Rabu, 21 Mei 2008

BOTH………..AND…………

Noun Noun

Adjective Adjective

Subject + Verb + BOTH + Adverb AND + Adverb

Prepositional phrase Prepositional phrase



Contoh :

(Robert is talented. He is also handsome) disatukan menjadi :

1. Robert is both talented and handsome

adjective adjective

(Beth plays the guitar. She also plays the violin) disatukan menjadi :

2. Betty plays both the guitar and violin (‘play’ bentuk Simple Present)

Noun Noun

(He writes correctly. He also writes neatly) disatukan menjadi :

3. The research project will take both time and money (‘will take’ bentuk Simple Future)

noun noun

(He writes correctly. He also writes neatly) disatukan menjadi :

4. He writes both correctly and neatly

adverb adverb

(David is good at mathematics. He is good at Biology) disatukan menjadi :

5. David is both good at Mathematics and at Biology

Prepositional phrase Prepositional phrase



Text Box: Subject + BOTH + verb + object + AND + verb + object


(Katon played the guitar. He sang the songs…….) disatukan menjadi :

6. Katon both played the guitar and sang the songs in the charity concert last night. (verb 1 dan verb 2 berbeda)

Verb 2 (Past) Verb 2 (Past)




(verb ‘played’ dan ‘sang’ berbeda, namun bentuktenses-nya sama/paralel)

(Katon will play the guitar. He will sing the songs…….) disatukan menjadi :

7. Katon both will play the guitar and (will) sing the songs in the charity concert tonight .

Verb (Simple Future) Verb

(verb ‘will play’ dan ‘sing’ berbeda, namun bentuk tenses-nya sama/paralel; dan ‘will’ nya dihilangkan)

Text Box: Both + Noun + and + Noun + Plural Verb + Complement


Catatan : Verb-nya bisa berbentuk Present/Past/Future/Perfect/Continuous, dll.

Contoh :

(My mother is in the living room. My sister is in the living room) disatukan menjadi :

1. Both my mother and my sister are in the living room (karena subject-nya jamak, yaitu ‘my mother dan my sister’ maka menggunakan to be ‘are’).

(My brother will travel to Bali. His friends will travel to Bali…..) disatukan menjadi :

2. Both my brother and his friends will travel to Bali next week (‘will travel’ bentuknya Simple Future)

(My friend has completed the test. My brother has completed the test) disatukan menjadi :

3. Both my friend and my brother have completed the test (‘have completed’ bentuknya Present perfect)

(My father went to the wedding party. My mother went to the wedding party…) disatukan menjadi :

4. Both my father and my mother went to the wedding party last night (‘went’ bentuknya Simple Past)

My sister is discussing the lesson. Her friends are discussing the lesson…..) disatukan menjadi :

5. Both my sister and her friends are discussing the lesson at school (‘are discussing’ bentuknya Present Continuous)

(Lisa always saves money. Sally always saves money in the bank…..) disatukan menjadi :

Both Lisa and Sally always save money in the same bank every month (‘save’ bentuknya Simple Prresent)


Folded Corner: Exercises :


A. Write the two sentences below into a good sentence

1. Bill is clever. He is also active

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2. John will go to Bali. Hendra will also go to Bali tomorrow

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3. Krisdayanti sings the songs beautifully. She also sings the songs attractively

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4. Andy played table tennis. Bill also played table tennis

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5. Karen will meet the manager. She will also talk to the manager

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6. The professor will investigate the DNA. He will also investigate the blood

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7. The criminal killed the old girl. He also killed her daughter

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8. Brian played volleyball. Andy also played volleyball

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9. Lucy is funny. She is also talkative

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10. Fred wanted to see the teacher. Bill also wanted to see the teacher

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11. Jones won the game. He also got the medal

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12. Shinta has taken the test. Sally has also taken the test

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13. John sang the song. He also danced with Linda in the birthday party last night

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14. Mike denied stealing her money. He also denied stealing her watch

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15. Cathy is the best student. George is also the best student in my school

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