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CONDITIONAL SENTENCE (IF CLAUSE)

Conditional Sentence is phrases use to express supposition of an event that hasn’t happened,or even impossible. You can used conditional clauses to talk about a possible and its results. There are three kind of conditionals : Real in present/future, Unreal in present/future, and Unreal in past.

Verb form in “IF CLAUSE”	Verb form in “RESULT CLAUSE”	Meaning
I. Present Tense	Future Tense	Real in present/future
II. Past Tense	Past Future	Unreal in present/future
III. Past Perfect	Past Future Perfect	Unreal in past

I. Real in present/future

When you are talking about something which may possibly happen in the future, you use this type of conditional.

Condition				Result
if	Subject	V(present)	,	subject	will	Verb 1 + object
If	I	See her	,	I	will	buy her some books

Example :

If the children are healthy, they will learn to walk at about eighteen months old.
If light strikes a rough surface, it will bw diffuse.
If Uki’s family meet Rini, I am sure that they will like her.
If the trajectory of satellite is be slightly off at launch, it will get worse as the flight progresses.
If the drought continues, many farmers will lose thair farms.
If the journalist reveals his source, the judge will cite him for contempt of court.
I will buy a car if I have a lot of money
If my mother is busy, I will help her.
The teacher will be angry if I don’t do homework.
If I am hungry, Iwill eat.
I will visit Kuta if I go to Bali.
Toni will open the dictionary if he needs it.
If I go to the post office, I will send a latter to you.
The farmer will cultivate the rich field if it rains.
The director will pay the derks if they finish working.
I can pass this subject if I study hard.
You must bring an umbrella if you don’t want to get wet.

II. Unreal in present/future
When you are talking about something that you think is unlikely to happen, you use type of conditional.

Condition				Result
If	Subject	V(past)	,	Subject	Would	Verb 1 + Object
If	I	Had a cellphone	,	I	Would	Call him
If	I	Were a teacher	,	I	Would	Punish her

the fact is :

· I don’t have a cellphone, so I don’t call him

· I am not a teacher, so I don’t punish her

Example :

We would wait if you wanted to go cinema.
Fact : We don’t wait, because you don’t want to go cinema.
If you didn’t go to bed early, you would be so sleppy in the morning.
Fact : You go to bad early, so you aren’t be so sleppy in the morning
If I wrote something in the board, she would eraser it.
Fact : I don’t write someting in the board, so she don’t erases it.
She would run round the classroom if I didn’t do my homework.
Fact : She don’t run round the classroom, because I do my homework.
If you didn’t drink so much coffee, you wouldn’t be so nervous.
Fact : You drink so much coffee, you aren’t be so nervous.
I would come to your birthday party if you invited me
Fact : I don’t come to your birthday party, because you don’t invit me.
I would be happy if you invited me.
Fact : I don’t be happy, because you don’t invit me.
I would visit my grandmother if I was holyday
Fact : I don’t visit my grandmother, because I am not holyday.
If you made a cake, she would come to your house.
Fact : You don’t make a cake, so she don’t come to your house.
If you bought me a car, I would be happy.
Fact : you don’t buy me a car, so I am not be happy.

III. Unreal in the past

Use to expess a condition which is no longer possible because the time has passed full.

Condition				Result
if	Subject	V(past perfect) + V3	,	subject	Would	Verb 3 + object
If	you	had told me about the problem	,	I	would	Have helped you

The fact is : You did not tell me about it.

Exampel :

If they had studied, they would have passed the exam.
Fact : They did not study.Therefore, they failed the exam.
If I hadn’t slipped on the stairs, I wouldn’t have broken my arm.
Fact : I slipped on the stairs. I broke my arm.
If I had had enough money, I would have bought a car.
Fact : I did not have enough money, so I did not have bought a car.
I would have come to your house if the weather had been fine.
Fact : The weather wasn’t fine, so I didn’t come to your house.
If the weather had been nice yesterday, we would have go to the zoo.
Fact : The weather wasn’t nice yesterday, so we didn’t go to the zoo.