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ADJECTIVE CLAUSE

Adjective Clause dinamakan juga RELATIVE CLAUSE yaitu Clause (anak kalimat) yang
digunakan/berfungsi sebagai adjective yang menerangkan keadaan noun atau pronoun. Untuk
lebih jelasnya penjelasan mengenai Adjective Clause, perhatikan penjelasan di bawah ini:

Contoh:

 I have read the book (that) you just mentioned.

Main Clause: I have read the book.


Subordinate Clause: (that) you just mentioned.

Anak kalimat menerangkan kata benda the book, disebut dengan Adjective Clause.

 The lesson (that) she is learning is very difficult.

Main Clause: The lesson is very difficult.


Subordinate Clause: (that) she is learning.

Berdasarkan pada the Antecedent (bagian kalimat yg mendahului kata ganti) yang ditunjuk oleh
introductory words (kata-kata pendahulunya), Adjective Clause dapat diklasifikasikan menjadi 2
macam, yaitu:

1. Relative Pronoun

 Kata Ganti Orang

Kata Penghubung yang digunakan adalah : Who, Whom, Whose, That

Fungsi :

a. Subjek:

- He paid the money to the man who / that had done the work

b. Objek Kata Kerja:

- He paid the man whom/that he had hired.

c. Objek Kata Depan:

- He paid the man from whom he had borrowed the money.

d. Kata Ganti Kepunyaan:

- This is the girl whose picture you saw.

 Benda, Binatang

Kata Penghubung yang digunakan adalah: Which, that

Fungsi:

a. Subjek:

- Here is a book which/that describes animals.

b. Objek Kata Kerja:


- The chair which/that he broke is being repaired.

c. Objek Kata Depan:

- She was wearing the coat for which she had paid $2,00.

2. Relative Adverbs

 Waktu

Kata Penghubung yang digunakan: when

- This is the year when the Olympic Games are held.

 Tempat

Kata Penghubung yang digunakan: where

- Here is the house where I live.

 Alasan

Kata Penghubung yang digunakan: when

- Give me one good reason why you did that.

_________________________

1. Relative Pronoun

Yaitu Adjective Clause dengan memakai kata penghubung Relative Pronoun.

 The boy is called Bob. He gave me a present.


o The boy who gave me a present is called Bob. atau
o The boy who is called Bob gave me a present.

Beberapa contoh Adjective Clause lainnya:

 The boy whose radio was stolen is a student.


 The girl whom I gave a special reward is a bright student.
 The bike which I borrowed last week was sold.

2. Relative Adverb

Pelajaran tentang ini dibahas lebih lengkap pada Relative Clause. Hal-hal yang perlu
ditambahkan di sini, yaitu:

 Kata Why (yang menunjukkan alasan) yang menjadi Adverb penghubung, mungkin
(kadang-kadang) dapat digantikan dengan that atau kadang-kadang dapat dihilangkan
dalam kalimat.

- The reason (that) I came should be obvious to you.


- The reason (why) I came should be obvious to you.
- The reason I came should be obvious to you.

 When atau Where Bering dapat Baling ditukarkan dengan Preposition yang menunjukkan
tempat (a preposition of Place) ditambah dengan Which.

- The small town in which (= where) I was born has grown to a large metropolis.
- The day on which (= when) they were to leave finally arrived.
Kadang-kadang that dapat menggantikan where atau when.

 The day that (or when, on which) the trial was to take place was a stormy one.
 Please suggest a good place that (or where) we can meet

Beberapa Hal Penting yang Berkaitan dengan Adjective Clause

 Perubahan dari Adjective Clause menjadi Adjective Phrase.


o Adjective Clause dapat dirubah menjadi Adjective Phrase yang menjelaskan noun
tanpa ada perubahan arti kalimat.
o Hanya Adjective Clause yang mempunyai subjek pronoun: who, which atau that
yang dapat dirubah menjadi Adjective Phrase.
o Adjective Clause dengan subjek: whom tidak dapat dirubah menjadi Adjective
Phrase.

