Pengertian Reduced Adverbial Clause
Reduced adverbial clause adalah adverbial clause yang diperpendek menjadi adverbial phrase. Tidak semua adverbial clause dapat direduksi. Hanya adverbial clause of time (waktu), cause and effect (sebab dan akibat), dan contrast (pertentangan) yang memungkinkan untuk direduksi.
Adverbial clause tersebut mungkin dapat direduksi jika subject-nya sama dengan subject pada main clause-nya. Adverbial phrase yang kemudian didapat mendeskripsikan subject pada bagian main clause.
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Rumus dan Contoh Kalimat Reduced Adverbial Clause
Adverbial Clause of Time
Reduced adverbial clause of time dengan subordinate conjunction before, after, dan since didapat dengan menghilangkan subject dan mengganti verb (kata kerja) dengan verb-ing. Sedangkan dengan as, subject dihilangkan bersama conjunction tersebut. Adverbial clause yang menggunakan as soon as dapat diperpendek dengan menghilangkan subject, mengganti verb dengan verb-ing, dan mengganti conjunction tersebut dengan preposition (kata depan) upon atau on.
Rumus Adverbial Clause of Time ⇒ Reduced
- before / after / since / while+ S + V ⇒ before / after / since / while + V-ing
- as + S + V ⇒ V-ing
- as soon as + S + V ⇒ upon/on + V-ing
Contoh Kalimat
- They had met twice before they got married.
(Mereka telah bertemu dua kali sebelum menikah.)They had met twice before getting married.
- As I was driving home, I saw him crossing the street.
(Saat saya sedang mengemudi pulang ke rumah, saya melihatnya menyeberangi jalan.))Driving home, I saw him crossing the street.
- As soon as he arrived home, he collapsed onto sofa.
(Segera setelah tiba di rumah, dia roboh ke sofa.)- Upon arriving home, he collaped onto sofa.
- On arriving hime, he collaped onto sofa.
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Adverbial Clause of Cause and Effect
Conjunction as, because, dan since pada adverbial clause of cause and effect dihilangkan bersama dengan subject pada versi reduksinya.
Rumus Adverbial Clause ⇒ Reduced
as / because / since + S + V ⇒ V-ing
Contoh Kalimat
- Since you have read it, you should already know that cell-phone radiation may cause health problems.(Karena kamu sudah membaca itu, kamu seharusnya sudah tahu kalau radiasi ponsel mungkin menyebabkan masalah-masalah kesehatan.)
Having read it, you should already know that cell-phone radiation may cause health problems.
- Because he didn’t feel well, he went to bed early.
(Karena tidak merasa sehat, dia pergi tidur lebih awal.)Not feeling well, he went to bed early.
Reduced Adverbial Clause of Contrast
Adverbial clause of contrast dengan although, though, dan while yang menggunakan verb selain to be (is, am, are, was, were) direduksi dengan menghilangkan subject dan mengganti verb dengan verb-ing; sementara yang menggunakan verb to be direduksi dengan menghilangkan subject berikut to be namun mempertahankan subject complement (noun/adjective) setelah to be tersebut. Conjunction pada reduced adverbial clause of opposition dipertahankan.
Rumus Adverbial Clause ⇒ Reduced
- although / though / while + S + V (selain be) ⇒ although / though / while + V-ing
- although / though / while + S + V (be) + subject complement (noun/adjective) ⇒ although / though / while + subject complement
Contoh Kalimat
- She didn’t get the job though she has 5 years of experience.
(Dia tidak mendapatkan pekerjaan tersebut meskipun dia memiliki pengalaman 5 tahun.)She didn’t get the job though having 5 years of experience.
- Although they are cheap, the smartphones have good performance.
(Meskipun murah, telepon-telepon pintar itu memiliki kinerja yang baik.)Although cheap, the smartphones have good perfomance.
Lihat juga:
- Adverbial Clause: Pengertian dan Contoh Kalimat
- When pada Berbagai Macam Tense: Penggunaan dan Contoh
- When / While (Conjunction): Penggunaan, Contoh Kalimat, dan Soal
- After, Before, dan When (Subordinate Conjunction): Penjelasan dan Contoh Kalimat
- Sentence Adverb: Pengertian dan Contoh Kalimat Bahasa Inggris
References:
- Reduced Adverb Clauses: How to reduce adverb clauses to a gerund, noun or adjective. https://www.thoughtco.com/reduced-adverb-clauses-1211106. Accessed on October 31, 2017.
- Grammar Lesson – Reducing Adverb Clauses. https://www.elc.edu/grammar-lesson-reducing-adverb-clauses-to-modifying-adverbial-phrases/. Accessed on November 1, 2017.
- Although. https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/although. Accessed on November 1, 2017.
- Conjunctions: contrasting. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/linking-words-and-expressions/conjunctions-contrasting. Accessed on November 1, 2017.
- As. http://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/as. Accessed on November 1, 2017.
Related Posts:
- Adverbial Clause: Pengertian dan Contoh Kalimat
- When pada Berbagai Macam Tense: Penggunaan dan Contoh
- When / While (Conjunction): Penggunaan, Contoh Kalimat, dan Soal
- After, Before, dan When (Subordinate Conjunction): Penjelasan dan Contoh Kalimat
- Sentence Adverb: Pengertian dan Contoh Kalimat Bahasa Inggris
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