Conjunctions

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 Conjunctions
Conjunctions are used to join one idea (words, phrases, clauses or sentences) together in the same
sentence.
Look at the following examples.

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1 Lions live in Africa. 2 They eat meat.

Lions live in Africa and they eat meat

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1 I need to bring my umbrella. 2 It’s raining outside.

I need to bring my umbrella because It’s raining outside.

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1 We can play volley. 2 We can play football.

We can play volley or we can play football.

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1 I love studying mathematics. 2 It is difficult.

I love studying mathematics although it is difficult.

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 Observe the following sentences
1 I usually use my pencil to write on my notebooks.

2 My teachers always tell me to study everyday.

3 I always use my cycle to school so that I can get there faster.

4 I always set my alarm at 4 in the morning in order to wake up early everyday.

5 In order to make the class comfortable, we always keep it clean and tidy.

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 to in order to

Conjunctions
so that

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 to

Kata hubung to memiliki arti “untuk”. Kata hubung ini digunakan dengan kata kerja
bentuk pertama (V1). Perhatikan contoh berikut:

I usually use my pencil to write on my notebook.

(Aku biasanya menggunakan pensilku untuk menulis di buku catatanku)

My teachers always tell me to study everyday.

(Guru-guruku selalu memberitahuku untuk belajar setiap hari)

I’m using my phone to send her a message.

(Aku sedang menggunakan HPku untuk mengiriminya sebuah pesan)

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 in order to

Kata hubung in order to memiliki makna “supaya/agar”. Frasa ini biasanya

digunakan untuk menjawab pertanyaan dengan kata tanya kenapa (why).
Penggunaanya yaitu in order to+V1. Perhatikan contoh berikut:

I always set my alarm at 4 in the morning in order to wake up early everyday.

(Aku selalu mengatur alarmku jam 4 pagi agar bangun lebih pagi setiap hari)

We have to study hard in order to pass the examination.

(Kita harus belajar dengan keras supaya lulus ujian)

Selain dapat diletakkan di tengah, in order to bisa juga diletakkan di awal kalimat.

In order to stay healthy, we have to eat healthy food.

(Agar tetap sehat, kita harus makan makanan sehat)

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 so that

Kata hubung so that juga memiliki makna “supaya/agar”. Perbedaan dengan in orther to

adalah setelah so that kita harus menggunakan kalimat lengkap (terdiri dari subjek dan kata
kerja atau subjek dan modal) bukan kata kerja bentuk pertama (V1). Penggunaanya yaitu so
that+S+V1 atau so that+S+can/could. Perhatikan contoh berikut:

I always use my cycle to school so that I can get there faster.

(Aku selalu menggunakan sepedaku ke sekolah agar aku sampai ke sana lebih cepat)

I always bring my umbrella so that I don’t get wet.

(Aku selalu membawa payung supaya aku tidak kehujanan)

so that tidak bisa diletakkan di awal kalimat.

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 References
Dignen, S. 2017. Visual Guide to Grammar and Punctuation. New York: DK Publishing
Diniari, E.B. 2018. Mengenal Conjunction of Goals dalam Bahasa Inggris. (Online) Diakses dari https://
blog.ruangguru.com/mengenal-conjunction-of-goals-dalam-bahasa-inggris pada 3 Agustus 2019.
Zaida, N. 2018. Bright: An English course for junior high school students for grade IX. Jakarta: Erlangga

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 Image Credits
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/margotraggett/remembering-lions
http://mentalfloss.com/article/528092/what-world-would-look-if-it-never-stopped-raining
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_QyTcPD1G4
https://hellosehat.com/hidup-sehat/kebugaran/teknik-bulu-tangkis-servis-badminton/
https://ldaamerica.org/types-of-learning-disabilities/dyscalculia/

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