IF CLAUSE

IF CLAUSE Type 1, 2, 3 

1.         CONDITIONAL TYPE 1

Conditional sentence type 1 digunakan untuk menunjukan sesuatu hal yang mungkin atau tidak mungkin terjadi diwaktu yang akan datang . Conditional type I dibentuk dengan if clause (dalam simple present tense) dan main clause ( dalam simple future tense ).

if  +  simple present , subject  +  will  +  bare invinitive

·         if i finish work early , i play tennis

·         if she has enough time , she will come to your house

·         if  you invite us , we will come to your wedding party

If  +  simple present  +  modal auxiliary (can, may, must, will) digunakam untuk menunjukan suatu kemungkinan (possibility) , izin (permission), kepastian (certainty).

If  +  simple present ,subject  +  can,may,must  +  bare infinitive

·         if  you leave now, you will arrive in time (certain result)

·         if you leave now , you may arrive in time (possibility)

·         if he is in hurry , he can use my car (permission)

2.    CONDITIONAL SENTENCES: TYPE II

Conditional sentence type II digunakan untuk menunjukkan sesuatu yang bertentangan dengan fakta atau yang sesungguhnya di waktu sekarang.

If + subject + simple past, subject + would, could, might + bare infinitive

·         If you had longer legs, you would be able to run faster

·         If you spoke English well , he would be accepted to work here

·         If I had a spare ticket , I would give it to him

Conditional sentence type II juga digunakan untuk menunjukkan suatu yang tidak kita harapkan terjadi di waktu sekarang .

If + subject + simple past, subject + would, could, might + bare infinitive

·         If a robber came into my house, I would throw a knife at him

·         If the man chased me , I would ran away

·         If he wanted to kill me , I would report him to a police

      3.          CONDITIONAL SENTENCES: TYPE III

Conditional sentence type III digunakan untuk menunjukan suatu penyelesaian (regret dan lain-lain ) tentang sesuatu yang tidak akan pernah terjadi lagi diwaktu sekarang.

                       If  +  subject  +  past perfect , would/could/might   +  have  +  past participle

·         If you had gone by car, you would have arrive in bandung

·         If you had studied english seriously, you would spoken english well

·         If she had tried harder, she would have been successful

·         If you had left early, you might have arrive there

If had been you/inyour position

“if i had been you / in your position” digunakan untuk menunjukan apa yang sudah akan kita lakukan jika kita berada dalam posisi orang lain.

·         If i had been in your position, i would have accepted her offer of help

·         If i had been mary, i would have paid fifty million rupiah for the car

Example

•   If i finish work early , I will play tennis

            Fact : It is possible that I will play tennis

•    If i finished work early, I would play tennis

            Fact : I don’t finish work early, so I don’t play tennis

•   If i finished work early, I would played tennis

            Fact : I didn’t finish work early, so I didn’t play tennis

•         If he arrives on time, I will speak wih him

            Fact : It is possible that he arrives on time 

•         If he arrived on time, I would speak with him

           Fact : He don’t arrives on time, so i don’t speak him

•         If he arrived on time,  I would spoke with him

           Fact : He didn’t arrives on time, so I didn’t speak him 

•        If  you invite us , we will come to your wedding party

          Fact : It is possible that you invite us

•        If you invited us, we would come to your wedding party

           Fact : I don’t invite us, so we don’t wedding party 

•        If you invited us, we would came to your weeding party

          Fact : I didn’t invite us, so we didn’t wedding party

•        If you speak english well, he would be accept to work here

          Fact : It is possible that you speak english well 

•       If you spoke English well , he would be accepted to work here

         Fact : I don’t speak english well, so he don’t accept to work here

•       If you spoked english well, he would be accepted to work here

         Fact : I didn’t speak english well, so he didn’t accept to work