Compound Sentence

Compound Sentence

A compound sentence is composed of two simple sentences joined together by a comma and a coordinating conjunction. So, a compound sentences consists of two independent clauses. There are seven coordinating conjunctions in English: and, but, so, or, for, nor, and yet. Here are compound sentences: Tom loves Erica, and she loves him. Jack loves Jean, but she loves Ronald. Jack should forget Jean, or he will die a lonely man. Jean doesn't love Jack, so she won't marry him. Bob is tired, yet he is not going to sleep. We rarely stay in hotels, for we can't afford it. I can't swim well, nor can I play tennis. RULES FOR USING COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS ■ and joins sentences that are alike. ■ but joins sentences that are opposite or show contrast. ■ so joins sentences when the second sentence expresses the result of something described in the first sentence. ■ or joins sentences that give choices or alternatives. ■ yet has approximately the same meaning as but', that is, it shows contrast or joins opposites. ■ for means because; it introduces a reason or cause. ■ nor means not this and not that; use nor to join two negative sentences. NOTE-1: The word order after nor is like a question. The helping verb (is, does, did, can, will, etc.) comes before the subject of the part of the sentence introduced by nor. NOTE-2: Use a comma before the coordinating conjunction in compound sentences only. Do not use a comma when joining compound elements in simple sentences. Notice the difference: Compound sentence. The bride may have one bridesmaid, or she may have several. Simple sentence with a compound complement: The bride may have one bridesmaid or several. Compound sentence: They wanted to get married immediately, but they decided to wait until June. Simple sentence with a compound verb: They wanted to get married immediately but decided to wait until June. The second way to make a compound sentence is to join the two independent clauses with a semicolon (;). Tom loves Erica; she loves him. Jack loves Jean; she loves Ronald. Jean doesn't love Jack; she won't marry him. NOTE: Or cannot be replaced by a semicolon. A third way to make a compound sentence is to join the two independent clauses with a semicolon + sentence connector + comma. A sentence connector is a word such as however or therefore. Here is a list of frequently used sentence connectors and their approximate meanings. Sentence Connector Meaning moreover and furthermore and however but otherwise or, in the sense of "if not" therefore so, in the sense of "as a result" Tom loves Erica; moreover, she loves him. Tom loves Erica; furthermore, she loves him. Jack loves Jean; however, she loves Ronald. Jack should forget Jean; otherwise, he will die a lonely man. Jean doesn't love Jack; therefore, she won't marry him.

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Transitive or Intransitive Verbs

Transitive Verbs adalah kata kerja yang membutuhkan Object. Subject Verb Object Everybody needs money I love you A cow eats grass Intransitive Verbs adalah kata kerja yang tidak membutuhkan Object. Subject Verbs Adverb He walks to campus The baby cries every night Untuk meyakinkan apakah Verb yang akan dipakai itu transitive atau intransitive, sebaiknya anda membuka kamus standar.

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VERBS

V E R B S Verb (kata kerja) adalah kata inti dalam predikat yang merupakan tindakan dari subject.

Subject Predicate She wrote a letter He needs more money. We read newspaper every morning Verbs merupakan jenis kata yang paling komplek. Verb memiliki property grammatical seperti: TENSE -tambahan akhiran tertentu atau kata bantu tertentu menandakan 'waktu' kejadian VOICE pola aturan untuk membuat kalimat aktif, atau pasif. MOOD Bentuk tertentu menunjukkan (a) command and request (b) wishes (c) conditional ASPECT Bentuk verbs tertentu dgn adverb bisa menunjukkan apakah peristiwa itu terjadi pada titik waktu tertentu atau dengan durasi. For the detail information check the following topics: Transitive or Intransitive Verbs Transitive Verbs adalah kata kerja yang membutuhkan Object. Subject Verb Object Everybody needs money I love you A cow eats grass Intransitive Verbs adalah kata kerja yang tidak membutuhkan Object. Subject Verbs Adverb He walks to campus The baby cries every night Untuk meyakinkan apakah Verb yang akan dipakai itu transitive atau intransitive, sebaiknya anda membuka kamus standar. Linking Verbs A linking Verb adalah kata kerja yang berfungsi sebagai pengubung antara Subject dengan Predicate-nya. Contoh dalam kalimat: "Cewek itu cantik." atau "The girl beautiful". Pada kalimat itu belum ada verb-nya, sehingga diperlukan 'Linking Verb. The girl is beautiful. (atau) The girl looks beautiful. Linking verbs dibedakan menjadi: To be is, am, are, was, were non- to be become, appear, look, taste, smell, seem, remain, prove, Apa perbedaan penggunaan dari keduanya? Linking Verb (to be) dipakai untuk menghubungkan antara Subject dan Predicate yang berasal dari jenis kata 'NOUN' or GERUND, 'ADJECTIVE', 'ADVERB' or 'Prepositional Phrase'. He is my friend (Noun) My hobby is reading. (Gerund) They are happy. (Adjective) She is here. (Adverb) We are in the classroom. (Adverb/ prep. phrase Linking Verb (non-to be) hanya dipakai untuk menghubungkan Subject dan Predicate yang berasal dari jenis kata 'ADJECTIVE'. She looks beautiful. It smells good. They seem lazy. Practice: Linking Verbs A. Express the following ideas in GOOD ENGLISH Suaminya insinyur. Anak-anak kami rajin-rajin. Ayah sedang di kebun. Ayah dan Ibu sehat-sehat saja. Buku-buku ini kepunyaan mereka. Putera-puteranya nakal sekali. Para mahasiswa sedang di perpustakaan. Saya sangat berterima kasih. Hari ini hari Kamis. Waktu itu jam tiga lebih seperempat. Saya kemarin sakit. Mereka di Fakultas Kedokteran. Salah seorang puterinya sekarang di Jerman. Makanan ini terlalu manis. Buku-buku tersebut sangat murah. Kalian mahasiswa yang pandai. Segala sesuatunya telah beres. Rumahnya di Jalan Merapi. Mobil mereka sedang rusak. Laboratorium tersebut masih baru. B. Express the following ideas in GOOD ENGLISH Penerima tamu itu nampaknya ramah sekali. Anda sekalian akan menjadi sekretaris yang efisien. Para pramugari tersebut selalu nampak rapi. Dokter itu tiba-tiba menjadi amat serius. Para petani itu tetap miskin tetapi nampaknya mereka bahagia. Ahli hukum itu rupanya tidak sabar. Perawat tersebut menjadi pucat sekali. Perwira polisi ini nampaknya masih sangat muda. Paman saya akan menjadi insinyur tahun depan. Ayah mertua Ali menjadi pengusaha yang berhasil. Ahli ekonomi tersebut akan menjadi abang ipar saya. Saudara sepupunya akan tetap di luar negeri tahun depan. Kemenakanmu (perempuan) akan tetap menjadi asisten saya. Suaminya terus terjaga semalaman tadi malam. Kakak (perempuan) saya menjadi dosen.

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