Dalam bahasa Inggris, kamu akan mengenal istilah adjective clause. Pemahaman materi tentang adjective clause sangat penting untuk membuat kalimat berbahasa Inggris.
Lalu, apa yang dimaksud dengan istilah adjective clause? Apakah adjective clause sama dengan adjective biasa?
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Pengertian adjective clause
Adjective clause (relative clause) adalah dependent clause yang memodifikasi kata benda atau kata ganti. Adjective Clause hampir selalu muncul tepat setelah kata benda yang mereka modifikasi.
Contoh kalimat yang menggunakan adjective clause
- There is the mountain that we are going to climb.
- My blue tennis shoes, which used to be my mom’s, were under the bed.
- Daniel, who was late again today, sits next to me in English.
Rumus adjective clause
Relative Pronoun: Adjective clause umumnya dimulai dengan relative pronoun (that, which, who, whom, whose) yang menghubungkan klausa dengan kata benda atau kata ganti yang dimodifikasinya. Relative pronoun menunjukkan hubungan antara klausa dan anteseden.
Formula: +/- S* + V
Contoh:
- There is the mountain that we are going to climb. (Antecedent = mountain. That connects the clause we are going to climb that with the antecedent.)
Relative Adverb: Adjective Clause juga bisa dimulai dengan relative adverb where, when, dan why. Mereka menghubungkan klausa dependen ke kata benda dalam kalimat. Kata keterangan relatif memodifikasi kata kerja dalam klausa dependen.
Formula: + S + V
Contoh:
- That is the bench where you and I were supposed to meet.
- Six o’clock was the time when we were supposed to be there.
- That is the reason why I couldn’t meet you.
Prepositions: Dalam bahasa Inggris formal lebih baik meletakkan preposisi sebelum kata ganti. Perhatikan bahwa preposisi adalah bagian dari klausa dependen.
Contoh:
- This movie was the sequel we had been waiting for. (Informal)
- This movie was the sequel, which we had been waiting for. (Informal)
- This movie was the sequel for which we had been waiting. (Formal)
Jenis adjective clause
Restrictive adalah kalimat independen dan dependen yang terikat. Ia berfungsi untuk mengidentifikasi noun dalam sebuah kalimat. Biasanya menggunakan kata “that“.
Contoh kalimat: I prefer to use a smartphone that can capture a great picture. ‘That’ di sini untuk menjelaskan noun utama (smartphone).
Non Restrictive adalah informasi tambahan dalam menjelaskan noun utama dalam objek. Biasanya menggunakan tanda koma untuk mendahului relative pronoun.
Contoh kalimat adjective clause
- The books that were borrowed from class must be returned.
- The girl who is leading the parade is my best friend.
- His share of the money, which consisted of $100,000, was given to him on Monday.
- Something that smells bad may be rotten.
- Students who work hard get good grades.
- I know someone whose father served in World War II.
- The kids who were called first will have the best chance of getting a seat.
- I enjoy telling people about Janet Evanovich, whose latest book was fantastic.
- The store where the new phone was being sold had a huge line of people outside it.
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