Pengertian Clause
Subject dalam sebuah kalimat dapat berupa hewan, benda, orang ataupun
konsep yang abstrak – sementara, predicate merupakan verb (kata kerja)
atau auxiliary verb yang dilengkapi dengan verb itu sendiri.
Contoh:
Subject Predicate
He sings
Annisa will go
Independent clause merupakan klausa yang dapat berdiri sendiri menjadi suatu
kalimat.
Dependent Clause
She is still working on that company She is still working on that company
though it is hard. (Dia masih bekerja di (idependent )
perusahaan itu walaupun bekerja di sana though it is hard (dependent )
sulit.)
Rina bought a new house which is Rina bought a new house (idependent)
located in Bandar Lampung. (Rina
membeli sebuah rumah baru yang which is located in Bandar Lampung
berlokasi di Bandar Lampung.) (dependent )
Dina is my old friend who sent me a letter Dina is my old friend (idependent)
last week. (Dina adalah teman lama saya
yang mengirimkan surat minggu lalu.) who sent me a letter last week (dependent
)
I will go home before my father gets I will go home before (idependent)
angry. my father gets angry. (dependent )
(Saya akan pulang sebelum ayah saya
marah.)
When I arrived, my father was watching my father was watching TV (idependent)
TV.
(Ketika saya sampai, ayah saya sedang When I arrived, (dependent )
menonton TV.)