Sebelumnya kita telah membahas Elliptical Sentence yang
menggunakan Too dan So , either dan neither. Selain itu kita bisa juga membuat
elliptical sentence dengan menggunakan but (tetapi) atau while (sedangkan).
Dalam elliptical sentence, but dan while digunakan untuk kalimat yang
berlawanan. Dengan kata lain, antara dua kalimat tersebut, kalimat pertama bisa
negative, dan kalimat kedua positif atau sebaliknya. Contoh:
I can sing.
He cannot sing.
Di atas terdapat dua kalimat yang berlawanan. “I can
sing (saya bisa bernyanyi.)” dan “He cannot sing. (Dia tidak bisa bernyanyi.)”.
Dua kalimat tersebut bisa kita buat menjadi kalimat elliptic dengan menggunakan
but atau while, menjadi:
I can sing,
but he can’t / I can sing while he can’t.
Contoh
lainnya:
He cannot sing.
I can sing.
He cannot
sing, but I can / He cannot sing, but he
can’t.
Berikut ini
rumus membuat elliptical sentence dengan menggunakan but dan while.
- (+) + But / While + (-)
- (-) + But / While + (+)
+ = positif
- = negatif
Agar lebih
paham, di bawah ini saya masukan contoh-contoh lainnya:
1. They went to Jambi. I didn’t go to Jambi
They went to Jambi, but I didn’t atau They went
to Jambi, while I didn’t.
I
didn’t go to Jambi. They went go to
Jambi.
I didn’t go to Jambi, but they did. Atau I didn’t go to Jambi, while they did.
2. He watches TV. She doesn’t watch TV.
He watches TV, but she doesn’t. /He watches TV, while she doesn’t.
She
doesn’t watch TV. He watches TV.
She doesn’t watch TV, but/while he does.
She doesn’t watch TV. They watch TV.
She
doesn’t watch TV, but They do./ She doesn’t watch TV, while They do.
3. Tono is eating. Budi isn’t eating.
Tono is eating, but Budi isn’t. Atau Tono is
eating, while Budi isn’t.
Tono isn’t eating. Budi is eating.
Tono isn’t eating, but Budi is. Atau Toni isn’t eating, while Budi is.
Rina is cleaning the floor. The boys aren’t cleaning the floor..
Rina is cleaning the floor, but/while the boys aren’t.
4. She has got up. He hasn’t got up.
She has got up, but he hasn’t. Atau She has
got up, while he hasn’t.
She hasn’t got up. He has got up.
She hasn’t got up, but he has. Atau She hasn’t got up, while he has.
He
hasn’t slept. They have slept.
He hasn’t slept, but they have. Atau He
hasn’t slept, while they have.
5. I will take a bath. He will not take a bath.
I will take a bath, but he won’t. Atau I
will take a bath, while he won’t.
I
will not take a bath. He will take a bath.
I will not take a bath, but he will. Atau I will not take a bath, while he will
Sekarang
coba kerjakan latihan di bawah ini!
- They studied English last night. I didn’t study English last night.
- Siti Zulaiha sings a song. Rina doesn’t sing a song.
- John doesn’t wash the car. My father washes the car.
- We didn’t eat pizza . They ate pizza.
- The boy is playing. The girls are not playing.
- My sisters are clever. You sisters aren’t clever.
- Tono has written a story. Toni and Tina haven’t written a story.
- He hasn’t cooked. I have cooked.
- He was here yesterday. You weren’t here yesterday.
- They were in Jambi last night. John wasn’t in Jambi last night.
Answer Key:
