Elliptical Sentences
Elliptical Sentences
Elliptical Sentences
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Elliptical sentence is sentence which some
words have been omitted, but it retains the
same meaning. So that we can avoid
unnecessary repeated sentence.
There are 2 Elliptical
Sentences
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
AGREEMENT AGREEMENT
1. Affirmative ( Using “so” ,“too”)
Agreement
For affirmative agreement we use "so" and "too". They have
same meaning, but have different position.“So” and “too” is to
avoid repetition in the positive sentences.
“SO”
“So” is put before auxiliary
Form :
So + auxiliary+ subject
“Too”
“Too” is put after auxiliary
Form :
Subject + auxiliary+ Too
Examples of Affirmative
Agreement
“SO” “TOO”
Mr. Amran is an English
He will go to Bandung She teacher
will go to Bandung Mrs.Emil is an English teacher
🡪Lisa plays piano well and 🡪Dewi will go and Dhito will
so does Sam too
2. Negative ( Using
“either” ,“neither”)
Agreement
For Negative Agreement we use “Either” and “Neither” they
have different position. “Neither” is from “Not Either.”
“Either” and “Neither” is to avoid repetition in the negative
sentences.
“EITHER”
“NEITHER”
“EITHER”
“NEITHER”
Tati didn’t go to Bandung
Budi didn’t go to Bandung
Form :
Either + S + or + singular subject + singular verb
Examples of Neither/nor :
Neither my sister nor my parents are here.
Neither he nor I can sing
The man is neither handsome nor faithful.
Simple Present Tense
Use auxiliary: Do/Does
∞Affirmative Agreement :
“Do/Does”
Form using “SO” : Subject + Do/Does + verbs + adv +
and + so + Do/Does + Subject
Form using “TOO” : Subject + Do/Does + verbs +
adv + and + Subject + Do/Does + TOO
Ex:
She reads book he
reads book
🡪 she reads book, and he does too
🡪 She reads book and so does he
Simple Present Tense
Use auxiliary: Do/Does
∞Negative Agreement :
“do/does”
Form using “Neither” : Subject + Do/Does+ not + verbs +
adv + and + Neither + Do/Does + Subject
Form using “either” : Subject + Do/Does+ not + verbs + adv
+ and + subject + Do/Does+ not + either
Ex:
She doesn’t read book he
doesn’t read book
🡪She doesn’t read book, and he doesn’t either
🡪She doesn’t read book and neither does he
Simple Past Tense
Use auxiliary: did
∞Affirmative Agreement :
“DID”
Form using “SO” : Subject + V2 + adv + and + so + Did +
Subject
Form using “TOO” : Subject + V2 + adv + and + Subject +
Did + TOO
Ex:
Toni went to Malaysia John
went to malaysia
🡪Toni went to malaysia, and john did too
🡪Toni went to malaysia, and so did john
Simple Past Tense
Use auxiliary: did
∞Negative Agreement :
“DID”
Form using “Either” : Subject + did + not + adj + adv
+ and + Subject + did + not + either
Form using “Neither” : Subject + did + not + adj + adv
+ and + Neither + did + Subject
Ex:
I didn’t play football last week Heri didn’t
play football last week
🡪I didn’t play football last week, and Heri didn’t either
🡪I didn’t play football last week, and neither did Heri
Present Continuous Tense
Use auxiliary: is/am/are
∞Affirmative Agreement :
“Is/Am/Are”
Form using “SO” :
subject+ is/am/are +verb ing + adv + and + so + is/am/are + Subject
Form using “TOO” :
Subject +is/am/are+ verb ing + adv + and + Subject + is/am/are + TOO
Ex:
Shinta is dancing Ayu is
dancing
🡪Shinta is dancing and ayu is too
🡪Shinta is dancing and so is ayu
Present Continuous Tense
Use auxiliary: is/am/are
∞Negative Agreement :
“Is/Am/Are”
Form using “Neither” :
Subject + is/am/are+ not + verb ing+ adv + and + Neither + is/am/are+ Subject
Form using “either” :
Subject + is/am/are+ not + verb ing + adv+ and + subject + is/am/are+ not + either
Ex:
Shinta isn’t dancing Ayu isn’t
dancing
🡪Shinta isn’t dancing and ayu isn’t either
🡪Shinta isn’t dancing and neither is ayu
Past Continuous Tense
Use auxiliary: was/were
∞Affirmative Agreement :
“was/were”
Form using “SO” :
subject+ was/were +verb ing + adv + and + so + was/were + Subject
Form using “TOO” :
Subject+was/were + verb ing + adv + and + Subject + was/were + TOO
Ex:
I was listening music You were
listening music
🡪I was listening music and you were too
🡪I was listening music and so were you
Past Continuous Tense
Use auxiliary: was/were
∞Negative Agreement :
“was/were”
Form using “Neither” :
Subject + was/were + not + verb ing+ adv+ and + Neither + was/were + Subject
E F G H
I J
A : What would you like to eat ?
B : I would like to have Batagor. How about you?
A : I think Batagor is delicious, and....
a. I would too
b. I do too
c. I will too
d. I like too
Sisca : I like to watch the Indonesian idol program.
A.So am I
B.I do too
C.I don’t either
D. Neither do I
Lala : What do you think about
the movie?
Lili: Owh, it’s dull
Lala : Yes, and I get bored to watch it
From the dialog, we know that the Lala doesn’t
enjoy the movie and Lili ......
a. Doesn’t either
b. Did Neither
c. Did too
d. Does too
Rhinoceros is protected; Jalak Bali is
protected. We can also say .
A.Did
B.Didn’t
C.Don’t
D.Do
A : Have you ever been to Paris ?
B : No, I haven’t been to Paris. How
about you ?
A : ..........., Because I never go abroad.
a. Neither have I
b. I haven’t
c. I have either
d. I haven’t too
Chairul : Amir had an accident
two days ago. I have not
visited him yet.
Hamid :
A. Neither have I
B. Neither do I
C. I haven’t, too
D. So I don’t
We shall not finish the homework ontime.
She won’t finish the homework ontime
We shan’t finish the homework ontime and ...
a.Neither shan’t she
b.Neither won’t she
c.Neither shall she
d.Neither will she
They don’t watch a movie. Linda
doesn’t watch a movie
They don’t watch a movie, and...
a.Linda doesn’t either
b.Linda don’t either
c.Neither don’t Linda
d.Neither doesn’t Linda
You hardly knew me.
They hardly knew me
You hardly knew me and...
a.Neither didn’t they
b. Neither did they
c.Neiher do they
d. They did either