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 test
2. 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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