If Conditionall
If Conditionall
Structure :
A conditional sentence is composed of 2 parts :
If Clause + Main Clause
Example :
If it rains tomorrow, we will not come.
1. There are 3 types of conditional sentences. They are classified according to their
specific implications.
2. Each type of conditional sentences uses different tenses to show the difference in their
implications.
Types If Conditional
A. Type 1
Use : Talk about a present or future probable case.
Tense : If-clause ~ Present Tense
Main Clause ~ Future Tense
Example :
If it rains, I will stay at home.
If you don’t hurry, you will miss the train.
Example :
Example :
Variations
1. Type 1
If you see Alim, ask him to come and see me.
Should you see Alim, ask him to come and see me.
COULD or MIGHT
2. Type 2 may replace WOULD
3. Type 3
If I had come home earlier, I would not have missed the programme.
Had I come home earlier, I would not have missed the programme
Writting Skill
Task 1. Write the meaning of the following sentences.
1. If the place were not cancelled, he would not arrive late to the ceremony.
3. If they played football sportively, they would not get punishment from the
committee.
4. If she came on time, she would not make other people worry about her.
5. If he were not absent from class, he would not miss the lesson.
8. If they built their house strongly, their house might not be damaged by the hurricane.
9. If people did not plant mangroves in the beach, it would not get abrasion.
10. If people planted trees on the slope of the mountain, they would not suffer from land
side.
Task 2. Based on the following fact, create the conditional sentence with if.
1. Dude does not come to school because he is sick.
2. The basketball team does not win the competition because the team does not practice
regularly.
3. The victims of the natural disaster get hungry because the food comes late.
4. The patient suffers from lungs cancer because he smokes too much cigarette.
5. People throw rubbish into river because they do not know how to manage rubbish
well.