IF Conditional Sentence

THE CAT AND THE MOUSE

Once upon a time the cat bit the mouse's tail off. “Give me back my tail,” said the mouse. And the cat said, “Well, If you fetched me some milk, I would give you back your tail. But that's impossible to do for a little mouse like you.”

Kalimat “If you fetched me some milk, I would give you back your tail.” mengandung If Conditional Sentence Type I.

The mouse, however, went to the cow. “If I fetch her some milk, The cat will only give me back my tail.” And the cow said, “Well, If you got me some hay, I would give you milk. But that's impossible to do for a little mouse like you.”

- Kalimat “If I fetch her some milk, The cat will only give me back my tail.” Mengandung If Conditional Sentence Type I.

- Kalimat “If you got me some hay, I would give you milk.” Mengandung If Conditional Sentence Type II.

The mouse, however, went to the farmer. “If the cow gives me some milk, The cat will only give me back my tail. And If I get her some hay, The cow will give me milk.” And the farmer said, “Well, If you brought me some meat, I would give you hay.” But that's impossible to do for a little mouse like you.”

- Kalimat “If I get her some hay, The cow will give me milk.” Mengandung If Conditional Sentences Type I.

- Kalimat “If you brought me some meat, I would give you hay.” Mengandung If Conditional Sentence Type II.

The mouse, however, went to the butcher. “If the cow gives me some milk, The cat will only give me back my tail. And If she gets some hay, The cow will only give me milk. And If I get him some meat, The Farmer will only give me hay.” And the butcher said, “Well, If you made the baker bake me a bread, I would give you meat. But that's impossible to do for a little mouse like you.”

- Kalimat “If I get him some meat, The Farmer will only give me hay.” Mengandung If Conditional Sentence Type I.

- Kalimat “If you made the baker bake me a bread, I would give you meat.” Mengandung If Conditional Sentence Type II

The mouse, however, went to the baker. “If I fetch her some milk, The cat will only give me back my tail. And If I don’t get her hay, The cow will not give me milk. And If The butcher has some meat for him, The farmer will only give me hay. And If you don’t bake him a bread, The butcher will not give me meat. And the baker said, “Well, If you promise never to steal my corn or meal, I will give you bread.”

- Kalimat “If you don’t bake him a bread, The butcher will not give me meat.” Mengandung Conditional Sentence Type I

- Kalimat “If you promise never to steal my corn or meal, I will give you bread.” Mengandung Conditional Sentence Type I

The mouse promised not to steal, and so the baker gave the mouse bread, the mouse gave the butcher bread. The butcher gave the mouse meat, the mouse gave the farmer meat. The farmer gave the mouse hay, the mouse gave the cow hay. The cow gave the mouse milk, the mouse gave the cat milk. And the cat gave the mouse her tail back. But imagine what would have happened otherwise:

1.        If the mouse had not promised never to steal corn or meal, the baker would not have given the mouse bread.

2.        If the baker had not given the mouse bread, the butcher would have refused to give her meat for the farmer.

3.        If the butcher had refused her any meat, the farmer would not have been willing to give the mouse hay.

4.        If the farmer had not been willing to give the mouse hay, the mouse would not have received milk from the cow.

5.        If the mouse had not received milk from the cow, she would not have got back her tail.

Kalimat 1, 2, 3, 4 dan 5 mengandung If Conditional Sentence Type III

Sumber:

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