Conditional Sentences

Conditional Sentence
Conditional Sentence (=Kalimat pengandaian) adalah kalimat yang digunakan untuk
menyatakan sesuatu yang mungkin terjadi atau mungkin tidak terjadi seperti yang
diharapkan.
Conditional sentence terdiri dari dua klausa, yaitu:
Main Clause (Induk Kalimat) dan IF Clause.
Letak main clause bisa di depan maupun di belakang IF Clause. Perbedaan letak ini
tidak mempengaruhi arti.
Ada beberapa tipe Conditional Sentence, yaitu:

Type I: Future Conditional

Type II: Present Conditional

Type III: Past Conditional

1 Type I: Future Conditional

Kalimat ini mengungkapkan kejadian yang diharapkan akan terjadi di masa yang akan datang dan
memiliki kemungkinan untuk terjadi.
Pola kalimat:

If + S + Verb (present), S + will + Verb1

Kalimat 1 Kalimat 2

Contoh:

If I have enough time, I will visit him.

(mean: I may have enough time, I may visit him)

I will go to the beach if my father gives me permission.

( mean: Perhaps, I go to the beach, my father permit me)

We will wait if you want to join us.

(mean: Perhaps, we wait, you probably want to join us)

If you study hard, you will pass the final exam.

(mean: Perhaps, you study hard, you may pass the final exam)

If he wins the competition, they will give him a gold medal.

(mean: Perhaps, he win the competition, they may give him gold medal)

2 Type II: Present Conditional

Kalimat ini menyatakan peristiwa yang diharapkan terjadi sekarang tetapi tidak terjadi.
Pola kalimat:

If + S + Verb 2 / were, S + would + Verb1

Kalimat 1 Kalimat 2

Contoh:

If she visited me, I would give him money.

(mean: She doesnt visit me, so I dont give her money.)

If I had enough time, I would go swimming.

(mean: I dont have enough time, so I dont go swimming.)

If you were a flower, I would be a bee.

(mean: You are not a flower, I am not a bee.)

If Agnes Monica were my girlfriend, I would be the happiest boy in the world.

(mean: Agnes Monica is not my girlfriend, so I am not the happiest boy in the world)
Catatan:
Pada tipe ini, to be untuk semua subyek pada IF clause adalah WERE.

3 Type III: Past Conditional

Kalimat ini menyatakan peristiwa yang diharapkan terjadi di waktu lampau, tetapi tidak terjadi.
Pola kalimat:

If + S + had + Verb 3, S + would have + Verb 3

Kalimat 1 Kalimat 2

Contoh:

If she had studied hard, she would have passed the final exam.

(mean: She didnt study hard, so she didnt pass the final exam.)
If the team had played well, it would have won the competition.

(mean: The didnt play well, so the team didnt win the competition)

If Britney Spears had been here, I would have been very happy.

(mean: Britney was not here, so I was not very happy.)

If you had come to my house, you would have met me.

(mean: You didnt come to my house, so you didnt meet me.)

Diposting oleh Wulan Utami di 20.17