Contoh Kalimat Simple Sentence

Contoh Kalimat Simple Sentence:

• My sister read the magazine. (Saudara perempuanku membaca majalah.)
• The manager came late today. (Manager tersebut datang terlambat hari ini.)

Independent Clause dan Compound Element pada Simple Sentence

Independent clause terdiri dari satu subject, verb, dengan/tanpa komponen lainnya (seperti modifier atau complement) untuk membentuk kalimat yang memiliki arti secara utuh/lengkap.Subject adalah someone/something (seseorang/sesuatu), berupanoun atau pronoun, yang melakukan aksi. Aksi yang dilakukan (verb) dapat berupa action (contoh: eat, play, read) atau linking verb.

Contoh Kalimat Simple Sentence:

Contoh Kalimat Simple Sentence	Keterangan
My sister read the magazine.	subject= my sister, verb= read, (direct) object= the magazine
The manager came late today.	subject= the manager, verb= came, adverb= late, today
He is diligent. (Dia rajin)	subject= he (pronoun), (linking) verb= is, adjective= diligent
I was doing physically exercises at this time yesterday. (Saya sedang melakukan latihan-latihan fisik sepanjang hari.)	subject= I, verb= was doing, (direct) object= physically exercises prepositional phrase= at this time yesterday

Simple sentence umumnya berupa kalimat yang pendek, namun dapat pula panjang. Kalimat dapat menjadi lebih panjang ketika elemen-elemen kalimat (subject, verb, object, etc) digunakan secara majemuk (compound). Diantara elemen majemuk tersebut (subject compound, verb compound, etc) tidak dipisahkan oleh koma. Selain itu, prepositional phrase juga dapat berperan untuk memperpanjang suatu simple sentence.

Contoh Kalimat Simple Sentence:

Contoh Kalimat Simple Sentence	Keterangan
Atiek and I got the appreciation for our recent research. (Atiek dan saya mendapatkan perhargaan untuk riset terakhir kami.)	compound subject
The babies laughed and cried simultaneously. (Bayi-bayi tersebut tertawa dan menangis secara bersamaan.)	compound verb
Ana and Yuni read and wrote the instruction. (Ana dan Yuni membaca dan menulis instruksi.)	compound subject, compound verb
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