Penggunaan Possessive Adjective dan Possessive Pronouns Beserta Latihan

Possessive Adjectives 

Posssesive adjective tidaklah sama dengan possessive pronouns. Kata ganti ini lebih membatasi dari pada pengganti nouns, sementara possessive pronouns merupakan pengganti nouns. Possessive adjectives menunjukan kepimilikan yang merupakan bagian dari diri sipemiliknya. Yang merupakan possessive adjectives yaitu: my..., your..., his..., her..., our..., your..., their..., its....

Perhatikan kalimat berikut:

• His investment in living extends beyond his own to genuine concern for other. 
• They eat with their parents, but not around the table.

(His investment, his own need, dan their parents merupakan possessive adjective. Kata investment dibatasi oleh kata his. Begitu juga dengan own need dibatasi oleh kata his dan parents dibatasi oleh kata their. Kata benda yang mengikutinya menyatakan kepemilikan dari kata ganti tersebut). 

 

Exercise: Change correct pronoun in parentheses with possessive adjectives. Do examples. 

• She couldn't think of a topic for she composition. (her) 
• I dad bought me a new motorcycle. (My)
  

1. She wowed she roommate with her good performance. 
2. The storekeeper sent he best customer a Christmas gift. 
3. She left she stamp collection to Marie. 
4. Yulia doesn't like Yulia choice of tests questions. 
5. Barry is very pleased with the outcome of Barry meeting. 
   
6. Fred and Mary were supposed to meet then but Fred and Marry car broke down.
7. We haven't finished we assignment on time.
   
8. Eight people return they form.
9. We hate each other since we dispute.  
10. The teacher ask I some questions.
    

 

Possessive Pronouns

Pronouns ini tidak bisa didahului oleh nouns. Ini merupakan pronouns yang menggantikan nouns yang sudah jelas keberadaannya. Keberadaan bendanya dapat dipahami dari kontek teks dan bukan merupakan pengulangan. Yang merupakan possessive pronouns yaitu: mine - yours - his - hers - ours - theirs - its. 

Perhatikan kalimat berikut: 

1. This is your book and that is mine. 
2. Your teacher is the same as theirs. 
3. Our books are thickness. Ours are heavy. 

(Kata mine merupakan bentuk pronouns dari my book. Theirs dimaksudkan pada their teacher dan ours adalah our teacher. Penghilangan kata benda dikarenakan benda/objek yang dibicarakan sudah sama-sama diketahui sebelumnya.) 

 

Exercise: Complete the following sentences by supplying appropriate possessive pronouns. Do as example. 

• We found his/hers the best of the entries. 
• Theirs had been damage, but not mine.

1. Our book had been left unopened all those years, so ........... was not used. 
2. We took everything they made, because ........... were the least expensive and most reliable table available. 
3. Several artists entered paintings in the competition. Did you choose ........... ?
4. Harry told us ........... was the best because we had the complete information. 
5. Ellen phrased ........... so carefully and appropriately that mine was totally ignored  
6. All things considered, Amy prefers to market, ........... because she admire the work we do. 
7. Jon and Rory enjoy their new home more than we can possible enjoy  ...........
8. Reading is valuable for their children as well as for  ...........
9. If you will do without yours, I will do without ...........
10. When the big contributor announces her generous gift, we will announce  ...........

Sumber: 

Zulfahmi M, 2020, English Grammar and Reading: Materi dan Latihan untuk Bahasa Inggris Umum, CV. Kekata Group: Surakarta

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