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
“If they had known that the flood was coming, they would not have stayed in their house”. It means …
A. They knew that the flood was coming therefore the stayed in their house
B. They decided to stay in their house although the flood was coming
C. They couldn’t stay in their house because they knew that the flood was coming
D. They didn’t know that the flood was coming, therefore they stayed in their house
E. They didn’t want to stay in their house because they knew that the flood was coming
Pembahasan:
Pada soal di atas meminta kita untuk memberikan makna dari suatu kalimat. Pada kalimat tersebut disebutkan “If they had known that the flood was coming, they would not have stayed in their house” yang memiliki arti “Jika mereka tahu bahwa banjir akan datang, mereka tidak akan tinggal di rumah mereka”.
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/wouldn’t + have + V3 + O.
Kalimat tersebut merupakan kalimat pengandaian tipe third conditional, sehingga fakta yang sebenarnya adalah dalam bentuk simple past, yaitu “they didn’t know that the flood was coming, therefore they stayed in their house” yang memiliki arti “mereka tidak tahu bahwa banjir akan datang, oleh karena itu mereka tinggal di rumah mereka”.
Jadi, jawaban yang benar adalah (D) They didn’t know that the flood was coming, therefore they stayed in their house
Sekian Soal dan Pembahasan Conditional Sentence if they had known that the flood was coming they would not have stayed in their house it means. Semoga Soal dan Pembahasan Conditional Sentence tadi dapat membantu teman-teman dalam belajar.
Referensi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conditional_sentence
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if they had known that the flood was coming they would not have stayed in their house it means