GROUP 5

DWI CAHYA
DEDEH KURNIASIH
LALA ALAWIYAH
RISMA NOVILA
SRI MARYANAH
SITI MAESAROH
AYEM MAENUNAH
IIM 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 function
1. express similarities
2. avoid repetition of the sentences

Edo likes ice-cream.

Ira likes ice-cream.
Edo likes ice-cream and so does Ira.
 The Formula
Positive Statement
Affirmative statement + and + subject +
be/modal/auxiliary + too
I speak French to my parents and Amar
does too.
or
Affirmative 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 Anita
b. Anita cannot either
c. Neither can Anita
d. Anita can too
2. Teak does not need a lot of water
to grow and …

a. Neither does cactus

b. So does cactus
c. So does not cactus
d. 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.