Elements in Sentence Indah Lestari

Elemen dalam kalimat Ada 4 elemen yang terdapat dalam kalimat, yaitu, subject, predicate, object, dan modifier. Setiap kalimat wajib memiliki subject dan predicate. Ada pula kalimat yang ditambahkan elemen lain, yaitu complement dan modifiers, tetapi tetap harus ada subject dan predicate-nya.

Subject Subject kalimat adalah hal yang melakukan tindakan dan hal yang dibicarakan. Subject dibentuk dari kelas kata noun, pronoun, dan noun phrase. Contoh I live in Indonesia Dita and Susan are students My sister is still a baby.

Predicate Predicate dalam kalimat adalah tindakan yang dilakukan oleh subject kalimat. Predicate juga merupakan kata bantu yang menghubungkan subject dan complement. Predicate dalam bahasa Inggris dibentuk dari verb, be, dan verb phrase. Contoh John is handsome. They hate spinach. He drives so fast. Mommy will take me home this evening.

Complement Complement adalah kata yang melengkapi predicate. Berfungsi untuk menerangkan apa yang dikerjakan/diberi tindakan oleh subject. Complement menjawab pertanyaan ‘apa’ dan ‘pada siapa’. Complement dibentuk dari noun, pronoun, dan noun phrase. Contoh John buys a cake today. They will call Mary this afternoon.

Modifier Modifier adalah kata atau frasa yang memberi keterangan berupa waktu, tempat,dan cara. Modifier menjawab pertanyaan kapan, dimana, dan bagaimana. Modifier dibentuk dari frasa yang terdiri dari adverb dan gabungan preposisi dan noun. Contoh We will eat dinner at seven o’clock. The milk is in the refrigerator. She eats slowly.

Soal George is cooking dinner tonight. Henry and Marcia will visit the president. We can eat lunch in this restaurant today. Pat buys gasoline in the store. Trees grow. It was raining at eight o’clock this morning. She opened a checking account at the bank last week. Harry is washing dishes right now.

Soal She opens her drawing book in her room. Paul, william and Mary were watching TV a fe minutes ago. He was driving very fast. Jill and her friends were swimming in the pool yesteday. He wants to drink some water. Mary saw John at the theater last night. He smoked a cigarrete.

Soal Milk contains high calcium The book is on the table. The English teacher cancels the class today. In this morning, at the university, I met him. There was a fire in that building last month. Jane, Lusy, and Mira are the tallest girl in the class. She must go to the school now.