Conditional Sentences

Nadya Permata Setiarini (11160980000011)

Syiffa Lutfi Fitri (11160980000012)

Lecturer : Mrs. Heni Puspitasari, M.Pd

Mining Engineering
 DEFINITION
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.
 FORMULA

IF CLAUSE , MAIN CLAUSE

 TYPES

Type 0 This type is used to express general

truth

Form :
If + Simple Present , (main clause) Simple Present
(main clause) Simple Present + If + Simple Present
Example :
(+) if I am late for school, my teacher gets angry
my teacher gets angry if I am late for school
(-) if I am not late for school, my teacher doesn’t get angry
(?) if I am late for school, does my teacher get angry?
 Type 1 This type is used when the condition is possible and also
very likely to be fulfilled

Form :
If + Simple Present , Future Present tense ( will/may/can/must)

Future Present tense + If + Simple Present

Example :
(+) If I have free time , I will go swimming
I will go swimming if I have free time
(-) If I don’t have free time, I will not go swimming
(?) If you have free time, will you go swimming?
 Type 2 This type is used when the condition is possible but very
unlikely to be fulfilled
Form :

If + Simple Past, (main clause) would/could/might + Simple Present

If + Subject + were, would/could/might + Simple Present
Would/could/might + Simple Present + If + Simple Past

Example :
(+) If I had much money , I would buy sport car
I would buy sport car if I had much money
(The fact : I don’t have much money )
(-) If I had not much money, I would not buy sport car
Unless I had much money , I would not buy sport car
(?) If you had much money, would you buy sport car?
 Type 3 This type is used when the condition is impossible to be
fulfilled since it refers to the past

Form :

If + Past Perfect , would/could/should/might + have + Past Participle

Would/could/should/might + have + Past Participle +If + Past Perfect

Examples :
(+) If he had asked me to marry him , I would have married him
I would have married him if he had asked me to marry him
(The fact : He didn’t ask me to marry him)
(-) If he had not asked me to marry him, I would not have married him
(?) If he had asked you to marry him , would you have married him?
 CONCLUSION
• Conditional sentences 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.
• Conditional sentences have 4 types of If sentences.
Type 0 is used to express the general truth
Type 1 is used when the condition is possible and very
likely to be fulfilled
Type 2 is used when the condition is possible but very
unlikely to be fulfilled
Type 3 is used when the condition is impossible to be
fulfilled since it refers to the past