By Resti Citra Dewi, S.Pd., M.Hum.

PRONOUN

Pronoun adalah kata ganti.

Possessive Possessive Reflexive

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

Pola :
S+P+O
Prep + O
Let + O

e.g.
Saskia and … are going to visit a new born baby this weekend.
a. Me
b. I
c. Mine
d. My

Jawaban :B

Look, that’s is Tayo!

… is my classmate.
a. She
b. I
c. Her
d. Him

Jawaban :A

Pola :
Pos. Adj. + N
Pos. Adj. + Adj. + N

e.g.
This pink laptop case is …
a. Her
b. Hers
c. She
d. Its
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Jawaban :B

… leaving makes everyone be sad.

a. His
b. He
c. She
d. Hers

Jawaban :A

e.g.
Robert made this T-shiert himself.
She lives by herself.

Cleft Sentence
Pola :
It + tobe + S + who + kalimat

e.g.
It was … who bought new car.
a. Me
b. I
c. My
d. Mine

Jawaban :B

Exercises!
Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

1. Students develop the knowledge and skills … need to make informed choices for their education,
career, and life outside school.
a. Them
b. They
c. He
d. Their

2. The Education Act requires that school boards provide, or purchase from another board, special
education programs and services for … exceptional pupils.
a. Its
b. His
c. Her
d. Their
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3. Your involvement in the school council gives … the opportunity to strengthen that partnership,
and to be part of a dedicated team.
a. Your
b. You
c. His
d. Her

4. Ontario schools are offering expanded programs to ensure every child, no matter … learning
style, succeeds.
a. Their
b. My
c. Whose
d. His or her

5. His 17-year career at this institute provided … with a thorough understanding of the nuclear
industry in Canada.
a. His
b. He
c. Him
d. Them

6. Jack and Rose hated ... for not being their little sister’s side at the hospital.
a. Herself
b. They
c. Themselves
d. Themself

7. After his parents passed away, Sam lived ...

a. His self
b. Himself
c. By his self
d. By himself

8. Now that their children are grown up, Mr. And Mrs. Dowson live ...
a. Their selves
b. Themselves
c. By theirselves
d. By themselves

9. It was ... who would break the rules from the colonial era.
a. Him
b. He is
c. He
d. His
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10. The crime rate has begun to decline in New York City due to efforts on the part of both
government and private citizens to curb ...
a. Them
b. Him
c. Its
d. Its
e. It

In each sentence, identify the one underlined word or phrase that would not be considered correct
in standard written English.

11. Sloths spend most of its time hanging upside down from trees and feeding on leaves and fruit.
A B C D
12. When the Europian settlers came in the seventennth century, the newcomers began a systematic
A
effort to push the Native Americans into the wildness and to take their land from their.
B C D
13. After Dr. Werner Arber discovered restriction anzymes, Drs. Daniel Nathan, Hamilton Smith, and
A
him were awarded the Nobel Prize for their research in that field.
B C D
14. It is them, he and his pregnant wife, who offer us free drink as an anniversary celebration.
A B C D
15. There were some prospects of employment in Sidoarjo, but it came to nothing.
A B C D