“Had the company been fair in giving bonuses, the employees would not have gone on strike.”

had the company been fair in giving bonuses the employees would not have gone on strike

Soal dan Pembahasan Conditional Sentence – Secara umum materi Conditional Sentence dapat dipelajari pada pelajaran Bahasa Inggris pada tingkatan SMA. Pada Bahasa Inggris terdapat materi Conditional Sentence yang soalnya akan dibagikan pada tulisan ini beserta pembahasannya.

Soal
“Had the company been fair in giving bonuses, the employees would not have gone on strike.” From the sentence above we may conclude that …
A. The employees were quite dissatisfied
B. The employees are still going on strike
C. The employees were not given bonuses at all
D. The company has given the employees fair bonuses
E. The company has lost many employees
Pembahasan:
Pada soal di atas meminta kita untuk memberikan makna dari suatu kalimat. Pada kalimat tersebut disebutkan “Had the company been fair in giving bonuses, the employees would not have gone on strike” yang memiliki arti “Seandainya perusahaan adil dalam memberikan bonus, karyawan tidak akan mogok kerja”.

Kalimat pada soal di atas merupakan penggunaan if clause tipe third conditional yang berfungsi untuk menyatakan penyesalan tentang hal yang tidak dilakukan. Pola untuk kalimat third conditional, yaitu If + S + had + V3 + O, S + would have + V3 + O.

Kalimat tersebut merupakan kalimat pengandaian, sehingga fakta yang sebenarnya adalah “The employees were quite dissatisfied” yang memiliki arti “Para karyawan sangat tidak puas”.

Jadi, jawaban yang benar adalah (A) The employees were quite dissatisfied

Sekian Soal dan Pembahasan Conditional Sentence had the company been fair in giving bonuses. Semoga Soal dan Pembahasan Conditional Sentence tadi dapat membantu teman-teman dalam belajar.

Referensi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conditional_sentence
Baca juga: “If I had known that you were in Surabaya, I would have shown you some interesting places.”

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