GROUP 5

DWI CAHYADEDEH

KURNIASIHLALA ALAWIYAHRISMA NOVILASRI MARYANAHSITI MAESAROH

AYEM MAENUNAHIIM IBRAHIM

Elliptical Construction

► A combination of two sentences that have different subjects but the same predicate.

Positive : ‘too/so’. Negative : ‘either/neither’.

The Function:

The function1. express similarities2. avoid repetition of the

sentences

Edo likes ice-cream.Ira likes ice-cream.Edo likes ice-cream and so does Ira.

The FormulaPositive Statement

Affirmative statement + and + subject + be/modal/auxiliary + tooI speak French to my parents and Amar does too.

orAffirmative statement + and + so + be/modal/auxiliary + subject

Jihan is a nice girl and so am I.

The Formula

Negative Statement

1. Negative statement + and + subject + be/modal/auxiliary + not + either

The sentence is….I am not writing a letter and he is not either.

Or …

2. Negative statement + and + neither+ be/modal/auxiliary + subject

The sentence is ….She will not leave the city and neither will he.

1. Titi : Do you know Puspita?Irly : Yes, I know her very much.Titi : She can swim well.Irly : ….

a. So cannot Anitab. Anita cannot eitherc. Neither can Anitad. Anita can too

2. Teak does not need a lot of water to grow and …

a. Neither does cactusb. So does cactusc. So does not cactusd. Cactus does either

Combine the two sentences using elliptical construction.

a. He studies hard. I study hard.

b. I don’t like his attitude. She doesn’t like his attitude.