...the teacher and the principal are having a meeting today. A. both b. neither c. either d. not only e. neither nor

(A) Both the teacher and the principal are having a meeting today.

Pembahasan

Jenis soal di atas masuk dalam materi correlative conjunctions. Berikut ini adalah beberapa contoh dan cara penggunaannya.

Correlative conjunctions adalah kata hubung seperti and, but, or dan nor yang digunakan berpasangan dengan both/and, not only/but also, either/or, dan neither/nor. Beberapa contohnya:

Both...and

1. Jason is going to the cinema. Genny is going to the cinema.

Both Jason and Genny are going to the cinema.

2. They brought candies. They brought cookies.

They brought both candies and cookies.

Either…or

3. Maybe Jason will go to the cinema. Maybe Genny will go to the cinema.

Either Jason or Genny is going to the cinema.

4. I did not buy candies. I did not buy cookies.

I did not buy either candies or cookies.

Neither…nor

5. Jason is not going to the cinema. Genny is not going to the cinema.

Neither Jason nor Genny is going to the cinema.

6. I did not buy candies. I did not buy cookies.

I bought neither candies nor cookies.

Pada soal tertulis ...the teacher and the principal are having a meeting today. Nah, kata 'and' disitu dapat menjadi petunjuk bahwa pasangannya adalah Both. Karena pada correlative conjuctions Both berpasangan dengan and. Sehingga pada soal di atas jawaban yang tepat adalah (A) both.

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Detil Jawaban

Kelas : SMA

Mapel : Bahasa Inggris

Kategori : Correlative conjunctions

Kata kunci : Parallel sentence