UNIT 4 PAIRED CONJUNCTIONS

 

UNIT 4

PAIRED CONJUNCTION

LEARNING OBJECTIVE:

Having finished learning this activity, the students are able to:

·         Respond to expressions to show relationship between two things, persons, or actions.

·         Use expressions to show relationship between two things, persons, or actions.

Study the following sentences.

·         Beno and Beni are twin brothers.

·         Beno is not only smart but also diligent.

·         Meanwhile, Beni is also smart but a bit lazy.

·         Both Beno and Beni are afraid of mouse.

·         Either Beno or Beni doesn not like playing football.

·         Neither Beno nor Beni likes pets.

·         Both of them love cooking.

Study the sentences taken from sentences above.

·         Beno is not only smart but also diligent.

·         Both Beno and Beni are afraid of mouse.

·         Either Beno or Beni doesn not like playing football.

·         Neither Beno nor Beni likes pets.

 

 

A.     Both……and

Both … and is a paired conjunction. Paired conjunctions are used to express actions that two or more subjects take.

a)     Subjects connected by ‘both … and’ take the plural conjugation.

Examples:

1.      Both Ms. Dani and Ms. Rika are attending the meeting right now.

2.      Both father and mother were watching TV when I go home last night.

3.      Both Danang and his brother have gone to Bali.

b)     We use both with a plural noun.

Examples:

1.      Both houses are on sale.

2.      Both men are my teachers.

3.      Both of the candidates have been interviewed.

c)     We need ‘of’ before the pronouns ‘us, you, them’.

Examples:

1.      Both of my sisters study in the university.

2.      Both of his arms were injured when he slipped on the stairs.

3.      Both of Dinda’s ideas are good.

B.     Either/or and neither/nor

The pairings either/or and neither/nor can be used to group two people or things.

Examples:

1.      Well, I think she’s either foolish or awkward.

2.      You can do your homework either now or after dinner.

3.      Sandy’s going to buy either a TV or a tape recorder with his money.

4.      I neither knew nor cared what had happened to him.

5.      Neither the TV nor the video actually works.

6.      The movie was neither funny nor interesting.

C.      Not only… but also

Not only… but also is a correlative conjunction. Use two verbs that make chronological sense, two adjectives, or two nouns.

Examples:

1.      She not only wrote the text but also selected the illustrations.

2.      She was not only intelligent but also very musical.

3.      He’s not only funny but also smart.

4.      He has not only a sense of humor but also intelligence.

FOR GRADE X SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

LINGUISTICS AND CULTURAL STUDIES

REFERENCE:

Ira Wijayanti and her team (2016). Be Smart In English: For Grade X of Senior High Schools. Linguistics  and Cultural Studies . Kartasura:PT Wangsa Jatra Lestari

Edited by Ms. Muzhidah, S.Pd