Pengertian dan Contoh Kalimat Cause and Effect atau Kalimat Kausalitas Kalimat cause and effect biasa juga disebut dengan kalimat sebab-akibat. Kalimat ini dibangun dengan melibatkan tindakan yang membuat sesuatu terjadi dan hasil dari tindakan tersebut. Paling gampang ditandai dengan kata hubung misalnya: because, for, since, when, dan as (semuanya artinya karena) Contoh 1 The world faces COVID Pandemic so the students follow online learning at home (Dunia menghadapi pandemic jadi para siswa belajar online di rumah) Cause : The world faces COVID Pandemic Effect : he students follow online learning at home Conjunction : so Contoh 2 The journey was quite quick because the road was clear. (perjalanan cukup cepat karena jalanan bersih dari hambatan ) Cause : the road was clear. Effect : the journey was quite quick Conjunction : because Contoh 3 As it is raining again, I will have to stay at home. (karena hujan sedang turun lagi, saya akan tinggal di rumah) Cause : it is raining again. Effect : I will have to stay at home. Conjunction : as Kalimat Sebab-akibat dalam Bahasa Inggris Kita biasanya dapat dengan mudah mengidentifikasi kalimat yang mengandung hubungan sebab-akibat bila dalam kalimat tersebut terdapat kata atau frasa seperti: Due to Because of Owing to Thanks to As a consequence of As a result of Because Since As For etc. Untuk mengekspresikan cause dan effect dalam bahasa inggris, kalimat atau frasa di atas biasanya akan diikuti dengan kata benda (noun) atau kata kerja (verb). Kalimat sebab-akibat yang diikuti oleh noun Kata sebab akibat yang diikuti dengan noun atau noun phrase biasanya menggunakan kata atau frasa (signal word/phase) seperti : Because of Thanks to As a result of Due to As a consequence of Owing to Di contoh berikutnya noun atau noun phrase akan digaris bawahi. Sebab atau cause selalu ditulis setelah frasa sebab-akibat (signal word/phase) seperti contoh di atas. Di bawah ini adalah pola yang biasa digunakan: Signal word/phrase + Cause + Effect atau Effect + Signal word/phrase + Cause Contoh: 1. Due to Bella’s nervousness, she did not pass the driving test. Karena kegugupan Bella, dia tidak lulus ujian menyetir. Signal phrase: due to Cause: Bella’s nervousness Effect: She did not pass the driving test2. He’s always late because of his gaming habits Dia selalu telat karena kebiasaan bermain game-nya. Signal phrase: Because of Cause: His gaming habits Effect : He’s always late
3. As a result of the rain, we canceled the outing. Karena hujan, kita membatalkan piknik itu. Signal phrase: As a result of Cause: the rain Effect : we canceled the outing Kalimat sebab-akibat yang diikuti oleh verb Kata sebab akibat yang diikuti dengan subjek + verb atau verb phrase biasanya menggunakan kata atau frasa (signal word/phase) seperti : Because Since As For Di contoh berikutnya subjek + verb atau verb phrase akan digaris bawahi. Sebab atau cause selalu ditulis setelah frasa sebab-akibat (signal word/phase) seperti contoh di atas. Di bawah ini adalah pola yang biasa digunakan: Signal word/phrase + Cause + Effect atau Effect + Signal word/phrase + Cause Contoh: 1. Because Bella was nervous, she did not pass the driving test (Karena Bella gugup, dia tidak lulus ujian tes mengemudi.) Signal phrase: because Cause: Bella was nervous Effect: She did not pass the driving test
2. He’s always late because he always stay up at night (Dia selalu telat karena dia selalu begadang) Signal phrase: Because Cause: he always stay up at night Effect : He’s always late
3. The outing was canceled since it’s raining (Piknik itu dibatalkan karena hujan.) Signal phrase: since Cause: it’s raining Effect : the outing was canceled
Exercises!
Complete the following sentences using As, Since, Because, So, Due To, Owing To
1. We stayed inside ……………. it was raining.
a. because
b. because of
c. owing to
d. so
2. I wanted to leave early ……………. I was not enjoying the party.
a. since
b. as
c. because
d. All of the above
3. The girl stayed at home ……………… her illness.(Please select 2 correct answers)
a. because
b. due to
c. owing to
4. We were late ……………. the traffic jam.
a. because
b. because of
c. as
d. since
5. She didn’t love cats ………………. she wasn’t happy when her husband bought two kittens home.
a. as
b. so
c. since
d. because
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