E-PrimboN: Introductory It

Simak kalimat di bawah ini,....

A.To understand this lesson is easy.

B.It is easy to understand this lesson.

In this pattern, it has no meaning. It is used only to fill the subject position in the sentence. Thus, it is called introductory “it”.

A and B mean the same thing, but sentence B is more common and useful than A. A was introduce mainly to make the meaning of C easier to understand.

Introductory “it” can fill the position both of the subject and object.

• A word when usedin sentence, do not influence the sentences meaning because it’s meaning have

• Been contained by other sentence element. Introductory it earn also function as word change the.

• It serve the purpose of subject and also object.

• It Accommodating with the word it’s change

• As subject weather situation

Example :

- Today is hot

• it is hot today

- Yesterday was cloudy

• It was cloudy yesterday

- Summer is of note of rainy

• It is of note of rainy in summer.

Showing distance

- How far is the station to your home.

- My house is far away from here.

- Is the mosque far from here

- How far is it to your home

- It is about 24 km

- Is it far from here

- Assuring / explaining tio infinitive (showing condition of)

- To do the test is not easy

* It is not easy to do the test.

- To study math is very interesting

* it is very interesting to study math

- To meet you again will be nice

* it will be nice to meet you again

• As object Assuring / explaining to infinitive (showing condition of )

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