Subject
Subject selalu berada di depan Kata Kerja dan berada di awal Kalimat.
- She is my friend.
- It is my bag.
- The dog barked.
Pada Kalimat Tanya, Kalimat biasanya diawali dengan Auxiliary Verb yang diikuti dengan Subject.
- Is she your friend?
- Is it your bag?
- Did the dog bark?
Object
Object normalnya berada setelah Kata Kerja.
- He killed the snake.
- I love my mother.
Kalau ada 2 Objek, letakkan Objek Tak Langsung di depan Objek Langsung.
- She brought me a cup of coffee. (Indirect object – me, direct object – cup of coffee)
- I told them a story. (Indirect – them, direct – story)
Adjective
Jika berfungsi sebagai Attributive, letakkan di depan Kata Benda yang dijelaskannya.
- Few children came.
- She is a beautiful girl.
- He is a lazy boy.
Jika berfungsi sebagai Predicative, letakkan setelah Kata Kerja.
- She is beautiful.
- He is lazy.
Adverb
Adverb biasanya diletakkan berdekatan dengan kata yang diterangkannya.
- He is a rather lazy boy.
- I was pleasantly surprised.
Phrases and clauses
Frase dan Klausa seharusnya diletakkan berdekatan dengan kata-kata yang dijelaskannya.
- She left the bread that was too hard to eat on the counter.
- I bought a clock with crooked hands from the shop.
Catatan
Untuk penekanan, kita kadang-kadang perlu merubah susunan kalimat yang normal, misalnya Kata yang ingin kita tekankan, kita letakkan di awal kalimat.
Bandingkan:
- Though he was intelligent, he couldn’t solve the problem.
- Intelligent though he was, he couldn’t solve the problem. (Kita ingin menekankan kata intelligent.)
Ada juga kalimat yang diawali dengan Adverbs atau Adverb Phrase.
- The annual examination will start tomorrow.
- Tomorrow the annual examination will start.
- The strong wind howled outside.
- Outside, the strong wind howled.
- I visited Paris during the summer.
- During the summer, I visited Paris.
Jika kita ingin meletakkan Adverb atau Adverb Phrase di awal kalimat, maka gunakanlah koma.
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