Preposisi dan penghubung

Kata-kata kecil yang menghubungkan

• Kata depan menunjukkan waktu dan tempat: at, in, on, to.
• Konjungsi menggabungkan ide: and, but, so, because.
• Mereka adalah kata-kata kecil, tetapi mereka menyatukan kalimat.

I study at six, on Monday, in April; the calendar is impressed. (Saya belajar jam enam, pada hari Senin, di bulan April; kalender terukir dalam ingatan.)

Kata depan waktu: at / in / on

• at + jam tertentu / titik waktu: at 7 o'clock, at night (jam tujuh, malam hari).
• on + hari / tanggal: on Monday, on May 1st.
• in + periode lebih panjang: in the morning, in July, in 2020.
• Kecil → Besar: at → on → in.

Kata depan tempat: at / in / on

• at + titik / tempat spesifik: at the bus stop, at home (di halte bus, di rumah).
• in + ruang tertutup: in the room, in China (di dalam ruangan, di Tiongkok).
• on + permukaan: on the table, on the wall (di atas meja, di dinding).

Konjungsi: and, but, so, karena

• and = menambah; but = kontras; or = pilihan.
• so = akibat: I was tired, so I went to bed. (Saya lelah, jadi saya pergi tidur.)
• because = alasan: She stayed home because it was raining. (Dia tinggal di rumah karena sedang hujan.)
• so memberikan akibat; because memberikan alasan.

Kesalahan umum

• ❌ Because it was raining, so we stayed home. → simpan hanya satu: because atau so.
• ❌ in Monday → ✓ on Monday; at July → ✓ in July.
• ❌ listen music → ✓ listen to music — jangan hilangkan kata depan.