Rangkuman Materi Dependent And Independent Clause Bahasa Inggris UTBK-SBMPTN

DEPENDENT AND INDEPENDENT CLAUSE

Induk kalimat (independent clause) merupakan kalimat yang dapat berdiri sendiri, sedangkan anak kalimat (dependent clause/ subclause) merupakan kalimat yang tidak bisa berdiri sendiri.

Contohnya sebagai berikut:

  • If you invite me, I will come
  • If you invite me → dependent clause
  • I will come → independent clause
  • It don’t know how to understand Mathematics
  • It don’t know → independent clause
  • how to understand Mathematics → dependent clause
  • He said to me that he had ever been to Jakarta
  • He said to me → dependent clause
  • that he had ever been to Jakarta → Independent clause
  • The woman whom I met last night is my aunty
  • The woman is my aunty → independent clause
  • Whom I met last night → dependent clause
  • It was a mystery why he was shot dead
  • It was a mystery → independent clause
  • why he was shot dead → dependent clause

Catatan:

  • Induk kalimat berupa past tense, anak kalimatnya (dependent clause) boleh present future atau past tense.
  • Induk kalimat berupa past tense, anak kalimatnya harus past tense (past simple, past continues, atau past perfect.
  • Dependent clause selalu dimulai dengan kata-kata: if, that, when, how, where, why, which, etc. Sedangkan independent clause akan dimulai oleh subject.
  • Suatu kalimat yang terdapat pada dependent clause tidak boleh berbentuk kalimat tanya, seperti pada contoh: It was a mystery why he was shot dead dan It don’t know how to understand Mathematics.
  • Pada akhir kalimat dependent dan independent yang terdapat tanda tanya, maka kalimat tanya terdapat pada independentnya. Contohnya: Can you tell me where he lives?

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