Pengertian, Fungsi, Tipe, Pola, Contoh Kalimat, dan Latihan Soal Elliptical Construction

Pengertian

Elliptical Construction merupakan proses penggabungan dua buah kalimat yang berbeda subject tetapi memiliki verb dan complement yang sama menjadi sebuah kalimat.

contoh:

• They go to school.
• I go to school.
  → ketika digabung dengan menggunakan elliptical construction, menjadi
• They go to school, and so do I.

Fungsi

Digunakannya Elliptical Construction dalam kalimat bertujuan agar tidak terjadi pengulangan kata yang dianggap tidak efektif.

Dengan adanya penggunaan Elliptical Construction ini, penyusunan kalimat menjadi lebih efektif dan sarat makna serta lebih singkat dan padat.

Tipe

Ada tiga macam tipe elliptical construction, yaitu

• elliptical construction positive (kalimat affirmative)
• elliptical construction negative (kalimat negative)
• elliptical construction contrary (kalimat affirmative dan negative dengan makna berlawanan)

Berikut masing-masing penjelasan yang disertai pola penyusunan dan contoh kalimatnya.

Positive (too & so)

Elliptical construction positive adalah proses penggabungan dua buah kalimat positif (affirmative) yang memiliki predikat (verb) yang sama dan objek dan pelengkap yang sama pula.

Elliptical construction positive ditandai dengan penggunaan too dan so

Pola

Pola penyusunan elliptical construction positive dengan too dan so

Affirmative sentence dengan be (am, is, are, was, were) (nominal)

contoh:

• Emily is beautiful.
• Cathy is beautiful.
  → Emily is beautiful, and Cathy is too
  → Emily is beautiful, and so is Cathy.
• Clark is studying right now.
• Ethan is studying right now.
  → Clark is studying right now, and Ethan is too.
  → Clark is studying right now, and so is Ethan.

Affirmative sentence dengan auxiliary atau modal

contoh:

• Emily can speak English.
• Cathy can speak English.
  → Emily can speak English, and Cathy can too.
  → Emily can speak English, and so can Cathy.
• Clark has finished his task.
• Ethan has finished his task.
  → Clark has finished his task, and Ethan has too.
  → Clark has finished his task, and so has Ethan.

Affirmative sentence dengan verb selain be (verbal)

contoh:

• Emily speaks English.
• Cathy speaks English.
  → Emily speaks English, and Cathy does too.
  → Emily speaks English, and so does Cathy.

Negative (either & neither)

Elliptical construction negative adalah proses penggabungan dua buah kalimat negatif (negative) yang memiliki predikat (verb) yang sama dan objek dan pelengkap yang sama pula.

Elliptical construction negative ditandai dengan penggunaan either dan neither

Pola

Pola penyusunan elliptical construction negative dengan either dan neither

Negative sentence dengan be (am, is, are, was, were) (nominal)

contoh:

• Emily is not a teacher.
• Cathy is not a teacher.
  → Emily is not a teacher, and Cathy is not either.
  → Emily is not a teacher, and neither is Cathy.

Negative sentence dengan auxiliary/modal

contoh:

• Emily can’t speak English.
• Cathy can’t speak English.
  → Emily can’t speak English, and Cathy can’t either.
  → Emily can’t speak English, and neither can Cathy.

Negative sentence dengan verb selain be (verbal)

contoh:

• Emily doesn’t speak English.
• Cathy doesn’t speak English.
  → Emily doesn’t speak English, and Cathy doesn’t either.
  → Emily doesn’t speak English, and neither does Cathy.

Contrary (but)

Elliptical construction contrary adalah proses penggabungan dua buah kalimat yang tidak setara, jika satu kalimat positif (affirmative) maka kalimat yang lain adalah kalimat negatif (negative)

Elliptical construction contrary ditandai dengan penggunaan but

Pola

Pola penyusunan elliptical construction contrary dengan but

contoh:

• I am not good in Math.
• She is good in Math.
  → I am not good in Math, but she is.
• I wrote a letter yesterday.
• He didn’t write a letter yesterday.
  → I wrote a letter yesterday, but he didn’t.

Latihan Soal

Exercise 1

Manakah yang termasuk Elliptical construction?

1. They are going to the beach, and so are we.

not elliptical construction

elliptical construction

2. We visited a few galleries while we were in France.

not elliptical construction

elliptical construction

3. My grandfather is getting old and can’t hear very well.

not elliptical construction

elliptical construction

4. Claire was not studying last night, and neither was Cathy.

elliptical construction

not elliptical construction

5. Ethan was not happy about that, and neither was I.

not elliptical construction

elliptical construction

6. He has not had a breakfast, but I have.

not elliptical construction

elliptical construction

7. She fell into a lovely deep sleep.

not elliptical construction

elliptical construction

8. Yeremy is smart, and his brother is too.

elliptical construction

not elliptical construction

9. We had a short walk after lunch.

elliptical construction

not elliptical construction

10. He bought some flowers  for his mother.

not elliptical construction

elliptical construction

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Exercise 2

Tentukan tipe dari Elliptical construction di bawah ini.

1. I don’t eat meat and my husband doesn’t either.

positive

contrary

negative

2. My grandmother is so kind, and so is my grandfather.

positive

contrary

negative

3. I love chocolate, and she does too.

contrary

negative

positive

4. I speak English fluently, but she doesn’t.

positive

contrary

negative

5. They ride bicycle to their campus, and so do I.

contrary

negative

positive

6. He hadn’t finished his project, but I has.

positive

negative

contrary

7. They went to Dufan last week, but I didn’t.

negative

contrary

positive

8. I don’t want to go, and neither do Claire.

negative

positive

contrary

9. My father didn’t watch television yesterday, I didn’t either.

positive

contrary

negative

10. He didn’t attend the party, and neither did I.

positive

contrary

negative

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Exercise 3

Isilah kalimat-kalimat rumpang di bawah ini dengan too, so, either, neither, atau but sesuai dengan pola yang terdapat pada Elliptical construction.

1. Yvone didn’t come to my wedding party last week, _____ Clark did.

so

too

but

2. They didn’t attend the class yesterday, and I didn’t ______ .

neither

either

too

3. Clark don’t bring any money, and _____ do I.

neither

but

either

4. Swimming needs a good stamina, and _____ does running.

too

but

so

5. We aren’t listening to the music, and the children aren’t ______ .

neither

too

either

6. Edward went to a cinema last night, and Clark did _____.

neither

so

too

7. Catherine didn’t like the movie, and ______ did her friends.

but

either

neither

8. Emily loves swimming, and Ernie does ____.

neither

too

so

9. Emily went to the museum last week, and _____ did I.

but

too

so

10. I like banana, _____ Emily don’t.

so

but

too

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