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CONDITIONAL SENTENCE

A. CONDITIONAL SENTENCE
Conditional Sentence/Conditional Clause/If Clause consists of 3 types:
1. Type 1 (possibility and likely will be done)
In this type the If clause uses Present Tense (verb 1) and the Main Clause uses Modal1
(can, will, may). Dalam tipe ini masih sangat ada kemungkinan terjadi.
E.g.
If I study hard, I will achieve what I dream.
2. Type 2 (possibility but unlikely will be done)
In this type the If clause uses Past Tense (verb 2) and the Main Clause uses Modal 2
(could, would, might). Dalam tipe ini masih ada kemungkinan, tapi sangat sulit dan
hampir pasti tidak terjadi.
E.g.
If I chose English program, I could speak and understand its structure well.
3. Type 3 (impossibility)
In this type the If clause uses Past Perfect Tense (had verb 3) and the Main Clause
uses Modal 3 (could have verb3, would have verb 3, might have verb 3). Dalam tipe
ini sesuatu mustahil terjadi.
E.g.
If I had obeyed my friends suggestions, I might have been successful.

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 Note:
1. Nominal sentence for conditional sentence type 2 and 3 (nominal and verbal) can be
replace by inversion.
E.g.
If I had come > had I come, If I were you > Were I you.
2. There is conditional type 0 which meant as scientific fact (without using Modal).
E.g.
If I burn the Book, it becomes ash.
3. Negative conditional sentence (If Clause) can be changed into unless.
E.g.
If I hadn’t worked in hospital, I wouldn’t have known hospital’s hour.
Unless I had worked in hospital, I wouldn’t have known hospital’s hour.
4. Inconditional sentence type 2, we must not use was for nominal sentence.
E.g.
If I was you, ... (incorrect)
If I were you, ... (correct)

B. KINDS OF QUESTION
In every UTS, UAS, UN, SBMPTN and UM test there only 3 kinds of question, as follow:

a. Equalizing Verbs and Modals

Dalam tipe soal ini kita hanya menjodohkan antara modal dan verb, jadi jika didalam soal
sudah ada modal, maka yang ditanyakan adalah verb-nya begitupun sebaliknya, tapi
harus sesuai jenis verb dan modal-nya. Perhatikan soal berikut:

1. If you .... me, I would have been very glad.

Modal 3
A. help
B. helped
C. had helped
D. would have helped
E. would help

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 Pembahasan:
Karena dalam soal sudah ada modal 3, maka jawaban yang paling tepat adalah verb
3, yaitu option C (had helped).

2. You will be operated tomorrow dawn if you .... it today.

A. pay
B. paid
C. had paid
D. would pay
E. will pay
Pembahasan:
Jawaban A, karena dalam soal sudah ada modal 1, maka jawaban yang paling tepat
adalah verb 1.

b. Asking for Fact

Tipe soal ini adalah tipe soal yang menanyakan fakta, perhatikan pattern dan soal
berikut:
Conditional Sentence Verb 2/modal 2 > Fact : Verb 1/Modal 1
Conditional Sentence Verb 3/Modal 3 > Fact : Verb 2/Modal 2

Note:
Jika ada conditional sentence type 1 ditanyakan makna atau faktanya, maka jawabannya
menggunakan ungkapan possibly, probably, perhaps dikarenakan faktanya belum dan
masih ada kemungkinan terjadi.
E.g.
If I learn harder, I will be successful. It means : I will possibly be a successful person.

CONTOH SOAL

1. If I were you, I would buy the car. In fact : ...

A. I am not you, so I don’t have money to buy the car
B. I was not you, so I didn’t have money to buy it.
C. I am you, so I would buy the car.
D. I had been you, so I had bought it.
E. I was you, so I bought the car.

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 Pembahasan:
Jawaban A, karena conditional sentence-nya verb 2 maka faktanya adalah verb 1, dan
maknanya harus berlawanan. Jadi, option yang paling tepat adalah A.

2. If the man were an employee with a modest income, all his children wouldn’t study in
prestigious universities. It means ...
A. The man is not an employee with a modest income.
B. The man was poor.
C. The man had been rich.
D. The man is poor.
E. The man had not been poor.
Pembahasan:
Jawaban A, karena conditional sentence-nya verb 2 maka faktanya adalah verb1, dan
maknanya harus berlawanan.

c. Asking for Supposition/Conditional Sentence

Tipe soal ini adalah tipe soal yang menanyakan khayalan (supposition), perhatikan pattern
dan soal berikut:
Fact : Verb 1/Modal 1 > Conditional Sentence : Verb 2/Modal 2
Fact : Verb 2/Modal 2 > Conditional Sentence : Verb 3/Modal 3

CONTOH SOAL

1. I worked as a watchman in Hospital last year. We can conlude that : ...

A. If I hadn’t worked in hospital, I wouldn’t have known hospital’s hour.
B. If I didn’t work in hospital, I wouldn’t know hospital’s hour.
C. If I work in hospital, I will know hospital’s hour.
D. If I work in hospital, I would know hospital’s hour.
E. If I worked in hospital, I would know hospital’s hour.
Pembahasan:
Jawaban A, karena faktanya verb 2 maka khayalannya adalah had + verb 3, dan maknanya
harus berlawanan. Jadi, option yang paling tepat adalah A.

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2. The man was an employee with a modest income. So he had no house. It means ...
A. If the man had been an employee with a high income, he would have bought a
house.
B. If the man had not been an employee with a high income, he wouldn’t have bought
a house.
C. If the man were an employee with a high income, he would buy a house.
D. If the man is an employee with a modest income, he would have bought a house.
E. If the man was an employee with a high income, he will buy a house.
Pembahasan:
Jawaban A, karena faktanya verb 2 maka khayalannya adalah had + verb 3, dan
maknanya harus berlawanan.