Adverb Clause

ADVERB CLAUSE

Adverb Clause adalah kata keterangan/tambahan yang mendahului induk kalimat. Adveb Clause tidak bisa berdiri sendiri dalam penulisan bahasa Inggris. Mereka harus terhubung dengan induk kalimat agar kalimat tersebut menjadi kalimat seutuhnya.

Berikut yang termasuk Adverb Clauses :

TIME		CAUSE AND EFFECT	CONTRAST	DIRECT CONTRAST	CONDITION
after	by the time (that)	because	even though	while	if
before	once	now that	although	whereas	unless
when	as long as	since	though		only if
while	whenever				whether or not
as	every time (that)				even if
as soon as	the first time (that)				in case
since	the next time (that)				in the event that
until	the last time (that)

1.       Using Adverb Clauses to show Cause and Effect

A.      Because

Jika Adverb ini diletakkan di awal kalimat, maka menggunakan koma. Dan jika terletak ditengah kalimat, maka tidak menggunakan koma.

Contoh kalimat :

·         Because he was sleepy, he went to bed.

·         He went to bed because he was sleepy.

B.      Now that

Adverb ini sama artinya dengan Because now. Adverb ini digunakan untuk masa sekarang(Present) dan akan datang(Future).

Contoh kalimat :

·         Now that the semester is over. I’m going to rest a few days and then take a trip.

·         Jack lost his job. Now that he is unemployed, he can’t pay his bills.

C.      Since

Kata ini digunakan untuk menyatakan sebab. Since terletak di awal kalimat. Since memiliki pengertian sama seperti Because. Selain bermakna karena, Since juga bisa bermakna sejak. Hal ini tergantung dari konteks kalimat tersebut.

Contoh kalimat :

·         Since Monday is a holiday, we don’t have to go to work.

·         Since you’re good cook and I’m not, you should cook the dinner.