary used to talk about plants.
All about the Zero Conditional

Overview
Level
Pre-Intermediate: A2+Intermediate: B1
Included
3 student pagesTeaching notes
Teaching time 90 mins
Language functions
Asking and answering questionsDescribing cause and effectTalking about daily life
Language forms
Conditional formsModal and auxiliary verbsPresent tense
Activities
DiscussionGap fillSentence completionUnscramble
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