CONDITIONAL SENTENCE
TYPE 1
Read these sentences:
1. If you pass the hall, you
will see Krida Loka conference room.
2. It will take about 5 minutes
if you go there on foot.
NOTES:
1. The sentences consist of two
clauses, the main clause and the If clause.
2. The If
clause gives a
condition to the
main clause.
The condition is introduced with “IF”, that is why it is called an IF-conditional clause.
The condition is real in a sense that the condition may actually happen in the future.
3. The main
clause tells us
the result if
the condition happens.
It is called a result clause.
4. The main clause takes future
tense, as in:
- You will see Krida Loka
conference room
- It will take about five
minutes
( Notes: the use of other present modals is possible, such as: can
or may)
5. The
If clause takes simple present tense, as in:
- If you pass the hall
- If you go there on foot.
6. The If clause can be in initial or final position.
When you put it in the initial position,
don’t
forget to put
a comma (,).
