CONDITIONAL TYPE III (Unreal Past
Conditional)
adalah
kalimat pengandaian tentang kejadian di masa yang lampau:
IF HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE SUBJECT+WOULD+HAVE+PAST
PARTICIPLE
CONTOH:
- If I had met him
yesterday, I would have told him about her. (kenyataannya
saya tidak bertemu dengan nya dan tidak menceritakan kepadanya tentang
Anda)
- If you had not
bought this book, you wouldn't have known many
subjects.
- Would you have given him
the money if you had met him yesterday.
Kata
"If" dapat dihilangkan:
- Had I met him yesterday, I
would have told him...............
- Should you change your mind,
let me know.
- Were I single, I
would.............
Penghilangan
kata "if" juga berlaku untuk Conditional type I, II.
Banyak pelajar bahasa Inggris yang sudah paham tentang Conditional Clauses ini, namun dalam percakapan ternyata masih salah dalam struktur kalimatnya. Malah yang digunakan justru hanya conditional type I saja.
Untuk
menguasai ini tentunya Anda harus banyak menggunakannya dalam conversation
sehari-hari Anda.
Berikut adalah cerita pendek untuk melatih pemahaman Anda akan Conditional type III.
Peter
overslept and because of this he missed his flight. He failed to have a meeting
his supervisor. After waking up, he soon rang up his supervisor to tell
him that he had missed the plane. The supervisor didn’t seem angry and said,
“You are still alive?” “What do you mean?” asked Peter. “The flight number 729
crashed killing all the passengers. That’s your flight, isn’t it?” mentioned
his supervisor.
1. If
he (not overslept), He (be) on flight 729.
2. If he
had been on the plane, he
would...................................................
3. Hadn't
he missed the plane, he (pass away).
Mixed Time
Conditional sentences
adalah campuran conditional type II and III. Seperti kita ketahui type
II terdiri dari tenses Past Tense dan Would, sedangkan type III terdiri dari
Past Perfect Tense dan WOULD HAVE + Past Participle.
- Type II : If you were a son of a rich man, you would be
able to buy a new car. Maksud kalimat ini kenyataannya Anda bukan lah a
son of a rich man, dan tidak mampu membeli mobil baru.
- Type III : If she had come here earlier, she wouldn't
have missed the train. Maksud kalimat ini kenyataannya dia datang
terlambat. Seandainya tidak terlambat ia tidak akan ketinggalan kereta.
- Mixed type (2 and 3): If
you were a beautiful woman, the man would have
given you a lot of money. Kenyataan nya Anda tidak cantik, jadi
laki-laki itu tidak memberikan uang yang banyak barusan, kemarin atau
waktu-waktu lampau lainnya..
Type III dipakai untuk kejadian di masa lampau, sedangkan type
II, pengandaian di masa sekarang atau akan datang. Dan kombinasi type
2 and 3, kombinasi kejadian yang lampau dan kondisi sekarang.
Contoh lain mixed type:
Beberapa hari yang lalu, Anda menerima warisan yang tidak banyak. Seandainya Anda mendapatkan warisan yang cukup banyak, tentunya Anda bisa berpergian ke luar negeri. ( If you had received a large of inheritance, you would be able to travel around the world.) Nyatanya Anda tidak menerima uang banyak. Jadi Anda tidak dapat berpergian keliling dunia.
Latihan
Gunakan mixed type conditional
clause pada kalimat-kalimat berikut:
- I didn't visit Bali last weekend. I won't be able to tell my sons
about it (If I........................., I
.............................tell my sons about it.)
- Linda didn't marry Peter. (If Linda ............Peter,
she.................happy now.)
- Titi's grandmother died in a plane crash last week. (If
grandma-------------------on the plane, she...........................here
with us now.)