ELLIPTICAL CONSTRUCTION

NENENG YUNIARTY, S.S

+ a. SO + AUXILIARY VERB + S2
b. S2 + AUXLIARY VERB + TOO

1. To be:
I am busy
she is busy
 I am busy and so is she
she is too

 Jeremy is having breakfast

Robert and I are having breakfast

 Raymond was playing tennis and they ______

 Jack is here and ______ Tito
 They were standing in line to get the ticket and _______ I
2. Modals
 Rina can speak chinese and rinto ______

 Aldi must submit the paper soon and _____ Anto

 They will go on strike later and _____ I

 Dora should sleep early and Chris _____

3. To have
 Juliano has done the job and ______ I

 Davina had eaten her lunch and David _____

 They have walked 5 km and Suzan _____

 Juliette has got the dress and Julien _____

 The building has been demolished and ______ the bridge

4. To Do
 Maria likes eating apples and ______ I

 James called me last night and Ridho _____

 They always wake up early in the morning and ______ Gary

 Boby bought the net book last week and Harvey _______

 Mike fixes the computer every day and Ronald_____

 Ismi and I made the cake and Roni_____

__ a. NEITHER + AUXILIARY VERB + S2
b. S2 + AUXILIARY VERB + NOT EITHER

 Riki isn’t watching TV and ____________ I

 Richard wasn’t angry and They ________

 Bob doesn’t believe in you and ___________ we

 Jeremy and I haven’t eaten lunch and Riska ________

 Dicky didn’t break the glass and Tom ________

 I don’t take your book and She ________

 Rudy never calls me and Sinta _______

 Samuel had never entered the class and _________Joko

 Lydia must never speak rudely and Anton __________

1. The boy did the test very well and David_________
2. He shouldn’t try to repair the printer himself and______ you.
3. This car cost 120 million rupiahs and ________ his car over there.
4. Inem doesn’t like working hard and Inah _______________
5. His car needs repairing and _______________ mine
6. Indonesia is struggling to recover from economic crisis and
____________ some other Asian countries.
7. Those trousers are not too expensive and __________ these ones
8. The enemy soldiers fired continuously at us and ____ their tanks.
9. He had enough money to buy the vest and his twin brother_____
10. The BMW can’t run too fast and his Mercedes _______