Perhatikan Contoh berikut:

a. Adjective Clause

* The girl who is sitting next to me is Lisa.


==> The boy is playing the piano is Bent.

b. Adjective Phrase

* The girl sitting next to me is Lisa.


==> The boy playing the piano is Bent.

 Cara mengubah Adjective Clause menjadi Adjective Phrase.

(1) Subjek pronoun dan verb be dihilangkan.

* Adjective Clause: The man who is talking to Taylor is from Japan.


* Adjective Phrase: The man talking to Taylor is from Japan.

* Adjective Clause: The ideas which are presented in that book are interesting.
* Adjective Phrase: The ideas presented in that book are interesting.

* Adjective Clause: Ali is the man who is responsible for preparing the budget.
* Adjective Phrase: Ali is the man responsible for preparing the budget.

* Adjective Clause: The books that are on the shelf are mine.
* Adjective Phrase: The books on the shelf are mine.

(2) Jika tidak ada verb be dalam Adjective Clause, seringkali subjek pronoun dapat
dihilangkan dan mengubah kata kerja dalam Clause itu menjadi bentuk -ing.

* Adjective Clause: English has an alphabet that consists of 26 letters.


* Adjective Phrase: English has an alphabet  consisting of 26 letters.

* Adjective Clause: Anyone who wants to come with us is welcome.


* Adjective Phrase: Anyone wanting to come with us is welcome.

 Seringkali Adjective Clause digunakan dalam pola: noun + of which. Pola ini terutama
digunakan untuk tulisan bahasa Inggris resmi (formal written English). Dalam pola ini
biasanya Adjective Clause menerangkan “sesuatu”.

* We have an antique table. The top of it has jade inlay.

o We have an antique table, the top of which has jade inlay.


o We toured a 300-year-old house. The exterior of the house consisted of logs
cemented with clay.
o We toured a 300-year-old house, the exterior of which consisted of logs cemented
with lay.

 Adjective Clause sering digunakan untuk mengungkapkan kuantitas dengan of.


Ungkapan kuantitas mendahului pronoun, dan hanya whom, which, dan whose yang
digunakan dalam pola ini.

Ungkapan kuantitas dengan “of” antara lain: some of, none of, both of, one of, many of,
two of, all of, each of, most of, dll.

* There are 20 students in my class. Most of them are from the Outside Java.
–> There are 20 students in my class, most of whom are from the Outside Java.

* He gave several reasons. Only a few of them were valid.


–> He gave several reasons, only a few of which were valid.

 Tanda Baca pada Adjective Clauses

Pedoman umum dalam Tanda Baca pada Adjective Clauses yaitu:

o Jangan menggunakan tanda koma bila Adjective Clause diperlukan untuk


mengidentifikasi noun yang dijelaskan olehnya.
o Gunakanlah tanda koma bila Adjective Clause hanya berfungsi untuk memberi
informasi tambahan dan tidak dimaksudkan untuk mengidentifikasi noun yang
dijelaskan olehnya.
 Henry whose wife works at a bank came to my house yesterday.
 Alex, whose wife works at a bank, came to my house yesterday.

Keterangan:

Contoh pertama menggambarkan bahwa Henry memiliki lebih dari 1 istri. Pada kalimat
tersebut pembicara ingin mengindentifikasikan istrinya yang bekerja di Bank, bukan yang
lainnya.

Sedangkan pada kalimat kedua, kita sudah jelas, kalau Alex memiliki hanya 1 orang istri.
Frase yang berada di antara koma hanya memberikan keterangan tambahan saja. Tanpa
frase tersebut pun orang lain sudah mengetahuinya kalau istrinya Alex memang bekerja
di sebuah Bank karena memang istrinya cuma 1 itu.

Perhatikan contoh berikut ini untuk lebih jelasnya dalam penggunaan tanda koma dalam
Adjective Clause.

o Soekarno, who is the first President of Republic of Indonesia, could deliver


speech well.

