Re: Zero, first or second conditional?
Welcome to the forum, Katharsis. 

Originally Posted by
Katharsis
If the cat (hide)_______ in the tree, the dog ________ (not find) it.
Moderately natural possibilities are:
If the cat hides in the trees, the dog can't find it. (general time)
If the cat hides in the tree, the dog won't (be able to) find it. [future possibility]
If the cat hid in the tree, the dog wouldn't (be able to) find it. [future hypothetical]
If the cat had hidden in the tree, the dog wouldn't have found (/wouldn't have been able to find) it. (past counterfactual)
It is possible to say the following, but pretty unlikely that we we would:
If the cat hides in the trees, the dog doesn't find it. [general time]
It's so noisy in here. Even if the students ________ (listen) carefully, they _______ (not hear) the woodpecker.
Second or first conditional with this one?
Moderately natural possibilities are:
Even if the students listened/were listening carefully, they wouldn't (be able to) hear the woodpecker.
Even if the students had listened/been listening carefully, they wouldnt have heard/wouldn't have been able to hear the woodpecker.
Context is always important; labelling is rarely important.