ELLIPTICAL SENTENCE

DEFINITION

 Untuk menunjukkan bahwa seseorang

(someone) berbuat sesuatu dan kemudian
orang lain berbuat yang sama.
 too dan so
too dan so  digunakan untuk menggabungkan dua kalimat positif yang
memiliki prediket yang sama. Jadi anda harus selalu ingat
bahwa too dan so hanya digunakan untuk kalimat positif saja.

 Berikut ini rumusnya:

 ... (+) ..., and + Subyek + to be / Auxiliary + too

 ...(+)..., and + so + to be / Auxiliary + Subyek

Contoh:
 Ai is handsome. Daffa is handsome.
 Ai is handsome, and so is daffa.
 Ai is handsome, and daffa is too
 Siti Zulaiha is beautiful. Jupe is Beautiful.
So
 Siti Zulaiha is beautiful, and so is Jupe.
Too
 Siti Zulaiha is beautiful, and Jupe is too.
 Simple present tense: Is, am, are

 I =============am
 You/we/they============are
 She/he/it=================is
Contoh:
He is ugly, she is ugly he is ugly.and so is she he is ugly,
and she is t00
 I am tall. She is tall.
(I am tall, and so is she). (I am tall, and she is too).
 My mother is in Jakarta now. My father is in Jakarta now.
(My mother is in Jakarta now, and so is my father).
(My mother is in Jakarta now, and my father is too).
 Simple present tense: Do/Does

 I/you/we/they===========do
 She/he/it=============does
Contoh:
 She goes to school at 6. He goes to school at 6.
(She goes to school at 6, and so does he).
(She goes to school at 6, and he does too).
 They buy a new car. I buy a new car
(They buy a new car, and so do I).
(They buy a new car, and I do too).
He plays football. she plays football
He plays football,and so does she
He plays football. And she does too
 Simple past tense: Was dan were

 I/she/he/it============was
 You/they/we==========were

  I was in Jambi in 1990. They were in Jambi in 1990.

(I was in Jambi in 1990, and so were they).
(I was in Jambi in 1990, and They were too).
I went to bandung last holiday, daffa went to bandung last
holiday
I went to bandung last holidy, and so were daffa
I went to bandung last holiday, and daffa was too
Simple past tense: Did

 I /you/we/they/she/he/it ============did

 Toni went to Malaysia. John went to Malaysia.

(Toni went to Malaysia, and so did John).
(Toni went to Malaysia, and John did too).
Sueb wanted to swim. Ucub wanted to swim
Sueb wanted to swim, and so did ucub’
Sueb wanted to swim, and ucub did too
 Present perfect

 I /you/we/they===========have
 She/he/it ===============has

  I have eaten. She has eaten.

 I have eaten, and so has she.
 I have eaten, and she has too.

 They have come here. She has come here.

 They have come here, and so has she.
 They have come here, and she has too.
Present continuous tense

  You were speaking. He was speaking.

 You were speaking, and so was he.
 You were speaking, and he was too.

 Shinta was singing. Jojo was singing.

 Shinta was singing, and so was Jojo.
 Shinta was singing, and Jojo was too.
Simple Future Tense

 I /you/we/they/she/he/it============will

 They will sleep. She will sleep.

(They will sleep, and so will she).
(They will sleep, and she will too).
 Latihan

1. Riska is tall. Toni is tall.

2. Dina eats pizza everyday. My sisters eat pizza
everyday.
3. They go swimming every Sunday. Toni goes
swimming every Sunday.
4. Rina got up at 6. I got up at 6.
5. She has slept. He has slept.
6. My mother will watch TV. My father will watch TV.
7. He was here. You were here.
8. I can sing. You can sing.
9. John is playing soccer. Beni is playing soccer.
10. We bought a new car. She bought a new car.
1. Riska is tall, and so is Toni/Riska is tall, and Toni is too. 
2. Dina eats pizza everyday, and so do my sisters./Dina eats pizza everyday,
and My sisters do too.
3.  They go swimming every Sunday, and so does Toni./They go swimming
every Sunday, and Toni does too. 
4. Rina got up at 6, and so did I./ Rina got up at 6, and I did too. 
5. She has slept, and so has he./ She has slept, and He has too. 
6. My mother will watch TV, and so will my father. / My mother will watch TV,
and My father will too. 
7. He was here, and so were you. / He was here, and you were too. 
8. I can sing, and so can you. / I can sing, and you can too. 
9. John is playing soccer, and so is Beni. / John is playing soccer, and Beni is
too. 
10. We bought a new car, and so did she. / We bought a new car, and she did too.
KESIMPULAN
 Sekarang mari kita simpulkan apa sih sebenarnya elliptical
sentence itu?Kalimat Elip atau elliptical sentence adalah
gabungan dua kalimat yang berbeda subyeknya tetapi
predikatnya sama, dan digunakan untuk menghindari
pengulangan kata. Tujuan dari dibentuknya kalimat elip yaitu
untuk menyampaikan pernyataan secara sederhana dan
sekaligus menghindari pengulangan unsur kalimat yang
sama.
 kalimat Elip dalam bahasa Inggris pada umumnya
menggunakan too (juga), so (juga), either (juga tidak),
Neither (juga tidak), but (tetapi) dengan auxiliary verb (kata
kerja bantu)