Perbedaan antara Adjective Clause dan Noun Clause

Karena adanya kesamaan dalam beberapa kata pendahulunya, maka kadang-kadang antara Noun
Clause dan Adjective Clause sering membingungkan.

Ada 2 macam perbedaan yang penting antara dua jenis Clause tersebut: perhatikan contoh
berikut ini:

 Adjective Clause biasanya didahului oleh noun atau pronoun yang diterangkan.

Adjective Clause

o I know the house where he lives.

(where he lives mempunyai antecedent the house, yang merupakan objek dari kata know)
Noun Clause

o I know where he lives.

(where he lives adalah objek dari kata know)

Preposisi yang mendahului introductory word adalah milik Adjective Clause dan bukan milik
Noun Clause.

Adjective Clause

 The woman to whom he has been giving money is a poor relative of his.

(Adjective Clause dimulai dengan to yang merupakan bentuk a prepositional phrase dengan
whom dalam Adjective Clause itu. Dan To dapat diletakkan di bagian belakang Adjective
Clause. The woman, whom he has been giving money to, is a poor relative of his).

Noun Clause

 He gives money to whoever needs it.

(The Noun Clause dimulai dengan whoever, seluruh Noun Clause itu adalah objek dari to, yang
tidak dapat dipindah letaknya. Dan juga -ever- merupakan bentuk yang hanya bergandeng
(mengikuti) dengan Noun Clause.

Adjective clauses Exercise 1


Combine each of the following pairs of simple sentences into one complex sentence
containing an adjective clause.

1. The theft was committed last night. The police has caught the man.

2. The French language is different from the Latin language. Latin was once spoken throughout
Europe.

3. You are looking upset. Can you tell me the reason?

4. He had several plans for making money quickly. All of them have failed.

5. The landlord was proud of his strength. He despised the weakness of his tenants.

6. This is the village. I was born here.

7. You put the keys somewhere. Show me the place.

8. Paul was an old gentleman. He was my travelling companion.

9. A fox once met a crane. The fox had never seen a crane before.

10. The shop keeper keeps his money in a wooden case. This is the wooden case.

Answers

1. The police has caught the man who committed the theft last night.
2. The French language is different from the Latin language which was once spoken
throughout Europe.

3. Can you tell me the reason why you are looking upset.

4. All the plans which he had for making money quickly have failed.

5. The landlord who was proud of his strength despised the weakness of his tenants.

6.This is the village where I was born.

7. Show me the place where you put the keys.

8. Paul who was an old gentleman was my travelling companion.

9. A fox which had never seen a crane before once met a crane.

10. This is the wooden case where the shopkeeper keeps his money.

Read the two sentences and then complete each adjective clause below with the correct word(s):

1. We spoke to a man. He was German.


The man __________________ was German.

   who(m) we spoke to

   who spoke

2. The man smiled at us. He was German.


The man __________________ was German.

   who(m) we smiled at

   who smiled at us

3. The old lady waved at us. She was crossing the street.
The old lady __________________ was crossing the street.

   who waved at us

   who(m) we waved at

4. You bought me a shirt for Christmas. I lost it.


I lost the shirt __________________.

   what you bought me for Christmas

   that you bought me for Christmas

5. The children were laughing. I saw them.


I saw the children __________________.

   who were laughing

   they were laughing

6. He gave me a present. It made me feel good.


The present __________________ made me feel good.

   which I gave him


   which he gave me

7. He laughed at my mom's joke. It wasn't funny.


The joke __________________ wasn't funny.

   that he laughed

   that he laughed at

8. He came out of the house. The house was very big.


The house __________________ was big.

   who came out of

   which he came out of

9. I spoke to that man. He said he would call me today.


The man __________________ said he would call me today.

   with whom I spoke

   who(m) I spoke

10. She lost her credit card. She was upset.


The woman __________________ was upset.

   lost her credit card

   who lost her credit card

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