ENGLISH - LEVEL C1 - GRAMMAR - MODUL 5 ~ TOP ENGLISH INDONESIA

MODUL 5 : ELLIPSIS

Apakah Anda tahu cara menghilangkan kata-kata agar bahasa Inggris Anda terdengar lebih alami? Uji apa yang Anda ketahui tentang elipsis dengan latihan interaktif dan baca penjelasan untuk membantu Anda.

Lihatlah contoh-contoh berikut ini untuk melihat bagaimana kita menggunakan elipsis:

You can use my car whenever you want to.

[You can use my car whenever you want to use my car.]

Sounds lovely!

[That sounds lovely!]

We started watching the first episode but had to turn it off.

[We started watching the first episode but we had to turn it off.]

Penjelasan tata bahasa

Dalam percakapan informal, kita biasanya menghilangkan beberapa kata. Hal ini disebut elipsis. Kita dapat menggunakan elipsis ketika maknanya sudah jelas tanpa adanya kata-kata yang dihilangkan.

Kita dapat menggunakan elipsis dalam situasi berikut.

After linkers

Kita tidak perlu mengulang subjek setelah kata penghubung and, but dan or.

We had a late dinner and [we] went to bed.

Once the kids have left for school, I read a book or [I] do some baking.

Jika subjek yang diulang adalah dengan kata kerja be, kita dapat menghilangkan subjek dan be.

Clare is working a lot at the moment and [she's] getting up really early.

She's growing up and [she's] starting to want more alone time.

Perhatikan bahwa elipsis tidak berfungsi setelah penghubung lain, seperti before, after, because, when dan while.

We watch TV after we have dinner.

~~We watch TV after have dinner.~~

After to

Kita sering kali dapat menghindari pengulangan bagian dari frasa kata kerja setelah to.

A: Have you tried that new restaurant yet?

B: No, I wanted to [try that new restaurant], but it's on the other side of town.

Some people give up sugar completely, but I didn't want to [give up sugar completely].

After auxiliaries and modals

Kita juga dapat menghindari pengulangan bagian dari frasa kata kerja setelah kata bantu dan modal.

I hadn't noticed it, but my son had [noticed it].

She said she'd get back to me by the end of the week and she has [got back to me by the end of the week].

They were getting ice creams because I said they could [get ice creams].

Omitting subject pronouns

Terkadang kita dapat menghilangkan kata ganti orang, karena sudah jelas siapa atau apa yang kita bicarakan.

[It/That] Sounds familiar!

[It] Wouldn't have occurred to me.

Omitting subjects and auxiliary verbs

Terkadang kita dapat menghilangkan kata ganti dan kata kerja bantu yang menyertainya. Hal ini paling sering terjadi pada pertanyaan informal, terutama pada kata kerja want dan have got.