Personal Pronoun_TOEFL "Pronoun" Part 2 Writing Skill

 

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WRITING SKILL

“PRONOUN: PERSONAL PRONOUN“

 

Hi, sobat!

Tahukah kamu apa itu pronoun? Pronoun (pronomina: bahasa Indonesia) merupakan kata yang berfungsi untuk menggantikan noun (kata benda) baik berupa orang, tempat, benda, ataupun sesuatu. Kata itu digunakan untuk mengindari pengulangan penyebuatan sebuah kata benda (noun), nama seseorang, tempat atau sesuatu hal. Pronoun berfungsi sebagai kata kanti (rujukan) noun dalam sebuah kalimat; yang berkedudukan sebagai subjek, objek, kepemilikan, dan sebagainya. Kemudian, pronoun dibedakan menjadi beberapa macam yaitu:

 

Subject Pronoun	Object Pronoun	Possessive Adjective	Possessive Pronoun	Reflexive Pronoun
I You We They She He It	Me You Us Them Her Him It	My... + Noun Your book Our… Their… Her… His… Its…	Mine house  Yours Ours Theirs Hers His -	Myself Yourself/selves Ourselves Themselves Herself Himself Itself

 

Baca Juga: Part of Speech: Pronoun

 

Sementara itu, selain yang dicantumkan pada table di atas pronoun juga meliputi kata: who, whom, which, that, whose, dan sebagainya yang digunakan sebagai kata ganti subjek, objek, atau kepemilikan pada sebuah klausa kalimat.

Pada kesempatan kali ini, kita akan membahas “relative pronoun”. Yuk simak penjelasannya berikut ini!

 

Personal Pronoun

Personal pronoun merupakan kata ganti yang ditujukan untuk individu, baik orang, benda, ataupun hewan. Berikut ini ada beberapa hal yang perlu diperhatiikan dalam penggunaan personal pronoun antara lain:

1.      Subject pronouns (I, you, he, she, it, we, and they) digunakan pada kedudukan subjek dan setelah verb (kata kerja) to be, seperti is, am, are, was, were, be, dan been.

Contoh:

They arrived safely last night.

It was they who knocked on the door last night.

 

2.      Object pronouns (me, you, him, her, it, us, and them) digunakan sebagai objects of verbs (objek kata kerja) dan prepositions (kata depan); dan sebagai subjects of infinitives (subjek infinitive).

Contoh:

I told him the news. (after main verb)

Between you and me, the economic situation looks bad. (after preposition)

We asked him to bring a salad to the party. (before infinitive)

 

Baca Juga:

Part of Speech: Verb

Part of Speech: Preposition

Gerund & Infinitive Part 1

Gerund & Infinitive Part 2

 

a.      Pronouns (kata ganti) pada apposition* sama dengan pronoun yang mereka ikuti.

Contoh:

Let’s (Let us), you and me, go dancing Friday night.  (Us merupakan object dari verb “let”, maka pronoun “you dan me” juga harus dalam bentuk object pronoun.

b.      Pronouns (kata ganti) setelah conjunction (kata hubung), seperti as atau than, harus berupa subject pronouns ketika mereka berfungsi sebagai subject.

Contoh:

He is as tall as I (am tall).

John plays soccer as well as he (plays soccer).

They are more diligent students than we (are).

c.       Bentuk yang benar dari reflexive pronouns untuk him dan them yaitu himself dan themselves; bukan hisself atau theirselves.

 

Catatan:

*Appositive merupakan sebuah noun atau pronoun yang mengikuti noun atau pronoun lainnya dan mengidentifikasi noun atau pronoun yang pertama.

 

Baca Juga: Part of Speech: Noun

 

Error Examples

Berikut ini terdapat beberapa kesalahan dalam penggunaan personal pronoun pada kalimat; serta, pembenarannya!

 

Wrong	Right
Jane and him planned to go to the movies.	Jane and he planned to go to the movies.
She sold the car to Mary and he.	She sold the car to Mary and him.
I never met a man as kind as him.	I never met a man as kind as he.
For you and I arriving on time will be difficult.	For you and me arriving on time will be difficult.
He specifically told them, Bob and he, to get ready.	He specifically told them, Bob and him, to get ready.
Several times during the semester the teacher asked he to speak to the class.	Several times during the semester the teacher asked him to speak to the class.
Ask him to do it hisself.	Ask him to do it himself.
They do not want to go by theirselves.	They do not want to go by themselves.

 

Skill Builder 2: Personal Pronouns

Directions: There is an error in the personal pronouns at some of the sentences below. Decide whether the sentence is correct (C) or incorrect (I).

(___) 1. I was surprised to learn that Betty and him were hurt in the accident.

(___) 2. I often remember when Paul and I visited Rome.

(___) 3. He moved the furniture by hisself.

(___) 4.  She gave us, Margaret and I, the notes we missed in class.

(___) 5.  They were sitting by themselves next to the swimming pool.

(___) 6.  That project is the responsibility of Susan and she.

(___) 7.  Let us keep this secret between you and me.

(___) 8.  Do not forget to give the message to Bob and me.

(___) 9.  The tourists asked us, my cousin and me, how to get to the museum.

(___) 10.  Please be sure to notify my husband or I when the package arrives.

(___) 11.  The children assembled the toy house by theirselves.

(___) 12.  How often do you have the opportunity to meet a man as intelligent as him?

(___) 13.  For the majority of us the issue is rather confusing.

(___) 14.  Mary will never be as rich as I.

(___) 15. It is her, the one whom nobody likes.

 

Key Answer

1.      Incorrect 2.      Correct 3.      Incorrect 4.      Incorrect 5.      Correct

6.      Incorrect 7.      Correct 8.      Correct 9.      Correct 10.  Incorrect

11.  Incorrect 12.  Incorrect 13.  Correct 14.  Correct 15.  Incorrect

  

Its Correction

1.      I was surprised to learn that Betty and he were hurt in the accident.

2.      I often remember when Paul and I visited Rome.

3.      He moved the furniture by himself.

4.      She gave us, Margaret and me, the notes we missed in class.

5.      They were sitting by themselves next to the swimming pool.

6.      That project is the responsibility of Susan and her.

7.      Let us keep this secret between you and me.

8.      Do not forget to give the message to Bob and me.

9.      The tourists asked us, my cousin and me, how to get to the museum.

10.  Please be sure to notify my husband or me when the package arrives.

11.  The children assembled the toy house by themselves.

12.  How often do you have the opportunity to meet a man as intelligent as he?

13.  For the majority of us the issue is rather confusing.

14.  Mary will never be as rich as I.

15.  It is her, the one whom nobody likes.

 

Next to >>> Problems With Who or Whom

 

Source

Peterson`s (www.petersons.com). (2007). Peterson`s Master TOEFL Writing Skills. Peterson`s, a Nelnet Company

 

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