CLAUSE The basic unit of meaning in English is the clause. A clause expreses a message.

In expressing the message, a clause provides information about: What is happening Who is taking part The circumstance (when/where/how etc)

What is Happening A clause represents a slice of experience. Experiences are generally made up of doing or action and happening or event. The heart or the core of the clause is a verb. For example: VERB is reading is cooking is studying is listening

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Who is taking part Experience or action do not just happen, it involves people, places, things, ideas, and so on. So, in the examples above, we can know that there are some participants in the actions. These are represented by NOUN. NOUN (people) Father is reading Mother is cooking Iman is studying Ani is listening NOUN (things) newspaper meat English to music

What are surrounding circumstance? (keadaan seperti apa yang melingkupi) Sometimes, we want more inforamtion about an action or event. We want to know about such circumstances as: where, when, how, etc. Father Mother Iman Ani is reading is cooking is studying is listening newspaper meat English to music seriously How in the kitchen Where every night When in her bedroom Where

KLAUSA Unit dasar dari sebuah makna dalam bahasa Inggris adalah klausa. Sebuah klausa menyampaikan sebuah pesan/makna. Dalam menyampaikan pesan, sebuah klausa mengadung informasi-informasi: What is happening (apa yang terjadi) Who is taking part (siapa yang terlibat) The circumstance (when/where/how etc (kapan/di mana/bagaimana dst)

What is Happening (apa yang terjadi) Sebuah klausa mengungkapkan sebuah pengalaman/kejadian. Penglaman-pengalaman tersebut biasanya terbentuk dari doing atau sesuatu yang dikerjakan atau aksi dan happening atau suatu kejadian atau event. Inti dari sebuah klausa adalah verb atau kata kerja. Contoh: VERB is reading is cooking is studying is listening

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Who is taking part (siapa yang terlibat) (siapa yang mengerjakan apa) Sebuah pengalaman melibatkan people (orang), places (tempat), things (benda), ideas (ide) dan sebagainya. Jadi, pada contoh-contoh di atas, kita tahu bahwa ada beberapa partisipan (yang melakukan-yang dikenai pekerjaan) yang terlibat. Dan pasrtisipanpartisipan itu biasannya diwakili atau ditunjukan oleh NOUN atau kata benda. NOUN (people) Father is reading Mother is cooking Iman is studying Ani is listening NOUN (things) newspaper meat English to music

What are surrounding circumstance? (keadaan seperti apa yang meliputi) Dalam mengungkapkan sebuah pengalaman, kadang-kadang kita ingin mengetahui informasi tambahan mengenai aksi atau peristiwa tersebut. Kita ingin mengetahui beberapa keadaan (circumstances) seperti: di mana, kapan, bagaimana, dsb. Father Mother Iman Ani is reading is cooking is studying is listening newspaper meat English to music seriously in the kitchen every night in her bedroom How Where When Where