CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
LISTENING UNTRUE CONDITIONS
A.
Background
Listening
skill is very important, for some language learners it is considered to be the
most difficult language skill. Communication happens if there is an interaction
between the speaker and the listener. You must have many vocabulary and syntax,
as well as better pronunciation, accent and intonation. the
success of someone doing the listening is
that it has a high expertise
in hearing and he
knew about the accent
of every country
that uses English and understand the strategies
used.
There
are three parts in the listening of the TOEFL test:[1]
1.
Part A consists of thirty short
conversations, each followed by a question. You must choose the best answer to
each question from the four choices in your test book.
2.
Part B consists of two longer
conversation, each followed by a number of question. You must choose the best
answer to each question from the four choices in your test book.
3.
Part C consists of three talks, each
followed by a number of questions. You must choose the best answer to each
question from the four choices in your test book.
B.
Indicators
1. What definition about untrue
conditions?
2. What pettern about untrue
conditions?
3. What strategy to listen
TOEFL about untrue conditions?
CHAPTER
II
DISCUSSION
A.
DIFINITION
UNREAL CONDITIONS
unreal
conditions is a state
that is not possible
at this time. unreal
conditions included in the conditional sentence type II and conditional sentence type III.[2] Untrue or unreal
condition used to
posit something that
is contrary to the current situation.
Sentences in the "unreal" conditional have one part of the sentence
that begins with the word "if" and contains a verb in what
looks like the past tense and another
part of the sentence which contains the modal verb "would." If
the part of the sentence with "if" goes first, use a
comma. These sentences are known as "unreal" conditional
because they contain conditions that are not likely (probable). As for the sentence pattern in conditional sentence type II is Past
future tense + if + past tense. For example:
If I won the lottery, I
would buy a new car.
I would buy a new car if I won
the lottery.
As I mentioned before, the verb in the part of the sentence
beginning with "if" is put in what looks like past tense
form. The only exception is with the verb "to be."
It has traditionally been considered to be grammatically correct to use
"were" even with the first person singular ("I") and the
third person singular (he/she/it). For example
:
I would buy a new car if I were rich.
I would give you a house if I were a millionaire.
besides using would be able to also use
could. For example
:
We could go together if it were a holiday today.
I could fly if I were a bird.
As
for the sentence pattern in
conditional sentence type III is Past future perfect tense + if + past
perfect tense. For example:
You would have not missed the bus if you had come earlier.
The man would not have died if the ambulance had came in time
The
following box outlines the key points that you should know about untrue
conditions:
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KEY
INFORMATION ABOUT UNTRUE CONDITIONS
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POINT
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EXAMPLE
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MEANING
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*
An affirmative condition implies a negative reality
*
A negative condition implies an affirmative reality
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If
she were at home, she could do it*
If
she weren’t at home, she could do it*
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=
not at home
=
at home
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* A past tense implies a present realty
*A past perfect verb implies a past realty
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If
I had money, I would buy it
If
I had had money, I would have bought it.
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=
do not have money
=
did not have money
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*
had can be used without if.
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Had
I had money, I would have bought it.**
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=
did not have money
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From
that statement outhors make conclussion that: when you want to answer TOEFL
listening test usually the correct answers in the short conversiations, if you want choose the best answer you must focus
on the second line of the conversation. You
have to find keywords
that are on the second line is the
word that includes the word
if and after
the word if is
past tense. If he
nominally then to be were. For
example in TOEFL :
On the recording you hear :
(man) : do you think that you’ll be able to
go to the party?
(women)
: If I had time, I would go.
(narrator) : what does the women say about the party?
In your test book, you read :
(A) Maybe
she’ll go.
(B) She
has time, so she’ll go.
(C) She
is going even if she doesn’t have time.
(D) It
is impossible to go.
In this question, the condition I had
time implies that the opposite is true: the women does not have time for the
party, so she cannot go. Therefore, the best answer to this question is answer
(D). Another example :
1. (woman) :
Did you sleep well last night?
(man) : If the alarm were not so loud, I
would never have woken up.
(narrator) : What does
the man mean?
- He did not sleep well.
- He never woke up this morning.
- The alarm failed to go off.
- He needed a loud alarm to wake up.
2. (man) : Do you take the bus to work every day?
