conditional sentences (tugas 1)

TUGAS 1 :

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

NAMA                        : INDRIYANI DEWI

NPM                           : 17211987

KELAS                       : 4 EA 17

MATA KULIAH         : BAHASA INGGRIS BISNIS 2

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

            Conditional tenses are used to speculate about what could happen, what might have happened, and what we wish would happen.

Type 1 Conditional (probable/possible/like condition)

            The tipe 1 conditional is used to refer to the present or future where the situation is real. The type 1 conditional refers to a possible condition and its probable result. In these sentences the if clause is in the simple present, and the main clause is in the simple future.

If clause                                              Main clause

If + simple present                             simple future

If this thing happens                           that thing will happen

Example :

1.  if you eat that you will be ill

2. if it rains I won't go to town

3. he may come if you call him

4. If I know the answer I will tell you

5. if you work hard, you will pass

6. if he goes early, he will meet her

Type 2 Conditional (Unlikely/Improbable/ Imaginary Conditional)

            The type 2 conditional is used to refer to a time that is now or anytime, and a situation that is unreal. These sentences are not based on fact. The type 2 conditional is used to refer to a hypothetical condition and its probable result. In type 2 conditional sentences, the if clause use the simple past, and the main clause uses the present conditional.

If clause                                              Main clause

If + simple past                                               present conditional or present continuous conditional

If the thing happened                          that thing would happen or that thing would be happening

Example :

1. If I knew the answer, I would tell you

2. If I had the money, I would buy a car

3. If we started now we could be in time

4. I shouldn't do that if I were you

5. If I were a bird, I would fly

Type 3 conditional ( unfulfilled/impossible condition

            The type 3 conditional is used to refer to a time that is in the past, and a situation that is contrary to reality. The facts they are based on are the opposite of what is expressed.The type 3 conditional is used to refer to an unreal condition and its probable past result. In type 3 conditional sentences, the if clause use the past perfect, and the main clause uses the perfect conditional.

If clause                                  Main clause

If + past perfect                      perfect conditional or perfect continuous conditional

If the thing had  happened      that thing would have happen or that thing would have been happening

Example :

1. If I had known the answer, I would have told you

2. If he had worked hard, he would have passedthe examination

3. If I had telephoned her, she would have come

4. we could have caught the train if we had taken a taxi

5. if he had been a graduated, he would have got the job.

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