Conditional sentences dengan menggunakan if-clause bisa digunakan untuk mengungkapkan beberapa

hal. Di antaranya adalah untuk pengingat (reminder), memberikan perintah (imperative), memberikan
saran (suggestion), menyampaikan sesuatu yang merupakan fakta umum (general truth), atau
menunjukkan impian akan masa depan (show a dream).

Berikut adalah penjelasan masing-masing disertai 10 contoh kalimat dan artinya:

If Clause sebagai Reminder (Pengingat)

Conditional sentence ini diungkapkan untuk mengingatkan seseorang akan sesuatu yang harus dilakukan
jika ingin mendapatkan hasil tertentu. Ini termasuk conditional sentence type 1 yang menggunakan
simple present.

If + Simple Present, Subject + Have/Has to/Must + V1

Contoh:

1. If you want to stay healthy, you must eat organic food. (jika kamu ingin tetap sehat, kamu harus makan
makanan organik)

2. If she wants to be slim, she has to go to a fitness center. (jika dia ingin ramping, dia harus ke pusat
kebugaran)

3. If they want to meet me, they must come before 3 pm. (jika mereka ingin bertemu saya, mereka harus
datang sebelum jam 3 sore)

If Clause sebagai imperative (perintah)

Kalimat pengandaian ini digunakan untuk menyuruh seseorang melakukan sesuatu jika dia/mereka
menginginkan terjadinya suatu kondisi.

If + Simple Present, V1 + Object/Adverb

Contoh:

1. If you want to finish your homework, stop playing mobile games now! (Jika ingin menyelesaikan PRmu,
berhenti main game HP sekarang juga).

2. If you want to take a good picture, choose a correct setting for the camera! (Jika ingin mengambil
gambar yang bagus, pillih pengaturan yang benar untuk kameranya).

3. If you want to win this match, be confident and never surrender! (Jika ingin memenangkan
pertandingan ini, percaya dirilah dan jangan pernah menyerah!).

If Clause untuk Memberikan Saran (Suggestion)

Conditional sentence yang satu ini diungkapkan seseorang untuk memberikan saran akan sesuatu yang
seharusnya dilakukan jika ingin mendapatkan hasil yang diinginkan.

If + Simple Present, S + Should /Had Better/ Ought to + V1

If + Simple Present, Why don't + S + V1?

Contoh:
1. If you want to get better, you should see a doctor. (Jika ingin cepat sembuh, seharusnya kamu ke
dokter).

2. If you want to get up early in the morning, why don't you stop watching TV. (Jika ingin bangun lebih
pagi, seharusnya kamu berhenti nonton TV).

3. If you want to speak English well, you had better join a good English course. (Jika ingin lancar bicara
bahasa Inggris, seharusnya kamu ikut kursus bahasa Inggris yang bagus).

If Clause untuk mengungkapkan fakta umum (General Truth)

Merupakan kalimat pengandaian untuk menyatakan fakta atau kebenaran yang diterima secara umum.

If + Simple Present, Future

If + Simple Present, Simple Present

1. If you heat water until 100 degrees of celcius, it will boil. (Jika kamu memanaskan air sampai 100
derajat celcius, airnya akan mendidih).

2. If you throw an apple upward, it will fall downward. (Jika kamu melempar apel ke atas, apelnya akan
jatuh ke bawah).

3. If the sun rises, the morning comes. (Jika matahari terbit, pagi datang).

If Clause untuk menunjukkan impian (showing a dream)

Merupakan conditional sentence untuk menunjukkan apa yang ingin dilakukan atau didapatkan
seseorang di masa depan jika dia memiliki atau berhasil melakukan sesuatu.

If + Simple Present, Future

Contoh:

1. If I have 1 billion rupiahs, I will build a hotel. (Jika punya uang 1 miliar, saya akan membangun hotel).

2. If I graduate from high school, I will continue my study to Japan. (jika lulus SMA, aku akan kuliah di
Jepang).

3. If I get the scholarship, I will treat you all. (Jika dapat beasiswa, akan kutraktir kalian semua).

Soal

1. I will visit your hometown…………..

a. If I come to Indonesia.

b. If I came to Indonesia

c. If I will come to indonesia

d. If I would come to Indonesia

2. If I had had free time …………..

a. I will watch the movie together with my friend.

b. I would watch the movie together with my friend.

c. I would have watched the movie together with my friends.

d. I would have been watching the movie together with my friends.

3. What is the fact of the previous sentence? (question no. 2)

a. I didn’t have free time. Therefore, I didn’t watch the movie together with my friend.

b. I don’t have free time. Therefore. I don’t watch the movie together with my friend.

c. I was not having free time. Therefore, I was not watching the movie together with my friend.

d. I am not having free time. Therefore. I am not watching the movie together with my friend.

4. If I were you, …………..

a. I will buy that limited edition camera.

b. I would buy that limited edition camera.

c. I would have bought that limited edition camera.

d. I would have been buying that limited edition camera.

5. What is the fact of the previous question? (question no.4)

a. I am not you c. I were not you.

b. I was not you d. I have not been you.

6. My father would buy me a new motorcycle …………..

a. If I passed the state university entrance test.

b. If I pass the state university entrance test.

c. If I have passed the state university entrance test.

d. If I am passing the state university entrance test.

7. What is the fact of the previous sentence? (question no.6)

a. I don’t pass the state university entrance test.

b. I didn’t pass the state university entrance test.

c. I wasn’t passing the state university entrance test.

d. I am not passing the state university entrance test.

8. If I had gone with my parents five hours ago to our villa,……….

a. I would not be alone right now.

b. I will not be alone right now.

c. I am not alone right now

d. I was not alone right now.

9. What is the fact of question no. 8?

a. I do not go with my parents five hours ago, so 1 am alone right now.

b. I did not go with my parents five hours ago, so I am alone right now.

c. I was not going with my parents five hours ago, so I am alone right now.

d. I am not going with my parents five hours ago, so I am alone right now.

10. If Maria had obeyed her mother’s advice to accept the scholarship,…………..

a. She would have graduated from famous university.

b. She will graduate from famous university.

c. She graduates from famous university.

d. She graduated from famous university.

KUNCI JAWABAN

1. A 6. A

2. C 7. A

3. A 8. A

4. B 9. B

5. A 10. A