LESSON II

LESSON II

PRONOUN (KATA GANTI)

SUBJECT                  (Sebelum Kata Kerja)	OBJECT                            (Setelah Kata Kerja)	POSSESSIVE PRONOUN          (Kata Ganti Milik yang diikuti Kata Benda)	REFLEXIVE
I	II	III	IV
I	me	mine	myself
You	you	yours	yourself/yourselves
We	us	ours	ourselves
They	them	theirs	themselves
He	him	his	himself
She	her	hers	herself
It	it	its	itself

Examples :

1.      We all went with them. (karena ‘went’ merupakan kata kerja, maka sebelumnya diperlukan subjek yaitu ‘We” dan ‘them’ digunakan setelah kata kerja ‘went’).

2.      The doll over there are hers. (Kata Possesive Pronoun ini selalu terletak sebelum titik.)

3.      She looks at herself in the mirror. (apabila subjek melakukan sesuatu untuk subject atau object untuk object sendiri.)

DEGREES OF COMPARISON

(Tingkat Perbandingan Keadaan)

Terdapat 3 tingkat perbandingan kata keadaan :

a.       Tingkat Positif  (Positive Degree)

Ciri-ciri kata perbandingan untuk positif adalah sebagai berikut :

Jika ada :

-          is not ……..

-          is as ………

-          is as ……… as

-          is ………… (jika tidak ada pembanding)

Positif disini maksudnya adalah kata setelah kata-kata yng tersebut diatas selalu tetap, tidak ada perubahan tambahan more, -er, -est, atau most.

Contoh :

1.      Our servants is not as hardworking as she used to be.

2.      Is he always as busy as he is now ?

3.      I hope to fine my book as good when I first bought it.

4.      Mira is a clever girl

                         

b.      Tingkat Comparative (Comparative Degree)

Bila pembandingnya hanya ada satu, ditandai dengan kata Than.

-Bila kata keadaan terdiri dari satu atau dua suku kata ditambah dengan (-er).

 Contoh : This car is bigger than that car

-Bila kata keadaan terdiri dari 2 suku kata atau lebih di tambah (more).

 Contoh : Yanti is more beautiful than Rina

c.       Tingkat Paling (Superlative Degree)

Bila pembandingnya banyak / lebih dari satu.

-Bila kata keadaan terdiri dari satu/dua suku kata ditambah dengan (-est)

  Contoh : Ali is the cleverest student in the class.

-Bia kata keadaan lebih dari 2 suku kata ditambah dengan (most).

  Contoh : Madonna is the most beautiful singer in the world.

EXCEPTION (PENGECUALIAN)

1.      Good-better-best

2.      Bad-worse-worst

3.      Ill-worse-worst

4.      Far-Farther-Farthest

5.      Far-Further-Furthest

6.      Old-Older-Oldest

7.      Old-Elder-Eldest

8.      Little-Less-Least

9.      Many-More-Most

10.  Much-More-Most

EXERCISES

Change the word in the bracket into right comparison !

1.      He eats ………… (much) rice than I do, so naturally he is ……….. (heavy) than I am.

2.      I always use the ………….. (sharp) knife to cut meat.

3.      They were the …………… (Unpopular) family in the neighborhood).

4.      The …………. (good) speaker in the debate was given a special prize.

5.      My brown shoes is as ……………….. (expensive) as my white shoes, my mother bought it for the birthday gift.

6.      The market is the ………… (noisy) place in town.

7.      These handkerchiefs are as ……………… (pretty) as those.

8.      It is …………. (hot) today than it was yesterday.

9.      The ………… (fast) of the two cars won the race.

10.  Which of the two ribbons is …………… narrow ?