Fill in the blanks with the correct subordinate conjunctions. What Have You Done to Stop Fights in School? An opinion from Natalia Pena on 28 August 2012 at 9.12am shared in Point of View Debate Blog I'm a teacher in a high school in Pennsylvania. I have discouraged students from fighting in school by separating them and clearing things up, confronting them (1)____ wrong thing. What's the point (2)____ you are mad at someone without proving anything. My sister once got into a fight with one of her friends (3)____ somebody else had spread false gossip about her. After school they started arguing on the bus, then, my sister jumped over the seat of the bus and hit her friend and all this big commotion started. I tried pulling her away to calm her down. She was fine (4)____ she got suspended for a week from school. Fighting in school could be stopped by separating the two students or getting an adult to help out (5)____ get hit or be blamed because you were part of the physical fighting. Teachers should be more active in the hallways. (6)____ they see a group of students gathered in suspicious situations, they can take preventative steps. A student could also tell a grown-up (7)____ there is a problem between other students. They could explain why they dislike each other. Perhaps it could also be a matter of misunderstanding.

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Soal di atas meminta kita untuk melengkapi kalimat rumpang menjadi teks yang padu. Kalimat dalam teks tersebut membutuhkan Subordinate Conjunctions. Subordinate Conjunction adalah kata yang menggabungkan main clause dan subordinate clause, bisa berupa penunjuk tempat, waktu atau sebab akibat. 1. I have discouraged students from fighting in school by separating them and clearing things up, confronting them (1)____ wrong thing. Kalimat ini membutuhkan keterangan kapan tepatnya si guru menegur mereka. Secara konteks, peneguran haruslah disegerakan ketika terjadi perkelahian. Jadi jawaban yang tepat dapat berupa kalimat berikut, I have discouraged students from fighting in school by separating them and clearing things up, confronting them (1) as soon as the wrong thing happened. (Ditambahkan sedikit keterangan karena kalimatnya rancu.) 2. What's the point (2)____ you are mad at someone without proving anything. Kalimat ini membutuhkan penjelas tentang sebab akibat. Secara konteks, dapat diisi dengan kata " Bila " atau " If ". Jadi jawaban yang tepat dapat berupa kalimat berikut, What's the point (2) if you are mad at someone without proving anything. 3. My sister once got into a fight with one of her friends (3)____ somebody else had spread false gossip about her. Kalimat ini membutuhkantentang sebab akibat. Secara konteks, dapat diisi dengan kata " Karena " atau " Because ". Jadi jawaban yang tepat dapat berupa kalimat berikut, My sister once got into a fight with one of her friends (3) b ecause somebody else had spread false gossip about her. 4 . She was fine (4)____ she got suspended for a week from school. Kalimat ini membutuhkantentang sebab akibat. Secara konteks, dapat diisi dengan kata " Akan tetapi " atau " But / Altough ". Jadi jawaban yang tepat dapat berupa kalimat berikut ,She was fine (4) altough she got suspended for a week from school. 5 . Fighting in school could be stopped by separating the two students or getting an adult to help out (5)____ get hit or be blamed because you were part of the physical fighting. Kalimat ini membutuhkantentang sebab akibat. Secara konteks, dapat diisi dengan kata " Agar " atau " So/ So that ". Jadi jawaban yang tepat dapat berupa kalimat berikut, Fighting in school could be stopped by separating the two students or getting an adult to help out (5)so that you won't get hit or be blamed because you were part of the physical fighting. (Diberi tambahan agar kalimat tidak rancu). 6.Teachers should be more active in the hallways. (6)____ they see a group of students gathered in suspicious situations, they can take preventative steps. Kalimat ini membutuhkan penjelas kapan mereka harus bergerak secara aktif. Secara konteks, dapat diisi dengan kata " Ketika " atau " When ". Jadi jawaban yang tepat dapat berupa kalimat berikut,(6) When they see a group of students gathered in suspicious situations, they can take preventative steps. 7 . A student could also tell a grown-up (7)____ there is a problem between other students. Kalimat ini membutuhkan penjelas tentang sebab akibat. Secara konteks, dapat diisi dengan kata " Bila " atau " If ". Jadi jawaban yang tepat dapat berupa kalimat berikut, A student could also tell a grown-up (7) if there is a problem between other students.