Conditional Sentences

BAHASA INGGRIS BISNIS 2

“CONDITIONAL SENTENCES”

Type I

Conditional sentence type 1 adalah conditional sentence yang digunakan ketika result / consequence (hasil) dari condition (syarat) memiliki kemungkinan untuk terwujud di masa depan karena condition-nya realistis untuk dipenuhi.

Formula : if + Simple Present,  S + will + Verb 1

Example :

a.       If I find her address, I will send her an invitation.

b.      If John has the money, he will buy a Ferrari.

c.       If I have enough money, I will go to Japan.

The main clause can also be at the beginning of the sentence. In this case, don't use a comma.

Example: I will send her an invitation if I find her address.

Note: Main clause and / or if clause might be negative. See Simple Present and will-Future on how to form negative sentences.

Example: If I don’t see him this afternoon, I will phone him in the evening.

Type II

Conditional type 2 ini digunakan sebagai aplikasi kejadian masa sekarang atau present yang akan terjadi jika kondisi yang ada berbeda.

Formula : if + Simple Past, S + would / could + Verb 1

Example :

a.       If I found her address, I would send her an invitation.

b.      If John had the money, he would buy a Ferrari.

c.       If I had enough money, I would go to Japan.

The main clause can also be at the beginning of the sentence. In this case, don't use a comma.

Example: I would send her an invitation if I found her address.

Note: Main clause and / or if clause might be negative. See Simple Past und Conditional I on how to form negative sentences.

Example: If I had a lot of money, I wouldn’t stay here.

·      In IF Clauses Type II, we usually use ‚were‘ – even if the pronoun is I, he, she or it –.

Example: If I were you, I would not do this.

Type III

Merupakan aplikasi kejadian masa lampau atau simple past tense, kejadian yang harus sudah dipenuhi di masa lalu. Terkadang, di masa lampau kita mempunyai keinginan yang tidak dapat kita wujudkan. Lalu kita ingin bercerita kepada teman atau orang lain.

Formula : if + Past Perfect, S + would / could + have + Verb 3

Example:

a.       If I had found her address, I would have sent her an invitation

b.      If John had had the money, he would have bought a Ferrari.

c.       If I had had enough money, I would have gone to Japan.

The main clause can also be at the beginning of the sentence. In this case, don't use a comma.

Example: I would have sent her an invitation if I had found her address.

Note: Main clause and / or if clause might be negative. See Past Perfect and Conditional II on how to form negative sentences.

Example: If I hadn’t studied, I wouldn’t have passed my exams.

Conditional clause	Main clause
1. If + Present Tense	will + inf / present tense / imperative
2. If + Past Tense	would + present tense
3. If + Past Perfect Tense	would have + past participle

Reference :

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/conditional2.htm