English Summary: Concord

CONCORD
Concord adalah kesesuaian atau kecocokan antara predikat dengan subjek. Karena yang menjadi predikat suatu kalimat adalah verb (kata kerja), maka concord biasa disebut dengan verb agreement (kata kerja yang mengikuti subjek). Concord atau verb agreement selalu terkait dengan: 1. Jenis subjek (misal: tunggal dan jamak) 2. Tenses 3. Bentuk kalimat (misal: positif, negatif dan tanya) Contoh: 1. Berkaitan dengan subject: a. One of my friends is reading newspaper now Subject= one of my friends (salah satu = tunggal) b. All of my friends are playing football now. Subject= All of my friends (semua = jamak) 2. Berkaitan dengan tenses: a. He plays football every Sunday (Simple Present) b. He played football last week (Simple Past) 3. Berkaitan dengan bentuk kalimat: a. She comes from London (positif) b. She does not come Washington (negatif) MENENTUKAN SUBJECT (NOUN) TUNGGAL/JAMAK 1. Subject yang menyatakan Jumlah (jarak, berat, volume), waktu, judul --- Tunggal Contoh: Five hundred kilometers is a long distance to drive in one day. 2. Subject yang terbentuk dari Gerund (V-ing) ------ Tunggal Contoh: Singing English songs is my hobby. 3. every each one of neither of either of the number of Contoh: One of the students in my class comes from Africa. Tunggal verb1+s One of the students in my class is from Africa. tunggal verb be (is)

NOUN

------- Tunggal

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4. both some all a number Contoh:

+ of + NOUN

------- Jamak

All of the students come from Australia jamak All of the students are from Australia jamak 5. ________ preposisi _______ NOUN NOUN misalnya: ______ of ______ ______ in ______ ______ on ______

Yang jadi patokan adalah Noun di depan preposisi. Contoh: The source of many accidents is the careless driver. (Tunggal) The sources of many accidents are the careless drivers. (Jamak) 6. either ______ or ______ neither ______ nor ______ NOUN NOUN Yang jadi patokan adalah Noun setelah or / nor. Contoh: Neither the students nor the teacher is involved in the demonstration. (Tunggal) Neither the teacher nor the students are involved in the demonstration . (Jamak) 7. _______ , as well as _______ , _______ , together with _______ , _______ , accompanied by _______ , NOUN NOUN Yang jadi patokan adalah Noun yang di depan. Contoh: The man, accompanied by his children, is an engineer. (Tunggal) The singers, as well as the orchestra, are from London. (Jamak) CONTOH SOAL :

1. Each of the students ______ required to come on time. A. is D. are B. were E. have

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C. be PEMBAHASAN: Jika bertemu soal seperti ini, maka lihat sebelum atau di depan of. Kata each dianggap tunggal (he/she). Maka Auxiliary atau concord yang mengikuti each of the students adalah is. Each of the students is required to come on time = Setiap siswa diminta datang tepat waktu. JAWAB: A (is). 2. Both of the students ______ required to come on time. A. is D. are B. was E. has C. be PEMBAHASAN: Sebelum of, perhatikan kata both (keduanya) dianggap jamak. Maka Aux-nya adalah are. JAWAB: D (are). 3. Neither the players nor the coach ______ satisfied with the referee decision on the match last week A. is D. are B. was E. be C. were PEMBAHASAN: Perhatikan setelah nor, noun the coach tunggal. Dengan demikian to be yang tepat adalah was (lampau, karena ada keterangan waktu last week). JAWAB: B (was).

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