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Kamis, 15 Maret 2012

If clause conditional sentences

Conditional Sentences
Conditional Sentences are also known as Conditional Clauses or If Clauses. They are used to express that the action in the main clause (without if) can only take place if a certain condition (in the clause with if) is fulfilled. There are three types of Conditional Sentences.

Conditional Sentence Type 1
It is possible and also very likely that the condition will be fulfilled.
Form: if + Simple Present, will-Future

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

 Conditional Sentences Type I.
1.    If andi and ina have a party they will prepare the salad
Fact it is possible they will hold a party to night, so they will prepare the salad
2.    If Rita forgets her homework, the teacher will give her a low mark.
Fact : it is possible that rita know her teacher is fierce
3.    Jane will hover the sitting room if Aaron come to her house
Fact : it is possible that aaron will come to jane’s house.
4.    If anita have more time Anita will clean the toilet.
Fact : anita have much time today, so she will clean toilet
5.    Elaine will buy the drinks if somebody helps her carry the bottles.
Fact : it is possible that somebody carry her bottles.
6.    if he have much gasoline he will visit to bandung
Fact  : it is possible that he have much gasoline
7.    If I find her address, I’ll send her an invitation.
Fact : I want to send an invitation to a friend. I just have to find her address. I am quite sure, however, that I will find it.
8.    If John has the money, he will buy a Alphard.
Fact : I know John very well and I know that he earns a lot of money and that he loves automotive . So I think it is very likely that sooner or later he will have the money to buy a Alphard.
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Conditional Sentence Type 2

 It is possible but very unlikely, that the condition will be fulfilled.

Use

Conditional Sentences Type II refer to situations in the present. An action could happen if the present situation were different. I don't really expect the situation to change, however. I just imagine „what would happen if …“
Form: if + Simple Past, Conditional I (= would + Infinitive)

Example: If I found her address, I would send her an invitation.
Fact : I’m not find her adress, so I will not send the invitation

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.

Were instead of Was

In IF Clauses Type II, we usually use ‚were‘ – even if the pronoun is Iheshe or it –.
Example: If I were you, I would not do this.
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Conditional Sentences Type II.
1.    If I played the lottery, I would have a chance to hit the jackpot.
Fact : I don’t like play lottery, so I wouldn’t get the jackpot
2.    If I ate the mango in the morning, I would be stomached
Fact : I don’t eat mango in the morning so I’m not stomache.
3.    If I were you, I should go home immediately
Fact : I’m not you, so I mustn’t go home immediately
4.    Julie would buy a lonely island, if she found a miracle one.
Fact : Julie is impossible buy a island
5.    If Julie owned a lonely island, I would build a huge house by the beach.
Fact : it is impossible that Julie haven’t a island
6.    I would pick my friends up in my yacht if they wanted to spend their holidays on my island.
Fact : I don’t have a yacht so I don’t pick up to their holiday
7.    If they told their father, he would be very angry. 
Fact : they aren’t tell to their father, so he isn’t angry
8.    If he had more time, he would learn karate
Fact : I don’t have more time, so I don’t learn karate


Conditional Sentence Type 3
It is impossible that the condition will be fulfilled because it refers to the past.
Form: if + Past Perfect, Conditional II (= would + have + Past Participle)

Use

Conditional Sentences Type III refer to situations in the past. An action could have happened in the past if a certain condition had been fulfilled. Things were different then, however. We just imagine, what would have happened if the situation had been fulfilled.

Form
if + Past Perfect, main clause with Conditional II
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.
Example: If I had found her address, I would have sent her an invitation.
Sometime in the past, I wanted to send an invitation to a friend. I didn't find her address, however. So in the end I didn't send her an invitation.
Example: If bill had had the money, he would have bought a Alphard.
I knew bill very well and I know that he never had much money, but he loved automotive. He would have loved to own a Alphard, but he never had the money to buy one.
Complete the Conditional Sentences Type III.
1.    If they hadn’t went to home, they would have found the rain
Fact : they went to home immediately, so they aren’t find a rain
2.    If the forwards had run faster, they would have scored more goals.
Fact : The forwards hadn’t run faster, so they didn’t more goals
3.    It would have broken if you had not caught it.
Fact : you can caught it, so it is didn’t broken
4.    If the goalie had jumped up, he would have caught the ball.
Fact : he didn’t jumped up, so he couldn’t catch the ball
5.    If the referee had seen the foul, he would have awarded a penalty kick to our team.
Fact : the referee have seen the foul, so he will award the penalty
6.    It would have been better if you had wait
Fact : you have wait so you will have better