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Apa yang harus diketahui agar anda bisa menyusun kata-kata menjadi kalimat? Apa yang anda pahami tentang kalimat –kalimat bahasa Inggris?
Sentences classified by intent:
Statements :
Affirmative ( e.g Tomo is a student)
Negative (e.g Tomo does not like fishing)
Questions:
Yes-no questions (e.g Did Tomo go to your house last night?)
Question-tag questions (e.g Tom lives near here, doesn’t he?)
Information questions (e.g Why do they come here for?)
Exclamations (e.g what a man!)
Sentence classified by clause type:
Simple sentence
Examples:
This is a book.
The three girls are swimming now.
Some of the students have read several of the books.
The big red book on the table in front of the window in the corner of the living room /has /a very good short story about an Indonesian policeman on a boat near Medan ten years ago.
He and I work together.
John, Paul and Bill buy, cook, and eat /breakfast and dinner together.
Compound sentence
A compound sentence consists of two or more independent clauses which are joined together by a semicolon (;), coma(,) or a coordinate conjunction
Example:
This is the wrong book; that is the right one.
I am studying, and he is reading.
John has finished the lesson, but Tom has not begun it yet.
She is watching TV, but her brother is reading.
Are you studying, or are you just reading?
I am not studying, nor am I reading.
He never goes to the movies, nor does he listen to the radio.
I looked at the dress, and I bought it.
Sheila is here, but she must leave soon.
Complex sentence
A complex sentence consists of one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
The dependent clauses may be noun clause, adjective clauses or adverb clauses
Examples:
What happened made the boy cry.
The problem is that we do not have much money.
I will introduce you to Amin, who is the best student in our school.
I used to live in the village before I moved here
Compound complex sentence
It is like a complex sentence except that it has two or more independent clauses.
Examples:
When the air is very dry, the days are hot; but the nights are cool.
Some other types of sentences:
Quotation
Direct quotation
Examples:
He said, “I write for newspapers.”
“I write for newspapers,” he said, “and sometimes I write for magazines, too.”
Indirect quotation
Example:
She said that she liked that dress.
Imperative
The imperative mood commands or asks someone to do something. It is always in the present tense. The subject is almost always you, but it is generally omitted. If it is a command, it is often said rather loudly, and in writing ends in an exclamation mark.
Example:
Please help me.
Lend me your eraser, please.
Tell Anna that information when you meet her.
Cara mengerjakan:
Baca dan pahami soal dengan baik.
Identifikasi makna, bentuk dan fungsi dari masing-masing kata yang disediakan.
Tentukan kata yang berfungsi sebagai subject, predikat, dan object.
Identifikasi pilihan yang didahului oleh subject.
Cobalah menyusun dengan beberapa pilihan.
Tentukan pilihan yang paling tepat.
Rearrange the following words into good senteces.
A. ? - parents - watch - television - in - evening - the - your - Do
B. takes - bus - always - eight - Jeremy - the - Monday - on - o'clock - mornings.
C. to - Ben, - please - dining - could - you - bring - bread - room, - the - ? - the
D. at - interesting - all - library, - ? - the - books - them - you - read - many - have - are - There
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