If I knew her number I could ring her up. Ability
If he had a permit he could get a job. Ability or permission
2 The continuous conditional form may be used instead of the simple conditional form:
Peter is on holiday; he is touring Italy.
If I were on holiday, I wouldmight be touring Italy too.
3 If + past tense can be followed by another past tense when we wish to
express automatic or habitual reactions in the past:
If anyone interrupted him he got angry. Whenever anyone interrupted
him.
4 When if is used to mea n “as” or “since”, a variety of tenses is possible in
the main clause. If + past tense here has a past meaning. The sentence is not true conditional
The pills made him dizzy. All the same he boughthas boughtis buying some more. ~ if they made him dizzy why did he buyhas he boughtis
he buying more? I knew she was short of money. ~ If you knew she was short of money
you should have lent her some. Why didn ‟t you lend her some?
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. Place and Time of the Research
1. Place of the Research
This research was conducted at National Senior High School 9 Kota Tangerang Selatan which is located on Jl. Hidup Baru No. 31, Serua Raya
Ciputat 15614 - Tangerang Selatan.
2. Time of The Research
The writer conducted the research from 20
th
– 26
th
of February 2013.
B. The Subject of the Study
The subjects in this study were the Second Grade of Natural Science Students of National Senior High School 9 Kota Tangerang Selatan which is
divided into three classes i.e.: Natural Science 1, 2, 3. The writer took only one class from all classes as the subjects of the research. It was the Second Grade of
Natural Science 1.
C. Research Design
The writer design this research in a case study. Furthermore, as it is stated by Meriam, Yin, and Stake in Bogdan and Biklen
‟s book a case study is explained as detailed examination of one setting, or a single subject, a single depository of
documents, or one particular event.
1
It means that a case study is a detailed study of one or at most a few individuals or other social units, such as a classroom, a
school, or a neighborhood. It also can be a study of an event, an activity, or an ongoing process.
1
Robert C. Bogdan and Sari Knopp Biklen, Qualitative Research for Education: an Introduction to Theories and Methods, Boston: Pearson, 2007, p. 59.
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