Pengertian Main Clause
Main Clause adalah suatu kelompok kata yang terdiri dari subject dan predicate.
Lihat juga:
Beberapa Contoh Main Clause
| No | Contoh Main Clause | Keterangan |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The restaurant bill has already been paid. (Tagihan tersebut telah dibayar.) |
subject: the restaurant bill predicate: has already been paid |
| 2 | There is a common school. (Disana ada sekolah rakyat.) |
subject: a common school predicate: (there) is Baca: Expletive Construction (there, it) |
| 3 | I’m eating my breakfast now. (Saya sedang sarapan sekarang.) |
subject: I predicate: am eating my breakfast now |
| 4 | Close the door! (Tutup pintu!) |
subject: you (dimengerti) predicate: close the door Baca: Elliptical construction |
| 5 | To travel during the hurricane is a bad idea. (Bepergian selama badai merupakan ide yang buruk.) |
subject: to travel during the hurricane (infinitive phrase) predicate: is a bad idea |
Main Clause dan Subordinate Clause
Main clause (independent clause) dapat dikombinasikan dengan subordinate clause (dependent clause yang dapat berupa adjective clause atau adverb clause) untuk membentuk suatu complex sentence. Beberapa contoh main clause dan subordinate clause di dalam complex sentence adalah sebagai berikut. [subordinate = bold]
| No | Contoh Complex Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Bandung is a city where she went to college a few years ago. (Bandung adalah kota dimana dia kuliah beberapa tahun yang lalu.) adjective clause |
| 2 | She was sleeping when you called. (Dia sedang tidur ketika kamu menelepon.) adverbial clause |
Related Posts:
- Reduced Adverbial Clause
- Comparative Clause
- Yes-No Question Past Perfect Tense
- Yes-No Question Present Continuous Tense
- Yes-No Question Present Perfect Tense
- Yes-No Question Simple Present Tense
- Yes-No Question Simple Past Tense
- Understood Subject (You)
- Predicate Nominative
- Direct Question
References:
- The Main Clause. http://www.mit.edu/course/21/21.guide/cl-main.htm. Accessed on February 27, 2013.
- Main Clauses. http://grammar.about.com/od/pq/g/participterm.htm. Accessed on February 27, 2013.
- Main Clause Followed by a Dependent Clause. http://web.uvic.ca/akeller/wherecomma/main_clause_followed_by_.html. Accessed on February 27, 2013.
ms. wilma salam kenal sebelumnya, saya agoe sedang belajar bahasa inggris dari websitenya mba.
saya mau tanya penulisan diatas, disitu tertulis “She were sleeping when you called.” apakah penggunaan verb to be untuk “she” di bolehkan penggunaan “were”? kalo menurut grammar kan pake was, mohon penjelasannya mba, terima kasih sebelumnya.
Halo Agoe..makasih uda baca-baca.
Saya salah ketik Agoe..maaf ya walau uda hati-hati tapi suka tetep ada (banyak?) salahnya juga..sudah saya perbaiki kalimat itu, yang pasti dalam kasus itu gak boleh ya pake were, tapi she mungkin bisa dipasangkan dengan were pada conditional clause type 2..makasih ya uda diberitahu.. :)