- You will miss the bus if you don't hurry.
Seperti dalam semua kalimat kondisional, urutan klausa tidak tetap.
If Clause dan Main Clause dapat diatur ulang dan menyesuaikan tanda baca saat Anda mengubah urutan klausa, asalkan artinya sama.
Penggunaan Modals juga dapat diletakkan pada Main Clause.
Modals berfungsi untuk menyatakan tingkat kepastian, izin, atau rekomendasi tentang hasilnya.
Contoh:
- If you drop that glass, it might break.
- I may finish that letter if I have time.
- If he calls you, you should go.
- If you buy my school supplies for me, I will be able to go to the park.
Type 2
Conditional Sentences tipe 2 digunakan untuk merujuk pada waktu yang sekarang atau kapan saja (now or any time), dan situasi yang tidak nyata (unreal).
Kondisional tipe 2 mengacu pada kondisi yang tidak mungkin terjadi atau hipotetis dan kemungkinan hasilnya.
Kalimat pengandaian tipe 2 tidak berdasarkan fakta.
Conditional Sentences tipe 2 merujuk pada kondisi hipotetis dan kemungkinan hasilnya.
"If Clause" menggunakan simple past, dan "Main Clause" menggunakan present conditional.
Rumus (If clause, main clause):
If + simple past (V2), present conditional (Would V1)
Contoh:
- If it rained, you would get wet.
- You would get wet if it rained.
- If you went to bed earlier you wouldn't be so tired.
- You wouldn't be so tired if you went to bed earlier.
- If she fell, she would hurt herself.
- She would hurt herself if she fell.
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Type 3
Tipe 3 ini digunakan untuk merujuk pada waktu yang ada di masa lalu (in the past), dan situasi yang bertentangan dengan kenyataan (contrary to reality).
Fakta-fakta yang mereka dasarkan adalah kebalikan dari apa yang diungkapkan.
Kondisional tipe 3 digunakan untuk merujuk pada kondisi masa lalu yang tidak nyata dan kemungkinan hasil masa lalunya.
Pada kalimat conditional tipe 3, klausa if menggunakan past perfect, dan klausa utama menggunakan perfect conditional.
Rumus (If clause, main clause):
If + past perfect (Had V3), perfect conditional (Would have V3)
Contoh:
- If it had rained, you would have gotten wet.
- You would have gotten wet if it had rained.
- You would have passed your exam if you had worked harder.
- If you had worked harder, you would have passed your exam.
- I would have believed you if you hadn't lied to me before.
- If you hadn't lied to me before, I would have believed you.
- If I had worked harder I would have passed the exam. (But I didn't work hard, and I didn't pass the exam.)
- If I had known you were coming I would have baked a cake. (But I didn't know and I didn't bake a cake.)
- I would have been happy if you had called me on my birthday. (But you didn't call me and I am not happy.)
(Tribunnews.com/Yunita Rahmayanti)
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