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 Irly Titi Irly

a. b. c. d.

: Do you know Puspita? : Yes, I know her very much. : She can swim well. : .
So cannot Anita Anita cannot either Neither can Anita Anita can too

2.

Teak does not need a lot of water to grow and

a. b. c. d.

Neither does cactus So does cactus So does not cactus Cactus does either

Combine the two sentences using elliptical construction.

a. He studies hard. I study hard. b. I dont like his attitude. She doesnt like his attitude.