Baca juga: Factual Text 2
Third type
If conditional type 3 = this type is for past situation
Example
“Last night, if I had slept well, I would have woken up earlier”
The sentence above is not the real thing that happens. The fact is :
“Last night I didn’t sleep well, I woke up late”
The fact is in past tense because the situation of if conditional type 3 is past situation
- Yesterday, If she had been here, I would have told her about her score
- Fact: Yesterday, she was not here. I didin’t tell her about her score
- Last week, If I had gone to Bandung, I would have bought some clothes.
- Fact: Last week, I didn’t go to Bandung. I didn’t buy some clothes
- Last year If I had registered the course, I would have been in the class with you
- Fact: Last year I didn’t register the course so I wasn’t with you in the class
- Last month if I had paid the workers, they would not have cut the contract.
- Fact: ...
- This morning if I had eaten breakfast, I would have joined the exercise.
- Fact: ...
Baca juga: Passive In Factual Text
“Don’t say ‘If I did this, that would not be happened”, but say “This is Allah’s destiny, and whatever Allah decides it will certainly be happened’, because conditionals open the trick of the satan” (HR Muslim).
Wallahu a’lam