(woman) : If I didn’t take the bus, I don’t know how I would get there.
(narrator) :
What does the woman mean?
A. She never took the bus to work.
B. She regularly takes the bus.
C. She doesn’t know how to get to work.
D. She gets lost on the bus.
B.
The
Best Strategy Choose Answer With Restatement
·
As you listen to the second line of the conversation, you
should focus on the key idea(s) in that line.
·
If you see a restatement of the key idea (s) in a particular
answer, then you have probably found the correct answer.
·
Do not choose answers with words that sound similar to the
words on the recording.
From
those statements outhors make conclussion strategy avoid similar
sound like :
1. Find the key word from the second line of the conversation
and you should
focus on the key idea (s) in that line.
2. If you found a restatement of the
key idea (s) in a particular answer and if you get problem to found the correct
answer, please you must focus in the second line of conversation.
3. Please do not choose the answer
with real meaning but chose answer with other meaning example is If she were at
home, she could do it in other meaning is not at home.
C. Exercises
1.
(man) : paking on campus is really difficult. I think I am going to sell my car
and get a bicycle.
( women ) :why not take the bus? The service here is very
good.
( man ) : it is not that good beside, riding bicycles is
healthy and they are cheap and easy to maintain.
( women ) : if you are going to get a bike talk to ted first,
he is very knowledge able about them.
(narrator) : What does the women mean?
A.
The man could get good information about bicycles from ted.
B.
Ted would be interested in buying the mans car.
C.
Ted could set up a good deal for the man.
D.
The man should consider driving a bus.
2.
( Man ) : I would not have
failed that test if I had gone to course review.
( women ) : and if you had read the
books and done the homework.
(narrator) : what does the women imply?
A.
He is not a very serious student.
B.
He might have failed the best.
C.
He should have read the text books.
D.
He probably did his homework.
3.
( women ) : I just can not solve
the calculus problem on page three of the hand out.
( man ) : if you think that
one’s hard, just look at the one I am doing.
(narrator) : what does the man mean?
A.
The most difficult problem is on page three.
B.
The problem he is working on is harder than the one page three.
C.
The three problem will be difficult for her to solve.
D.
One of two problems has no solution.
4.
( women ) : I did sure like
to get off campus and do something beside studing for change.
( man ) : well, if the
weather report is correct, well have enough snow for cross-country skiing.
(narrator) : what does the man mean?
A.
Snow has been forecast
B.
will’s report was on cross- country skiing.
C.
the report on skiing was correct.
D.
the ski club has reported that
snow is heeded.
E.
5.
( man ) : could you give me
a lift to the football game at the university stadium tonight?
( women ) : well, I have to be there by six o’clock to set up the
concession stands. If that’s to early for you, I think patty might be going
around 7:30.
( narrator ) : what does the women mean ?
A.
Patty might be leaving earlier than she is.
B.
She can’t take the man to the
game.
C.
Patty is taking her to the game.
D.
The man can choose whom to go with.
CHAPTER
III
CONCLUSION
A.
CONCLUSION
From the statement above we can conclude that there are some things
that must be considered in listening unreal conditions or untrue conditions.
unreal conditions is a state that is not possible at
this time. unreal conditions included in the
conditional sentence type II. Untrue or unreal condition used
to posit something
that is contrary to
the current situation. Sentences in the "unreal" conditional
have one part of the sentence that begins with the word "if"
and contains a verb in what looks like the past tense and another part of the sentence which
contains the modal verb "would." . We have three strategy to
Listening TOEFL about untrue conditions or unreal conditions :
1. Find the key word from the second line of the conversation
and you should
focus on the key idea (s) in that line.
2. If you found a restatement of the
key idea (s) in a particular answer and if you get problem to found the correct
answer, please you must focus in the second line of conversation.
3. Please do not choose the answer
with real meaning but chose answer with other meaning example is If she were at
home, she could do it in other meaning is not at home.
REFERENCES
Ninsiana, Widhiya. Modul
Listening. State Islamic College Of Jurai Siwo Metro, 2015.
Baehaqi, Imam. Let’s Speak English. Pustaka Pelajar Yogyakarta,
2008.
Riyanto Slamet.TOEFL
Preparation . Pustaka Pelajar: Yogyakarta.2008
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