Bildung: if + present simple,  present simple

Positiv:

– If you add 2 apples to 4 apples, then you have 6 apples.

– If people eat too much, they get sick. 

– If you sit in the sun, you get burned.

– You can read it, if you like.

– It is a cow, if it moos.

Negativ:

– If you don’t sit in the sun, you don’t get burned.

– You don’t have to read it, if it doesn’t matter to you.

Frage:

– Can you check if you can open the door?

– Do you mind if I use your phone?

Note: The word if in the Zero Conditional can usually be replaced with when or whenever.

– If you call me on my cell phone, don’t forget to pre-dial +44.

– When you call me on my cell phone, don’t forget to pre-dial +44.

– Whenever you call me on my cell phone, don’t forget to pre-dial +44.