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ADJECTIVE CLAUSE

Adjective clause adalah suatu anak kalimat pengganti kata sifat yang fungsinya menerangkan noun / pronoun sebelumnya yang diawali dengan kata sambung. Adjective clause dapat diklasifikasikan menjadi 2 macam yaitu : Relative Pronoun dan Relative Adverb

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Relative Pronoun Relative pronoun yang digunakan untuk membuat kalimat majemuk adalah : Pengganti Subjek, pengganti objek, Pengganti Kepunyaan Keterangan :
- Possessive (milik) = whose / of which - Place (tempat) = where / in which / on which - Time (waktu) = when a. kata of which kadang digunakan untuk menggantikan kata pengganti milik benda whose tetapi letaknya berbeda. - The dictionary whose colour is blue expensive - The dictionary, the colour of which is blue is expensive b. Kata Where / in which digunakan untuk kata pengganti keterangan tempat dan kata when / on which digunakan untuk kata pengganti keterangan waktu. 1. Sebagai Subjek - I meet the lady. She talked to your mother. I meet the lady who talked to your mother. - I bought the novel yesterday. It tells about Laila Majnun

2. Sebagai Objek - I called the girl. My mother met her. I called the girl whom my mother met. I called the girl my mother met - I bought the book yesterday. My sister wanted it. - I bought the book which my sister wanted - I bought the book, my sister wanted.

3. Sebagai Pengganti Tempat - The house is very big, Sherly lives there The house where Sherly lives is very big The house in which Sherly lives is very big The house which Sherly lives in is very big The house that Sherly lives in is very big 4. Sebagai Pengganti Waktu - The day was Sunday. I called you on that day. The day when I called you was Sunday The day on which I called you was Sunday The day that I called you was Sunday

5. Sebagai Pangganti Milik - Ita is a good secretary. Her English is fluent Ita whose English is fluent is a good secretary - Some students got gifts. Their marks are good Some students whose marks are good got gifts

2. Relative Adverb
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Kata Why 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

b.

When atau where sering dapat saling ditukarkan dengan preposition yang menunjukan tempat ditambah dengan which. - The small town in which (= where) I was born has grown - 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) was can meet

Hal penting yang berkaitan dengan ADJECTIVE CLAUSE

1. Reduksi dari Adjective clause menjadi Prase


a. Adjective Clause dapat direduksi menjadi Adjective Phrase yang menjelaskan noun tanpa ada perubahan arti kalimat. The girl who is sitting next to me is Sherly. The boy is playing the piano is Ali.

b. Hanya Adjective Clause yng mempunyai sbject Pronoun: Who, Which, atau that yang dapat direduksimenjadi Adjective Phrase The girl sitting next to me is Sherly. The boy playing the piano is Ali.
c. Adjective Clause dengan subject : Whom tidak dapat direduksi menjadi Adjective Phrase The boy (whom) I saw was Ali.

2. Cara mengubah Adjective Clause menjadi Adjective Phrase


Subject Pronoun dan Verb BE dihilangkan 1. Adjective Clause : The man who is talking to Ali is from Japan. Adjective Phrase : The man . Talking to ali is from Japan. 2. Adjective Clause : The book that are on the shelf are mine. Adjective Phrase : The book . on the shelf are mine.
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b. Jika tidak ada verb BE dalam Adjectivw Clause, sering kali subject Pronoun dapat dihilangkan dan mengubah kata kerja dalam clause itu menjadi bentuk ing. -> Adjective Clause : English has an alphabet that consist of 26 letters. Adjective Phrase : English has an alphabet consisting of 26 letters.
c. adjective Clause digunakan dalam pola : Noun+of which. ~ We have an antique table. The top of it has jade inlay. -> We have an antique table, the top of which has jade inlay.

d. Adjective Clause digunakan untuk mengungkapkan kualitas dengan of. Ungkapan kuantitas mendahului pronoun, dan hanya whom, which dan whose yang digunakan dalam pola ini. Ungkapan kuantitas antara lain: Some of None of One of A few of Many of None of Most of etc e.x : In my class there are 20 students. Most of them are from the outside Jave. ~> In my class there are 20 students, Most of whom are from the outside Jave.

3. Perbedaan antara Adjective Clause dan Noun Clause


Ada 2 macam perbedaan yang penting antara 2 jenis clause tersebut, oerhatikan baik-baik contoh berikut :
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Adjective Clause biasanya di dahukui oleh noun atau pronoun yang diterangkan (yang disebut dengan istilah actecendent). Noun Clause I know where he live. (where he live adalah object dari kata know)

Adjective Clause I know the house where he live. (where he live mempunyai arti antecedent the house, yang merupakan object dari kata know) b.

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

Thanks for your attention

CREATED BY :

Ananti Yayi N. Clara Ramanda Dessy Elia Nancy Yohana Nida Aisya

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