If Generation Nowadays, many people have issues with appreciating what they have. It is always the matter of "If I were richer...", "if I were younger. .","if I were him...", etc. I don't have a problem with the fact that we want more from our lives. What annoys me is the fact that we keep saying what we would do "If". When I was younger, I thought that if my parents had been richer I could have been more fortunate with my life. I was losing my time on thinking that if I had been born in the family of my cousin, I would have enjoyed private tennis lessons, skiing holidays in Austria or expensive, fashionable clothes. What I didn't take into consideration back then was the fact that I didn't really like sport, I absolutely hated skiing and expensive clothes often covered the lack of personality. In other words, I was jealous of the things that I didn't want in reality. Nowadays I keep finding myself the new "ifs" that can successfully keep me away from being happy. I think that if I had more time, I would start going to the gym; if I had more money, I would eat healthy; etc. Result? An overweight 30-year-old-woman, always complaining about how difficult life is. But the problem of "ifs" doesn't finish here. We tend to overuse the first conditional in quite straightforward situations. "I'll visit you if I have time" usually means "I won't visit you, I'm busy" or "I will lend you the money if I can" equals: "I will not lend you the money, don't put me in an uncomfortable situation". Why do we choose to send confusing messages when we can simply say what we think? We have to be not only politically correct anymore, we must be socially correct, too. Taken from: https://busyteacher.org/17048-conditionals-reading-comprehension-and-speaking.html 1. What fact annoys the writer? 2. How was the writer's life when he was younger? 3. What does the second paragraph mostly tell about? 4. From the third paragraph, what do you know about the writer? 5. According to the writer, what is the use of second and first conditionals?

Kelas: 12 SMA Topik: Conditional Sentences Hi Novita, Berikut ini penjelasan jawaban dari pertanyaan kamu: 1. What fact annoys the writer? (Fakta apa yang membuat penulis kesal?) Jawab: The writer annoys the fact that we keep saying what we would do "If". - Berdasarkan kalimat "What annoys me is the fact that we keep saying what we would do 'If'." 2. How was the writer's life when she was younger? (Bagaimana kehidupan penulis ketika dia masih muda?) Jawab: She was always jealous of the things that she didn't want in her life. - Berdasarkan kalimat "When I was younger, I thought that if my parents had been richer I could have been more fortunate with my life. . . . In other words, I was jealous of the things that I didn't want in reality." - Notes: Berdasarkan isi paragraf 3 dapat disimpulkan bahwa penulis adalah wanita bukan laki-laki. Jadi kata ganti yang digunakan seharusnya "she". 3. What does the second paragraph mostly tell about? (Apa yang diceritakan di paragraf kedua?) Jawab: The second paragraph mostly tells about the writer's younger life. - Paragraf 2 bercerita tentang kehidupan masa muda si penulis, di mana ia selalu iri dengan berbagai hal yang dimiliki orang lain. 4. From the third paragraph, what do you know about the writer? (Dari paragraf ketiga, apa yang kamu ketahui tentang penulis?) Jawab: The writer is an overweight 30-year-old-woman who always complaining about how difficult life is. - Berdasarkan isi paragraf 3: "Nowadays I keep finding myself the new "ifs" that can successfully keep me away from being happy. I think that if I had more time, I would start going to the gym; if I had more money, I would eat healthy; etc. Result? An overweight 30-year-old-woman, always complaining about how difficult life is." 5. According to the writer, what is the use of second and first conditionals? (Menurut penulis, apa gunanya pengandaian tipe kedua dan pertama?) Jawab: According to the writer, the use of second and first conditionals are: 1. People tend to overuse the First Conditional in quite straightforward situations. 2. She still uses the Second Conditional to think about her wish and intention which she never did in the end. - Penggunaan Conditional Sentence type 2 ada pada paragraf 3, saat penulis menyampaikan bahwa saat ini dia masih menggunakan "if" tersebut untuk berandai-andai tentang keinginannya yang tidak pernah ia lakukan pada akhirnya. Contohnya: "If I had more time, I would start going to the gym; if I had more money, I would eat healthy; etc." - Penggunaan Conditional Sentence type 1 ada pada paragraf 4, menurut penulis "We tend to overuse the first conditional in quite straightforward situations." (Kita cenderung terlalu sering menggunakan kondisional pertama dalam situasi yang cukup sederhana.) Contohnya: "I'll visit you if I have time" usually means "I won't visit you, I'm busy" Semoga penjelasannya mudah dipahami ya, terus gunakan Roboguru sebagai teman belajar kamu. Terima kasih.